Account Manager Leicestershire Full time | permanent Salary Circa £40k The Company: Our Leicester based clients are a well established leader in the design and manufacture of retail solutions working with some of the most well know brands/retailers in the UK & globally. They are looking for an established Account Manager for their team on a permanent and full time basis who can take the lead managing accounts, understanding the clients needs and communicating this with the teams internally - Design, Project Management, Manufacturing. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 3 years experience within Account Management or a client facing role within the Retail Design/Retail point of sale industry Responsibilities · Developing & maintaining client relationships – verbally, via email and face to face · Build on client accounts to meet company targets, forecast sales · Obtaining clear client briefs and communicating this to Account Executive and internally · Able to overcome objectives and to influence with suggestions/solutions · Attending and leading pitches and presentations to clients · Experienced in working under pressure and managing clients to a high standard · Keeping client fully informed of project status via weekly updates, raising any concerns, managing expectations · Submitting quotes to clients – Monitoring/Maintaining costs for clients · Working within company margins The candidate · A minimum of three years working client facing in Retail POS - ESSENTIAL · An excellent communicator both internally and externally · Able to build and maintain client relationships, client accounts. · Able to understand the clients requirements, confident in identifying shortfalls and is able to raise this both internally and externally. · Used to working in a fast paced environment, able to motivate and lead Account executives. · Financially astute · Fully experienced in working with luxury brands and to a high standard