JOB IDENTIFICATION
Job Title : Account Manager
Reportsto: Account Director
Subordinates: Account Executives

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To drive the Company’s growth in business volume and profitability by generating increased business from existing and new clients.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Achieving business targets in both volume and profitability
  • Growing business volume from existing clients
  • Building the client base by acquiring new accounts
  • Brief taking, proposal writing and presentation, fieldwork management, report writing and presentation
  • Project planning, implementation, monitoring and control to ensure excellence in execution.
  • Project review, analysis and evaluation to assess success and efficiency
  • Quality control of the entire process
  • Briefing & de-briefing the field staff – field marketing reps, sales reps & others
  • Briefing the operations departments on the staff and logistical support requirements
  • Liaising with the operations department for project costing to ensure profitability targets are achieved for each
  • Preparing costing documents and forwarding to client for acceptance
  • Following up with client for local purchase orders (L.P.O) or contracts
  • Signing off project budgets for expenditure approval
  • Liaising with accounts department to prepare and send invoices to clients for each projects
  • Confirmation of project payment with accounts before commencement of work
  • Following up with the client for final payment after project completion and submission / presentation of the report
  • Sending customer satisfaction survey to clients and follow up for collection
  • Ensuring back up for all the work done on a project
  • Preparing project status update for both internal and client use
  • Client service
  • Attend to any duty as otherwise directed by your supervisor or the General Manager.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Criteria

Essential

Desirable

 

Education Qualification and Training

  • Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences
  • Professional qualification in marketing preferably CIM
  • Proficiency in computers

 

 

Knowledge and Skills

  • Good analytical skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Team building
  • Good organisation
  • Good communication skills
  • Good computer skills
  • Project management skills

 

Experience

At least 5 years’ experience in Marketing or brand management from a reputable company.

 

Experience and a strong understanding of promotions, field marketing and sales operations particularly in FMCG.

Research interpretation and translation into trade and consumer insights

Personal Attributes

  • Honesty
  • Integrity
  • Reliability
  • Results oriented
  • Problem solving ability
  • Sociability
  • Ability to think on feet
  • Pro-activity and confidence
  • Good personal drive
  • Mature and flexible
  • Attention to detail
  • Resilience

 

Judgement and Mental demands

  • Highly creative and innovative
  • Ability to manage crisis

 

 

Physical demands and work environment

  • Ability to work long hours and to withstand pressure
  • Travelling out the country and out of town

 

 

 

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