Job Description

Key Account Manager - Packaging 

Key Responsibilities:

·       Management of a key portfolio of customer accounts.

·       Developing positive relationships with customers, colleagues and team members.

·       Establishing and maintaining trust and support of customers, colleagues, managers and teams.

·       To be active in the support of acquiring new customers and organically growing current customers.

·       Encouraging self-development and self-motivation.

·       Promoting good working practices and procedures.

·       Offering support and guidance to individuals as required.

·       A robust individual who can adapt to different and challenging situations.

Managing Information:

Providing an efficient service and communication network (both internally and externally) by:

·       Obtaining and processing information to enable appropriate decisions to be made.

·       Forecasting industry trends and developments to enable objectives to be met.

·       Ensuring accurate storage and prompt retrieval of information.

·       Leading meetings and group discussions to prepare plans, solve problems and make decisions.

·       Ensuring individuals, teams, colleagues, managers and service users are advised of appropriate information.

·       Promoting good verbal and written dialogue with internal and external contacts/users

·       Excellent IT and analytical skills.

To Succeed In This Role:

·       Show a capability to self-develop and learn.

·       Prove ability to collaborate and work as part of a team to achieve common goals and objectives.

·       Demonstrate commitment and drive to achieve results, whilst still maintaining respect for other goals and objectives.

·       Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with all levels of employees and external business contacts.

·       Demonstrate and show credibility to influence customers and colleagues at all levels.

·       Demonstrate strong commercial and business acumen and prove well-developed negotiation and project management skills.

·       Demonstrate understanding and implementation.

You will need to be based in the North West region or close to the region as my client ideally wants someone who can be on site one day a week. 

You will need to have experience of working within the packaging in either an external role or an internal role where you are wanting your first opportunity to move into an external role.