Account Management Executive
- Employer
- The Growth Company
- Location
- Rusholme, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Nov 24, 2024
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MIDAS, one of the UK's most successful inward investment agencies, is seeking an Account Management Executive to work with existing international investors in Greater Manchester in order to identify further job-creating investment projects.
Do you want to make a difference and play a part in growing Greater Manchester’s economy?
Key
Responsibilities:
We are looking to appoint an Account Management Executive to join an existing Key Account Management (KAM) Team to support their work in meeting with C-Suite contacts at foreign owned companies with a presence in Greater Manchester (GM), with a view to supporting them and identifying growth plans that will lead to further job-creating investment that will benefit both the company and the economic growth of GM.
About You:
The successful applicant will support the KAM Team in the delivery of MIDAS’ core services to existing investors in GM and assist MIDAS in meeting annual inward investment targets from the MIDAS business plan / Department for Business & Trade KAM programme.
Requirements:
We are seeking a personable and professionally driven individual, who is:
* Experienced in a sales and marketing or project co-ordination role.
* An excellent communicator.
* Comfortable in a client-facing position.
* Project-focussed and can deliver on time.
* Innovative and ambitious.
* Able to share your passion for Manchester with clients whilehelping to drive efficiency and productivity, through evaluating and developing the support provision required. Knowledge of one or more of Greater Manchester’s key ‘Frontier Sectors’ would be advantageous.
The role includes proactively engaging with new accounts to establish new relationships and, supported by the Head of Account Management, the project management of investment opportunities originating from account management, providing a bespoke service that meets all client needs,includingresearch, stakeholder and network engagement, property solutions, business support, facilitation with local government, etc., to a successful conclusion.
This role also includes management of enquiries and projects, desk-based research to support proposition development to identify new accounts, along with working with colleagues and partner organisations such as universities and Growth Company partners, to help in the development and delivery of existing and new services to clients that deliver value.
To learn more about MIDAS - please refer to this link About MIDAS - Invest in Manchester
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.
We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.
GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.
If you require support with the recruitment process, please call us on (phone number removed).
All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy
Do you want to make a difference and play a part in growing Greater Manchester’s economy?
Key
Responsibilities:
We are looking to appoint an Account Management Executive to join an existing Key Account Management (KAM) Team to support their work in meeting with C-Suite contacts at foreign owned companies with a presence in Greater Manchester (GM), with a view to supporting them and identifying growth plans that will lead to further job-creating investment that will benefit both the company and the economic growth of GM.
About You:
The successful applicant will support the KAM Team in the delivery of MIDAS’ core services to existing investors in GM and assist MIDAS in meeting annual inward investment targets from the MIDAS business plan / Department for Business & Trade KAM programme.
Requirements:
We are seeking a personable and professionally driven individual, who is:
* Experienced in a sales and marketing or project co-ordination role.
* An excellent communicator.
* Comfortable in a client-facing position.
* Project-focussed and can deliver on time.
* Innovative and ambitious.
* Able to share your passion for Manchester with clients whilehelping to drive efficiency and productivity, through evaluating and developing the support provision required. Knowledge of one or more of Greater Manchester’s key ‘Frontier Sectors’ would be advantageous.
The role includes proactively engaging with new accounts to establish new relationships and, supported by the Head of Account Management, the project management of investment opportunities originating from account management, providing a bespoke service that meets all client needs,includingresearch, stakeholder and network engagement, property solutions, business support, facilitation with local government, etc., to a successful conclusion.
This role also includes management of enquiries and projects, desk-based research to support proposition development to identify new accounts, along with working with colleagues and partner organisations such as universities and Growth Company partners, to help in the development and delivery of existing and new services to clients that deliver value.
To learn more about MIDAS - please refer to this link About MIDAS - Invest in Manchester
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.
As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.
We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.
GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.
If you require support with the recruitment process, please call us on (phone number removed).
All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy
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