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Senior Corporate Account Manager

RemoteSouth Africa only
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Role
Sales
Experience
Senior
Employment
Full-time
Company size
Enterprise
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Senior account manager for large corporate insurer clients in South Africa. Needs strong corporate sales/account management experience, ability to manage C-suite relationships and drive >$5M portfolio revenue. Remote (South Africa) and insurance/Insurer systems experience required.

Core skills

Client Relationship ManagementCorporate Account Management

Required skills

Account ManagementCorporate SalesContract RenewalsUp-sellingCross-sellingRevenue/Forecast ReportingStakeholder Management

Optional skills

Knowledge of SSP solutionsInsurance market knowledgeInsurer computer systems

Required languages

English

What you'll do

  • Develops and maintains effective customer relationships at executive levels including c-suite.
  • Undertakes promotional/selling activities to one or more clients, aligned with corporate objectives.
  • Works closely with the sales team to ensure customers are assisted and advised properly.
  • Works closely with professional services and customer services teams to monitor proposal and delivery of SSP services.
  • Develops and maintains defined communication channels and/or stakeholder groups, acting as a single point of contact.
  • Gathers information from the customer to understand their needs (demand management) and detailed requirements.
  • Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders and uses feedback to assess and promote understanding of need for future changes.
  • Maintains contact with the customer and stakeholders throughout to ensure satisfaction.
  • Captures and disseminates technical and business information.
  • Drive revenue and retention plans from corporate accounts in role holder's control.
  • Position SSP as the preferred supplier in allocated accounts and ensure external IT projects are known and bid for where appropriate.
  • Maximise revenue from accounts through identification of additional license and service work while maintaining high customer satisfaction.
  • Manage contractual discussions such as renewals, cross-selling and up-selling of software and services.
  • Attend and manage regular review meetings with client.
  • Ensure appropriate SSP resources are deployed to generate demand for SSP products and services for qualified opportunities.
  • Ensure clients’ business users are informed of SSP’s software and services capability.
  • Ensure accounts are potential reference accounts for new business opportunities.
  • Liaise and/or direct SSP internal support and development resources for the client.
  • Implement and maintain standards, processes and systems for the account management function in line with SSP standards.
  • Ensure SSP's standard management reporting and forecasting is adopted.
  • Contribute to development of propositions based on knowledge of market dynamics.
  • May be responsible for managing and/or mentoring other Account Managers.
  • Act as subject matter expert and generate chargeable consulting work when possible.
  • Identify leads in relevant region and work with sales teams to progress opportunities.

What they require

  • Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in relevant subject, or equivalent qualifications, plus considerable work experience in a relevant role. OR substantial work experience in a relevant role.
  • Knowledge of the insurance market and Insurer computer systems.
  • Demonstrable commercial and financial acumen and understanding of the sales process.
  • Significant client facing sales and account management experience.
  • Ability to identify, articulate, negotiate and close business opportunities in large Corporate Clients.
  • Experience of managing Account Management and/or Sales teams.

SSP

SSP is a global provider of technology systems and solutions across the entire insurance industry. We provide core technology solutions, distribution and trading capability, advanced analytics and solution delivery.

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