Key Account Manager
African And Eastern Abudhabi
My responsibilities include • Responsible for managing portfolio of key accounts, and for delivering client-focused solutions based on customer needs. Also in charge of maintaining a strong sales pipeline through effective relationship building, account management and lead generation.• Responsible for sales and marketing of world class alcoholic brands such as Diageo, Inbev, Jose cuervo, Jagermeister, and sab miller ( Foster, Peroni, Pilsner and miller ) • Focusing on growing and developing existing clients, together with generating new business.• Write business plans for all current and potential customers.• Act as key interface between the customer and marketing as well as accounts.• Achieving monthly and yearly sales targets.• Providing clients with excellent service and support.• Feeding back all suggestions for improvement and market research to senior staff.• Ensuring Senior management are aware of all competitive activities within accounts and preventing attrition.• Identifying short and long term growth opportunities within existing and new clients.• Responsible for pre-planning and gathering customer data for presenting business proposals to prospective clients.• Maintaining tight budget control over expenditure.• Forecasting and tracking key account metrics.• Keeping up to date with market trend and competitor activity.• Closely liaising with marketing team about monthly marketing plans and their effectiveness.• Conducting regular business reviews with key customers and suppliers.• Liaising with senior executives to come to decisions.• Making weekly sales strategies and regularly meeting a set number of customers every week.• Negotiating contracts and prices in accordance with the overall sales strategy.