Strategic Account Manager

Welocalize•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Welocalize Account Manager is responsible for developing and sustaining a long-term strategic customer relationship, leveraging our subject matter expertise and service capabilities to create value-based solutions, serving as customer advocate for internal and external stakeholders, driving growth and lifetime value through a Strategic Account Management Framework. (AP1)

Requirements

Education Level Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from a college or university in related field preferred or relevant experience in a related field
Proven track record of delivering customer value by the understanding and mapping of customer business strategies and objectives to the design and delivery of optimal solutions.
Vast client relationship management experience, including demonstrated dedication at senior and C-level customer sponsors.
Demonstrate success in achieving or exceeding bookings quota in similar role(s).
Proven ability to think strategically and articulate ideas and plans with the professional maturity to participate at senior management level.
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated track record of strong collaboration skills working effectively in a matrixed organization to deliver customer solutions and business results.
Articulate how globalization services enable customers to achieve their desired business objectives (e.g. enabling global product sales, brand protection, compliance).
Experience and skill in participating in new and existing client sales cycles including presentations, analysis, recommendations and relationship development.
Availability to travel for work commitments is a must.
Strong negotiation skills.
Ability to effectively present information to top management.
Ability to consider multiple perspectives in order to devise the most suitable customer, personnel and business strategies.
Positive attitude in the face of adversity or change.
CLIENT CENTRIC: hyper focused on client experience
RELATIONSHIP ORIENTED: high emotional quotient, able to read audience and tailor communication style. Develop an open and trusting environment internally and externally
GROWTH & RESULTS ORIENTED: determined toward action and achieving goals
COMMUNICATIVE: ability to listen, capture client requirements and articulate a solution.
CONFIDENT: in self and ability to navigate a myriad of situations, comfortable leading and challenging customers
PASSIONATE: demonstrate that “we care” and act as a brand ambassador
INQUISITIVE: appetite to explore internally and externally how we can delight our customers
RESILIENT: to rapidly pivot difficulties that may arise and reframe them into opportunities.
KNOWLEDGEABLE: industry awareness, customer intimacy and strong grounding of service offering capabilities.

Responsibilities

Responsible for developing and executing long term strategic account plan(s)
Develop, maintain & grow business relationships with existing clients
Evaluate changes in the marketplace, product and service offerings, buying processes, and competitors for purposes of defining and adjusting the assigned account strategies, and specific objectives
Initiate and foster new relationships within existing customers, identify their needs and manage appropriate service to meet those needs and drive cross solution opportunities.
Manage opportunities, cross solutions and pipelines.
Analyze the account potential, i.e., booking/project activity, service mix purchased, use of additional services, and other qualifiers.
Track opportunities in Salesforce for centralized tracking and reporting
Develop and maintain a rolling 12-month bookings forecast in Adaptive
Achieve existing and add-on bookings quota for assigned customers/squads
Identify and capture evolving client needs and collaborate with squads to inform the strategic plan
Engage Squad/Operations Leadership regarding customer escalations/resolutions, satisfaction improvement, new service on-boarding, solutions, etc.
Serve as escalation point for business-critical issues (not day to day production issues)
Client advocacy to ensure alignment with customer’s goals, objectives and long-term strategy
Engage and support BDDs and SMEs to identify, manage and close customer opportunities.
Leverage our collective expertise to set the overall account strategy
Manage contract (re)negotiation (MSAs, SOWs, etc).
Ensure contracts are in place, stored centrally and flag when renewals are approaching
Engage with the team to manage overdue collections and address DSO