THE OPPORTUNITY:

Macildowie are currently looking for a Key Account Manager to work for a quirky business based in Leicester City centre. As a client facing Account Manager you will be accountable for planning and managing small sized projects directly with the client, whilst assisting Account Managers on larger projects.

This is a full time permanent position.

THE ROLE & YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Preparing, managing and owning all project timelines

Costing and management of project budgets

Project resource management internally and externally

Identifying risks to CPA, Budgets and Quality

Being responsible for all aspects of a project from prototype to production

Owning all project documentation

Negotiating with internal factory, suppliers, and sub-contractors

Ensuring highest quality standards in communication, information and production

Managing all day-to-day operational aspects of projects

Set the standards and methodology to be used in a project

Ensuring that all relevant processes are followed on projects

Proposing process or production improvements

Communicating accurately with BU team members, clients and factories

Managing complex bills of material and communication of these to multiple stakeholders to ensure project success

EXPERIENCE SOUGHT IN THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE:

Strong administration skills
Very detail driven
Enthusiasm! The solutions will not always present themselves, successful candidate will have to demonstrate a problem-solving mentality
Ability to coordinate with other departments to work towards a shared goal
Comfortable working in Excel
Comfortable managing suppliers
Strong commercial understanding, ability to present new ways of working and bringing new ideas to old processes
Work under time pressure, our industry is fast paced
Strong team player
Confident working with clients and stakeholders

Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography.

Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.

If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.

Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.