Global Key Account Manager – Retail Solution

🕒 5 days ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💰 Account Manager

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SGS

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1878

📋 Compliance

☁️ SaaS

Compliance • SaaS • Sustainability

SGS is the world's leading Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) company, providing a comprehensive range of services designed to assure quality and integrity across various sectors. SGS is focused on sustainability, offering climate action services and an all-encompassing ESG portfolio under its IMPACT NOW suite. The company has ambitious targets for growth by 2027, driven by its strategy to address global megatrends. SGS operates globally, providing business assurance, connectivity and products, digital trust, health and nutrition, and solutions for industries and the environment.

📋 Description

• Develop a strategic and durable partnership between SGS and assigned global clients • Manage the successful implementation and delivery of diverse and/or complex client-specific projects of different sizes on a global basis • Responsible for the development of long-term sustainable business partnerships between SGS and our Key international clients • Represent the SGS network in reporting directly to our client’s senior management teams • Responsible for the strategic growth and development of key international clients • Develop and ensure successful implementation of a client specific Global Key Account Development Plan • Act as the primary liaison between SGS and the client’s management team • Supervise the deployment and enhancement of global co-operative agreements within the SGS network • Liaise effectively with global technical teams in advance of the deployment of new projects • Manage the investigation and resolution/remediation processes for any client concerns or complaints or claims

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in B2B sales, business development, or commercial roles within services, and solutions based environments • Proven hunter sales background with demonstrated success in new business acquisition, building long-term client relationship, and driving upsell/cross-sell through existing clients • Ability to contribute and lead a global business development strategy, identifying growth opportunities and building scalable sales approaches across regions • Experience selling multi-service or solution-based offerings, ideally across multiple customer needs • Established professional network within retailers and/or consumer brands in Europe, with the ability to leverage relationships to open doors and accelerate pipeline development and establish long-term global partnership is preferred • Experience selling into multinational or cross-border environments, working with international stakeholders and coordinating internally across regions or service lines • Negotiation on Global Master Agreements/Global Frame Agreements with Global Partners is mandatory • Worked in fast-paced, target-driven environments, managing multiple opportunities and priorities simultaneously • Experience within the TIC sector is an advantage • Fluent English required; additional European languages are a strong advantage.

🏖️ Benefits

• SGS university and Campus for continuos learning options • Multinational environment where you will work with colleagues from multiple continents • Benefits platform • Hybrid working model