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Account Manager - Defence Sector

Location: Location Independent (Midlands/South regions) (Full-time remote working during COVID-19) 
Hours: 37.5 Monday - Friday
Safety Notice: To ensure candidate and employee safety, we are continuing with our virtual hiring and onboarding processes until further notice. 
 
Vodafone UK Business are revolutionising how customers use technology and connectivity, ensuring they are ready for today and the digital innovation of tomorrow.
  
What will you be doing?  

In this role you will manage and maintain an effective business relationship between Vodafone and the stakeholders of a key customer account. You will be responsible for maintaining existing revenues whilst implementing sales action plans to identify, develop and close incremental new business opportunities. You will ensure high levels of customer engagement measured using relationship net promoter score (rNPS). 
 
Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing a high quality of service and ensure your work is completed accurately whilst delivering a great customer service
• Providing informal guidance and support to new team members as required
• Understanding the customers industry, customer goals and priorities
• Creating and implementing a customer specific account strategy and sales action plan in line with Vodafone’s product and service portfolio including Fixed networks, MPN, MEC, IoT, Cloud (IaaS, SaaS UCaaS) and mobile
• Implementing and managing local contingency plans to address internal/external business issues that impact upon revenue, cost or margin

Who are we looking for?   
 

• An individual with experience in complex solution based sales of technology and communication services ideally within public sector or defence verticals (Fixed Networks, IoT, Cloud, Mobile etc)
• Sound and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to exchange complex information
• Experience of successfully implementing enterprise sales plans achieving significant business revenue growth
• A strategic thinker who can plan, strategise and execute 
• Eligible for SC clearance 

 
What’s in it for you?

An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We’re also proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility to support individuals returning to work after a career break and our market-leading parental leave policies. We’re committed to supporting you throughout every step of your career at Vodafone.

Together we can

Posting End Date: 24.12.2021

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