Client Relationship Manager (FTC 12 months)

Company: Barclaycard
Job Title: Client Relationship Manager (FTC 12 months)
Location: Northampton
Salary: £23,000
REF: J10822:EM
Sector: Finance - Payment Solutions

With roots tracing back over 300 years and with offices across 60 countries, Barclaycard retain historical precedent and a global presence that sets them apart from other graduate employers. Facilitating card transactions, Barclaycard enjoy a massive 93,000 business and retailer relationships. They're looking for ambitious graduates to help keep delivering on their reputation for excellence.

The role of Client Relationship Manager is an unrivalled opportunity to launch a career with a prestigious, global blue-chip organisation.

Client Relationship Manager (FTC 12 months) Package:

• A competitive basic salary of £23,000
• Annual bonus
• Excellent exposure with a major name in a lucrative, exciting industry
• Great scope for progression
• A friendly, fast paced working culture with regular socials
• Lucrative bonus/incentive schemes

Client Relationship Manager (FTC 12 months) Role:

• Develop a deep understanding of the clients in your portfolio, ensuring you have engaged with them to complete business reviews which are logged appropriately in Salesforce system
• Offer a first-class level of service to the most valuable clients in the Business Payments book through your account support and sharing of payments knowledge and insight
• Protect business income by negotiating pricing packages, retaining clients within portfolio on best possible terms, whilst considering impact to our medium and long term revenue.
• Develop and negotiate the commercial proposal, close the deal and ensure the solution goes live.
• Engage in discussions on regulatory changes and mandated requirements.
• Hold discussions around financial, operational, technical, marketing and management information topics with your clients. Introduce accredited third parties where this will be of benefit.
• Maintain regular contact with all clients within the portfolio.
• Manage client expectations when implementing new solutions and roll outs to maximise benefits to all parties whilst minimising impact on internal resources.
• Own and maintain an up to date pipeline of your opportunities, making sure to log risks and update client notes on a regular basis
• Make recommendations to the wider business about how we might improve or optimise the way we service our most valuable clients through providing client feedback and personal observations.

Client Relationship Manager (FTC 12 months) Requirements:

• Educated to degree level
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills - if you've got some prior experience in a B2B setting, or demonstrable influencing, negotiation or sales skills, then we want to hear from you
• Possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills - you must really enjoy engaging with others on a regular basis
• Ability to adapt and prioritise in a fast paced environment
• Self-motivated, with a strong desire to succeed
• Ideally, you'll have a proven track record with some selling experience (no matter how small!)

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