Strategic Account Manager

Job ID:41272
Location:France: Lyon
Position Category:Business Development
Position Type:Employee Regular

We are seeking a **Strategic Account Manager** to join our team in **Lyon **and play a pivotal role in expanding our market presence and ensuring client satisfaction.

Are you a dynamic professional with a passion for building strategic relationships and driving business growth?

**How will you make a difference**
- **Drive New Business** -Identify and secure new opportunities within existing and targeted strategic accounts.
- **Build Strong Relationships** - Cultivate and maintain robust relationships with key stakeholders in client accounts to enhance collaboration and trust.
- **Lead Sales Initiatives** - Take charge of strategic sales efforts, ensuring effective implementation to maximize revenue and growth.
- **Innovate with New Offerings** - Introduce and promote new products and services from our expanding LRQA portfolio to meet client needs.
- **Contribute to Bids** - Play an integral role in strategic bids, contributing expertise and insights to the bidding process.
- **Local Leadership**:

- Serve as a local lead for strategic accounts, partnering with Global Account Managers (GAMs) to drive sales and maximize pipeline opportunities.
- **Achieve Performance Goals** - Focus on retention, revenue growth, and new client acquisition as key performance indicators for your success.
- **Develop Strategic Plans**:

- Create and execute comprehensive account plans that align with our group growth objectives, optimizing revenue opportunities.
- **Manage Pipelines** - Ensure a strong and growing pipeline by collaborating with regional / global teams.

**What will you bring**
- Demonstrable experience of achieving annual sales targets, selling products and services in a comparable role in a B2B environment.
- Proven experience of working with large strategic organisations to develop sales solutions.
- Demonstrable experience of developing contract values with large accounts through year-on-year double digit growth.
- Experience in preparing and delivering proposal presentations to senior level audience.
- Experience in managing quotations, bids and proposals, including knowledge of pricing strategies to achieve required margin.
- Knowledge of the business assurance sector is highly advantageous but not essential.

LRQA stands for dedication to clients, market firsts, and deep expertise in risk management. We’ve grown to become a leading global assurance provider, bringing together outstanding expertise in certification, customised assurance, cybersecurity, inspection and training.

While we’re proud of our heritage, it’s who we are today that really matters, because that’s what shapes who we and our clients can become tomorrow. By staying true to our shared values and combining decades of collective experience, we support our clients in building a safer and more sustainable future.

LRQA currently operates across 150 countries, has more than 5,000+ colleagues globally, generates £435m in revenue, and supports more than 61,000 clients across a diverse range of sectors and markets.

Everything we do is about shaping a better future for our people, clients, communities, and the planet.

By joining us, you’ll help make the world a better place.

Diversity and Inclusion at LRQA:
We are on a mission to be the place where we all want to work and we are passionate about embracing different perspectives because we understand the value this brings to our business, our clients and each other. We are all about creating a safer and more sustainable future and our inclusive culture is right at the heart of our business.

Together our employees make our communities better and we want you to be part of our diverse team

LRQA is a leading global assurance provider. The integrity and expertise we bring to our partnership with clients support their journey to a safer, more secure and more sustainable future. (Group entities).