Account Manager (AM) - Polokwane at MTN

The Role

• The ideal candidate will be focused on Hunting for new revenue and handover to Farmers. 

Key Performance Areas: 

Driving Profitable growth for MTN Business

• Achieve new business weekly/ monthly and annual sales targets by managing and targeting new business development opportunities for new customer acquisition to MTN.
• Actively and strategically targeting new business acquisitions
• Opportunity Management through cold calling, lead generation, trade show and effective account acquisition planning (New Logos, Win-back Logos, etc)
• Provide input into operational and promotional planning which will ensure revenue growth within an allocated portfolio of accounts.
• Monitor growth opportunities through competitor activity scanning and feedback to business on such opportunities for further development.
• Recommend ways to exploit new opportunities to grow the business further
• Provide input into the fine tuning of processes, systems and support in line with changing work practices.
• Incentivised to find new business opportunities to increase Incremental Monthly recurring revenues
• Once they close the deal they hand it over to a Revenue Quota bearing sales person

Ensuring a culture of Operational Excellence

Account management

• Resolve escalated issues or escalate as appropriate.
• Increase MTN’s Brand presence continuously by increasing MTN influence within the allocated portfolio of accounts.
• Provide regular feedback on competitive threats to MTN business and advise on product/service enhancement requirements.
• Prepare reports on account performance as required.
• Monitor growth opportunities through competitor activity scanning and feedback to business on such opportunities for further development.
• Recommend ways to exploit new opportunities to grow the business further
• Provide input into the fine tuning of processes, systems and support in line with changing work practices.

Focus on providing exceptional Customer Experience

• Ensure all customer queries are attended to and resolved within agreed SLA’s.
• Ensure that customer specifications are met and that the customer is satisfied with the end service and/or product.
• Consider the implications of actions to be taken for the customer / the effect of actions on the customer.
• Provide advice on the best approach to reach the best results

Ensuring Appropriate Governance and Quality control Measures

• Utilize sound practices that comply with best practice, legislation or other regulations / parameters / guidelines.
• Maintain quality standards that will enhance the customer experience and cost efficiency.
• Work consistently according to standard operating procedures.
• Analyse situations and take necessary action to ensure quality is maintained.
• Seek feedback from clients/ stakeholders and continuously seeks ways of improving on quality and customer service standards.

Project Management

• Develop and drive the execution of agreed projects
• Drive the implementation, tracking, monitoring and compliance of Projects
• Contract management in line with Procurement Policies
• Co-ordinate project reporting
• Ensure effective implementation of the integrated project management model
• Risk management

Business Analysis

• Perform Business Analysis MTN SA Business Analysis in line with the methodology and guidelines
• Identify ways to fine tune policies, processes and systems in line with changing work practices
• Determine, document, and review requirements for projects within the scope of the value stream or impacting processes and systems
• Design, analyse and document workflow and make appropriate recommendations that will positively impact operational effectiveness
• Identify Business Improvement and Optimisation opportunities that will result in improvement of process performance
• Ensure that benchmarking is conducted with other companies and organizations within and outside the industry.
• Construct business cases for initiations proposed by the business. Research and consider best practice, local conditions, trends, as well as competitor activity
• Identify and implement innovative ways to use minimum resources to achieve maximum outputs

Education:

• Minimum of 3-year degree/diploma in Commerce (Financial /Marketing / Communication) or related

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an area of specialisation / ICT
• Experience working in a medium organization in Account Management as a Hunter is essential, preferably in fast moving industry
• ICT Experience is preferable

Should you not hear from us within 14days, please consider your application as unsucceful at this time.