Key Account Manager

Key Account Manager - North of England & Wales

The Key Account Manager (KAM) will be responsible for acquiring and maintaining some of LKQ Euro Car Parts Group’s main national and regional accounts.

The role will build strategic relationships, providing comprehensive and innovative support to our national and key account customers, helping them maximise their sales and profit opportunities. The KAM will be on the road around the nation with a requirementto spot and implement new key business strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

- Promoting a customer focused mindset to ensure the customer is at the heart of everything we do
- Working collaboratively with the field-based teams to ensure we are maximising on customer opportunities
- Delivering a personalised customer experience to build a deep rapport with Key Customer personnel
- Establishing productive, professional relationships with board level and senior operational personnel in target customer accounts.
- Working to deliver a balanced performance across key business metrics and KPI measures in line with business and channel goals and objectives
- Utilising relevant business data to understand the opportunities across channel
- Managing clear and consistent pricing terms and rebates to maintain a fair and healthy profit margin
- Contract and tender negotiations and submissions
- Meeting assigned targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives in assigned accounts/new accounts
- Proactively lead a joint company-strategic account planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones

Key and Desired Skills
- Significant experience and success with high level account management or a similar senior customer facing role
- Proven track record of acquiring and developing new and existing business
- Proven effective planning and organisational skills
- Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Power Point
- Proven effective communication skills, a confident cross-functional communicator with the ability to influence at board level
- Pro-active commercial problem solver and analyst

LKQ Euro Car Parts sits at the heart of the automotive aftermarket, supplying an unrivalled range of vehicle parts to over 18,000 customers through a world-class logistics operation in the UK and Ireland. But we’re so much more than just a parts supplier

Why work for LKQ Euro Car Parts?

We are a people first organisation - for our colleagues, the customer is at the heart of everything we do, and in turn we put our colleagues at the forefront of our business. As with many of our roles, we are happy to talk about flexible working options,we are committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance. We are looking for people who love what they do, are passionate about delivering only the very best and make it their business to excel, whatever their role. We strive to support all our employeesthrough their individual career paths and thrive within our business.