Senior Strategic Account Manager

Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 per annum + Veolia Benefits (Car Allowance + Significant Bonus & Generous Pension Scheme)

Location: Cannock, Staffordshire or Kings Cross, London (expectations to travel to Veolia offices and sites when necessary)

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It’s why we’re looking for someone who’s just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life. 

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

- 25 days of annual leave 

- Facilities including a free onsite gym, parking and subsidised restaurant at our Cannock office

- Access to our company pension scheme

- Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers

- Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to

- One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community 

- Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you'll be doing:

The purpose of this role is to strategically lead the business relationship and customer journey for major, high profile brand customers with whom the business has deemed there is significant contract expansion opportunities leading to the creation of a strategic partnership or potential for a strategic partnership.

• Building a long term relationship in a changing world through the creation of collaborative opportunities that embed Veolia with the customer, driving shared value and profitability over the long term leading to an Integrated Tier 1 positioning with customers.

• Create relationships with senior stakeholders within the existing strategic customer base (deemed by the business), so that Veolia can expand our portfolio of services and solutions with existing clients driving integrated ecological transformation.

• Lead the development and relationship on a selection of existing strategic accounts to drive organic growth of services provided.

• This is a customer-facing role with a good proportion of time spent in the field nurturing relations, winning work and promoting Veolia’s services to existing clients.

• Build and manage a healthy new business pipeline which will drive growth in key markets. 

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience of driving and influencing senior level stakeholders

• Creative, innovative, solution focussed. 

• Exceptional analytical skills, identifying challenges and trends to provide long term strategic insights.

• Ability to drive solutions from concept to delivery.

• Demonstrable influencing and negotiation skills.

• Exceptional leadership skills, leading cross-functional teams. 

• Ability and aptitude to develop / coach and mentor teams to drive performance.

• Ability to meet targets and deadlines. 

• High levels of industry knowledge and commercial acumen.

If you don't meet all of our outlined requirements we’d still love for you to apply. If you feel that you'd be a great fit for this role and Veolia then we’d like to find out more about you.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation and Highly Commended as a workplace for 55+.

This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

Here at Veolia, we’re proud to be known as an equal opportunities employer. We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. So no matter their age, gender, gender expression, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexuality or veteran status, every applicant who meets the minimum requirements will be considered fully.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.