Key Account Manager – Service Business

Job Description

Certified as a Top Employer; KONE is dedicated to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent people practices. We are committed to fostering a great work culture and inspiring the highest standards of quality and efficiency from the team putting our people first and creating a workplace that nurtures collaboration, diversity, growth, and wellbeing.

Our team in Saudi Arabia is growing rapidly and we are looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Key Account Manager to be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to handle Service Sales within Eastern/Central region, In this role, you will lead and develop mutually beneficial relationships between KONE and customers which are strategic or nationally/locally important. You will proactively identify solutions that add value to our strategic customers and major projects, building & maintaining strong relationships with existing customers to retain existing maintenance contracts and proactively generate more opportunities within and outside our current customer base.

This is a unique opportunity to join a team of professionals who thrive to drive offering and sales development strategies and share best practices. If you feel you have what it takes and can add significant value to this role and department then apply for this exciting opportunity!

What will you do?

• Proactively develop and create customer relationships in your area of responsibility
• Ensures customer satisfaction and solve complaints with the rest of the KONE team
• Document and maintain the customer and contact information
• Accountable for leads, opportunities, orders and contracts to meet the sales budget and pricing targets including proactively generating opportunities from outside current customer base
• Accountable for finding customer needs and KONE’s solution matching with those needs
• Responsible for pricing using the approved tendering tools
• Validate that the contents of the contract are in line with the negotiation process outcome
• Maintain full information of opportunities, tasks and visits, while keeping CRM up to date

Are you the one?

• Bachelor Degree preferably in engineering
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in one of the following: Complex Sales Process Management / Business Development / Key Account Management
• Experience managing key accounts and major projects is a must
• Experience within the same or similar industries working with developers, main contractors and consultants
• Ability to interpret and analyze customer needs
• Passion for sales, with a proven track record and a strong customer focus
• Futuristic approach and passionate about new technologies and digitalization
• Excellent English & Arabic communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• Candidates with experience in the market in Saudi will be given priority.

Successful candidates will be invited to complete an automated video interview. Please check your e-mail regularly to be able to submit within the assigned time frame.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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