Account associates

As an Area Account Associate with 13 years of experience, your main responsibility will be to manage, develop, and cultivate relationships with strategic clients in the food industry. You will be part of a vibrant food consulting firm in Delhi, handling accounts that range from startups to well-established F&B brands. Your key responsibilities will include acting as the primary point of contact for assigned client accounts, understanding their business objectives, food-related goals, and key challenges. You will be tasked with implementing strategic account plans to enhance client engagement, promote additional services, and foster long-term partnerships. Additionally, you will be expected to analyze client data, sales figures, and feedback to derive insights that will inform customized proposals and opportunities for upselling. Negotiating contracts, pricing models, service level agreements, and ensuring prompt billing and tracking client satisfaction will also be part of your role. Furthermore, supporting the development of pipeline and account forecasts, as well as generating reports to monitor trends and evaluate success metrics, will be crucial. The ideal candidate will possess at least 13 years of experience in relationship management, account support, business development, or sales, preferably within the food, hospitality, consumer goods, or consulting industries. Strong client-facing skills, including effective communication, negotiation, planning, and problem-solving abilities, are essential. An analytical mindset that enables you to interpret account trends, provide strategic insights, and deliver value to clients is highly desirable. Familiarity with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools or a willingness to learn such tools for pipeline tracking, proposal creation, and reporting will be advantageous.,