Account Executive - maternity cover (fixed term contract for 12-months) at CAE in Burgess Hill, United Kingdom

Job description

• Our Customer Service & Sales team is at the forefront of delivering excellence. By managing relationships, leading proactive solutions, and elevating the client experience, every interaction makes a difference. Join us to grow your career and contribute to CAE’s global mission of enhancing safety and readiness.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain effective long-term relationships with customer decision-makers and key stakeholders within an assigned territory.
• Support customer retention by maximizing the renewal and continuation of existing revenue streams.
• Coordinate and book client training events by reviewing course prerequisites, participant qualifications, course availability, and accurately registering training requirements.
• Respond to client inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
• Schedule and track recurring training events and follow up to ensure completion.
• Identify opportunities to promote additional training courses that align with client needs and objectives.
• Negotiate pricing agreements and make contract-related decisions in accordance with established guidelines.
• Monitor training events through completion and provide ongoing customer support.
• Communicate payment terms clearly and assist with payment collection activities, including collecting applicable payments at training events when required.
• Support the achievement of company sales strategies, objectives, and territory targets.
• Deliver a high standard of customer service through proactive communication and follow-up.
• Establish and maintain positive client relationships through regular engagement and account management activities.
• Coordinate training requirements with the Training Services team to deliver appropriate customer solutions.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support team objectives and provide backup coverage when needed.
• Support training participation growth and achievement of assigned sales targets.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date customer information in Salesforce and Gemini systems.

Requirements

• Experience in customer/client relations role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to be adaptable and flexible with the capacity to accept change.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and the willingness to participate in process improvement projects.
• Self-starter.
• Must be able to multi-task and prioritize daily workload.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet Explorer.
• Must be able to work in a team environment.
• Must be able to maintain professionalism in the workplace at all times.
• Aviation experience desirable.
• Experience with Salesforce or equivalent client database software would be an advantage.

Skills

Required

• Self-starter

Preferred

• Aviation experience
• Ability to converse in a second language

Benefits

• Attractive benefits including a flexible holiday policy and a flexi‑time scheme
• Private health insurance with BUPA
• Healthcare cash plan
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance