
Portfolio Manager
- Dublin
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Accountable for managing assigned National Core 1 and 2 customers
- Accountable for accuracy of customer data and hierarchies
- Accountable for customer plans, their approval and follow-up with the unit management
- Accountable for building and coordinating relationships on many levels between customers
- organization and KONE as well as other stakeholders
- Responsible of evaluating any commercial or operational risks or customer complaints related to the account and raising them with the Management team
- Responsible for creating and managing opportunities within assigned customer base
- Creates value propositions with clearly described benefits of KONE solutions for customer’s needs including Digital Solutions i.e. 24/7 Connected Services
- Accountable for national or frame agreements and managing the customer’s contract portfolio
- Responsible for developing the profitability of the customers’ business with KONE according to the account plan
- Renegotiates expiring contracts proactively
- Ensure PO process followed
- Responds and resolves cancellation risks
- Defends price escalation and resolve issues
- Monitor and resolve suspended contracts if any
- Pre qualifications support and submission
- Tender preparation
- Quotation/offer preparation
- Operational report running
- Meeting preparation
- Solves any complaints with the rest of KONE team
- Handles queries
- Supports the finance function in money collection
- Monitors the leads and new opportunities in CRM and assigns them to right person
- Documents the customer and contact information, maintains customer data
- Previous key account management is essential
- Lifts industry experience is beneficial but not essential
- Experience in delivering internal and external presentations
- Knowledge of SAP & Salesforce is beneficial
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey information to both influence and negotiate good working relationships with customers and colleagues
- Identifying and mitigating potential risks within the portfolio