Account Manager

About youIf you re an Account Manager who likes actually owning the work rather than just passing briefs around, this could be a good one.You ll be joining a specialist communications business in Stockport, looking after established Local Government customers and managing projects from the initial brief right through to delivery.You re organised, good with customers and comfortable when there are a lot of moving parts.This isn t a sales role. It s about looking after existing relationships properly, understanding exactly what the customer needs and making sure the work gets delivered accurately and on time.Some of the work is genuinely time-critical, so you ll need to be somebody who stays on top of the detail when things get busy.Your experienceIdeally, you ll come from print, direct mail, secure communications or another production-led environment where you ve managed customer projects through to delivery.Electoral or Local Government experience would obviously be brilliant, but it doesn t have to be the only route in.You ll be comfortable taking briefs, working with production teams and suppliers, managing multiple live jobs and using an MIS/WIP system to keep everything under control.You ll also need enough commercial awareness to understand quotes, supplier costs, margins and invoicing.What you ll be doingYou ll take day-to-day ownership of a portfolio of Local Government customers, including electoral, canvass and other communication projects.That means taking accurate ..... full job details .....