Account Support Executive_Sales Operations

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Date: Apr 16, 2024

Location: Tokyo, JP

Company: Springer Nature Group

 

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The Account Support Executive fulfils a central role within the company and works closely with the sales team the customers and other internal stakeholders to prepare subscription (license) agreements for new and renewal business for online products accurately and in line with established targets.  In doing so, the goal is to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction in managing internal and external relationships.

 

The role of a Account Support Executive is vital to the business and has direct impact on customer satisfaction. The account support role is continuously enhanced by team training and by facilitating personal development.

 

Key tasks/ Main result areas: 

 

  • Prepare renewals and planning while managing and updating renewal tracking tool for reporting and guidance to Sales Team (i.e. report on renewal status, workflows)
  • Prepare (in Salesforce system) the quote and contract to trigger invoicing
  • Be the first point of contact for Japan customers with regards to contract execution
  • Coordinate all customer correspondence and agreements within assigned international region
  • Proactive communicate with customer, align new contract terms & agreed fees and obtain the customer signed license
  • Manage customer requests in the assigned international region and provide assistance on daily operations (i.e. engage with customers in order to enhance customer data quality, answer questions connected to contract data, or invoicing data)
  • Stay in close contact with subscription agents to pursue deals (i.e. to obtain purchase orders, solve order queries, provide journal title lists for invoicing from agent to end customer)
  • Provide feedback to improve sales and support workflows (in systems) to work more effective and efficient
  • Have excellent knowledge of Salesforce CRM system and safeguard data quality in CRM
  • Monitor and improve performance on key indicators
  • Generate reports and analysis on renewal sales progress for assigned region
  • Active participation in stakeholder and team meetings aimed at continuous improvement of customer satisfaction

 

 

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