
Customer Success Manager - Mumbai/Bangalore (First Advantage)
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
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If you are looking to grow your career in a culture that is ready for innovative thinkers, First Advantage is the place for you.We are home to 10,000+ employees across 26 locations and serve 35,000+ customers in 200+ countries and territories. And, with the industry’s largest global footprint, we are truly a worldwide organisation.Job Summary and role purpose
- The Customer Success Manager will be responsible for providing excellent account management support to the EMEA region.
- To drive increased customer engagement within FADV customer base and increase customer satisfaction at every level From users to Stakeholder ownership.
- To manage and develop customer relationships within the assigned customer group, measured by the expansion of revenue within your assigned customer base
- Retain existing accounts during renewal or competitive re-bids.
- To grow revenues with assigned portfolio of accounts
- Establish trusted advisor relationship through driving customer value, masureable business outcomes and customer satisfaction
- Develop and maintain in depth knowledge of assigned accounts and the processes and strategy within them
- Maintain and build strong relationships with key stakeholders in account portfolio and develop new contacts to build out our business opportunities
- Frequent telephone contact with key points of contact in each account
- Formal account planning meeting with senior stakeholders in each account
- Frequent contact with customers during sales or renewal cycles
- Provide advice on new products and service offerings
- Identify and review on an regular basis high risk customers and key actions required
- Act as the point of commercial escalation for any relevant financial or relationship issues and manage these to a satisfactory outcome
- Managing and preparing for Quarterly Business reviews
- Providing system demonstrations on our current and future platforms
- Financial Performance Tracking – Monitor clients monthly spends, identifying peaks and drops so you can act accordingly
- Process – Working with clients to identify any areas for improvement and sharing industry best practice
- Reviews – Analyse WIP reviews and work with Operations to resolve issues
- Project work – Collaborate with various other departments across the business to meet project deadlines
- Escalations – Responding to various issues/complaints received from clients and working with the relevant internal teams to ensure measures are put in place to avoid a repeat of the problem
- Commercial queries – Liaising with legal and compliance to resolve any pricing, contractual or legal issues
- Upselling – Identifying gaps in a client’s program and showing them the value of adding this product into their program
The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of successful account management or Customer Success Management including:
- Ability to understand the needs/pain points of current and potential clients, showing empathy and winning their trust
- Excellent communication, presentation and analytical skills
- A clear and persuasive communicator, able to hold the interest of listeners at all levels
- Effective time management
- Able to plan, organise and prioritise a high level of work
- Proficiency in working in a Microsoft Office environment, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word
- Measurement of value and business outputs
- Strong client focus, driven by metrics to increase client satisfaction and retention
- Eager to learn and develop a successful career within the business
- Collaborates positively within and across teams
- Able to create and maintain strong business relationships
- Outside-In Thinking: Ability to understand the client perspective and to proactively identify and develop solutions
- Self-directed and motivated
- Strong written and verbal skills, including presentations, training and chairing meetings
- Ability to work across business levels from business owner to executive
- Attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks and relationships (including multiple customers simultaneously)