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Account Manager - Wessex & Welsh Water

Lanes Group

The Role

Overview

Manage client relationships, set targets, ensure satisfaction for water services.

Key Responsibilities

  • client management
  • pricing
  • proposals
  • target metrics
  • on‑call support
  • negotiations

Tasks

-Meeting clients and account managers on a regular basis to ensure strong relationships. -Follow up on complaints and queries on behalf of clients. -Pricing contracts to achieve company’s’ gross margin expectations. -Taking a leadership role in presentations and proposals for national accounts. -Provide timely and effective solutions aligned to client needs. -Senior representation for the company, working with crucial client and partners. -Creating and monitoring targets and metrics for the national accounts, suggesting improvements where appropriate. -On call payments to manage the reactive workload at evenings and weekends. -Monitoring and identifying market trends, competitors and new sales leads. -Negotiating and closing agreements with large customers including agreeing reasonable and achievable SLA’s and KPI’s.

Requirements

  • crm
  • sales
  • account manager
  • business processes
  • relationship management
  • sales performance

What You Bring

-Experience in managing multi-faceted complex business relationships. -Knowledge of CRM systems -Knowledge of managing end-to-end business processes -Experience in a regional or national account manager position. -A sales background with a demonstrated history of sales performance

Benefits

-Company bonus scheme. -24 Days holiday plus Bank Holidays -Death in service -Company car/car allowance

The Company

About Lanes Group

-It grew through strategic acquisitions and expansion into new service areas. -It secured major contracts with Thames Water and Southern Water, handling citywide sewer maintenance. -Its work spans large‑scale infrastructure including railway drainage on Crossrail and UV trenchless sewer relining on UK motorways. -Today, it operates a national network of depots, utility hubs and specialist divisions like Lanes‑i, Sapphire and AQS.

Sector Specialisms

Drainage

Sewer

Septic Tank

Wastewater

Water Utilities

Gas Supply Networks

Rail Sector

Commercial

Domestic

Infrastructure

Utilities