Account Manager

The role

The Account Manager leads day-to-day media planning and client relationships for one or more assigned accounts. The role also leads and coaches a team of planners and buyers.

What you will do

• Build a strong relationship with clients to become a trusted partner
• Lead internal and client status meetings together with account directors or leads
• Be the day-to-day primary point of contact for the brands you work on
• Lead the development, sell-in and delivery of planning work on agreed projects, and run implementation
• Brief media channel planning specialists on campaigns across the ecosystem
• Be an expert in the local media market
• Lead ad-hoc requests for clients
• Manage the client finance, media delivery and reporting process with the team
• Manage and delegate effectively to junior team members
• Train and develop a junior executive and give constructive performance feedback

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a similar role
• Very good communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills and grammar
• Numerate and analytical
• Demonstrable strong planning and buying skills and experience
• Experience in implementation planning
• Proven track record in the FMCG sector with category management experience
• Strong target orientation and ability to work effectively to targets
• Strong supplier relationship management experience and proven ability to develop client stakeholder relationships

Nice to have

• Degree in a business, numerical or analytical field such as economics, mathematics, statistics or engineering

Benefits

• Employment contract
• Hybrid working model
• Well-structured induction program
• Employee Assistance Program with mental health advisory support
• Support through cooperation with Telus Health One
• Supportive atmosphere where colleagues value each other's work and share knowledge

Before you apply

• Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. It is part of WPP, a creative transformation company.