Are you an experienced Account Management, Customer Manager or Business Development professional with a successful track record of building relationships and selling services? Or are you an experienced Social Housing professional with subject matter expertise in Housing, Asset Management, Property Services &/or Construction and Building Safety with a consultative approach and the ability to cultivate business relationships? If either description fits, or you can bring both to the table, then let Informed Recruitment help you achieve your potential with an exciting opportunity as a Head of Member Services for the West Midlands. Informed Recruitment are a specialist provider of resource to the Housing & Property Technology markets, we are delighted to be partnering with a Social Enterprise undertaking an exciting expansion and looking to bolster their customer service provision.
The objective of the role will be to secure new customers to a consortium for procurement solutions & services that offers customers access to group procurement, economies of scale and scope, preferential offers, and rapid access to a range of vetted services within Asset Management, Property Services, Compliance, Construction, Building Safety & Development across products, materials, and services. You will be responsible for marketing the service, and the products and solutions that it contains, to new and existing customers in the market across the West Midlands to generate growth.
Background - Well-trodden paths into this role include:
- Property background - Experience as a Social Housing professional with subject matter expertise in Assets, Property Services, Development or Building Safety looking for a new challenge.
- Supply Chain/Merchants - Experience working within the supply chain providing materials, goods, and services to the Housing, Construction, Building Safety, Asset Management, &/or Property services sectors with knowledge of the relevant goods, services, prices, and people.
- Account Management & Business Development - A successful track record as a business development/account management/customer service management professional with a successful track record of effective new business development, looking after customers, and building relationships and selling services. Any experience of working with procurement frameworks or within the sectors desirable.
Essential Skills - Self-starter with a positive approach that is happy and motivated to be target driven but work in a team environment that understands social value.
- The capability to sell services, products or concepts to procurement, assets, property services, and development professionals.
- A consultative approach based on looking after customers, building positive relationships, and with the ability to turn ideas into action and results.
- A good understanding of creating value and managing costs.
- The ability to present at conferences, seminars, and workshops.
Highly Desirable / Will Strengthen Application - Experience of the current Social Housing market, including current issues within development, compliance, building safety, property services and/or strategic asset management.
- Experience of selling services to the property/housing sector within the West Midlands.
- An understanding of the commercial construction market and new development.
As an individual you will be an excellent communicator, adept at liaising at all levels with a variety of stakeholders. You will also be highly analytical with a keen eye for problem solving and meticulous record keeping. This role is hybrid based, with some time spent in an office in Birmingham, some time working from home and ad hoc travel around the West Midlands region so a driving license is required for this post and costs will be catered for. This is an exciting time to join the organisation and your contribution will certainly be felt, in return you will receive a very competitive salary, car allowance, life assurance, healthcare and benefits package with a generous holiday allowance. Interview slots are available, so please apply without delay.
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