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Account Executive, Work Dynamics, APAC
About JLL
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The Account Executive role purpose
Responsible for managing a JLL client account directly with a focus on Client, People & Growth. This includes leading a strong People agenda ensuring an engaged workforce and a positive culture with a focus on wellbeing and health and safety.
Reporting Relationships
Direct Manager: Group Account Executive
Direct Reports: Country Account leads and Functional Leads.
Role Summary
Strategy and Account Management
· Contribute and execute on the vision and strategy of the JLL business. Be the face of JLL in the marketplace.
· Ensure that the account plan is implemented and aligned with client objectives.
· Be accountable for the profit, loss and growth of the account.
· Be responsible for supporting the account in the region / geo / country by working with the local account teams and local clients.
· Work with the Account Management Enablement organization to implement the agreed account management practices.
· Provide feedback to the Product organization on the performance and gaps, if any on various Products and suggest improvements from the field and client feedback.
Client Relationship Management
· Ability to extract and translate customer expectations into innovative strategic initiatives
· Convinces stakeholders based on data, challenges in a constructive manner
· Balances the needs of both client and JLL
· Exhibits result orientation
Transformational Improvement
· Unlock opportunities for account growth and work with the account team and / or Sales organization to convert these opportunities.
· Drives creation and delivery of the account’s strategic roadmap
· Promotes continuous improvement & innovation.
· Demonstrates a proactive and ownership focused mind-set and acts as a role model in this regard.
Lead & Deliver
· Create a high-performing, integrated team who are committed to delivering exceptional client results.
· Work with the Commercial Excellence team on margin enhancement and commercial excellence initiatives to improve and / or achieve the target margin for the account.
· Realize the transformation program on-time.
· Exceed targets and desired outcomes every year.
· Promote open, constructive and collaborative relationships with clients, superiors, subordinates and peers.
· Build strong and successful strategic partnerships between the client and JLL, both within and outside of the direct teams.
Core Competencies & Personal Attributes
Behaviours
The ideal candidate should demonstrate the following competencies:
Empathy - deeply understands the goals, drivers and needs of others.
Trust - earns and deserves the trust of clients and colleagues.
Thorough and restrained - prefers accuracy over speed to avoid mistakes.
Inclusive in all decisions and behaviours and demands this from others.
Embodies JLL values of Ethics, Excellence and Teamwork.
Decisive and relentless with a bias for action.
Courage to make the tough decisions and have difficult conversations.
Accountable for actions and outcomes and holds others to be accountable too.
Values agility and is not afraid to shift as conditions change.
Authentic and true to themself, not afraid of deliberate truth telling.
Natural relationship builder with superior communication skills.
Learns quickly from mistakes, recognizes patterns in the environment, and changes behavior based on immediate feedback
Experience
Track record of year on year plan overachievement and delivering growth through new services/products.
Account leadership experience in corporate real estate, with exposure to facilities or property management, real estate service delivery oversight and vendor management.
Experience leading multiple scaling accounts and / or large multiservice line account across a variety of countries or a broad geography.
Has effectively managed complex P&Ls.
Has experience and is comfortable presenting in front of large audiences.
Has grown talent through effective leadership and management. Strong track record of advancing both individuals and teams in complex business environments into management roles.
Knowledge
Understands the product offering within JLL and has successfully sold products
contributing to growth
Knowledgeable and is seen as a leader in the corporate real estate industry and
has subject matter expertise in several areas
High level business and financial acumen
Has a network of trusted colleagues across JLL and externally within the industry
Knows how to engage and attract talent within the competitor landscape
Keeps up to date with industry trends, research and the competitive landscape
Knowledge of clients, delivery models and strategies across the industry
Location:
On-site –SingaporeIf this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!
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