Global Account Manager - EMEA (Hybrid)

Fastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 600 staff. We are fuelled by values that bring us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference. We are supported by a working model that is based ona hybrid approach that allows each of us to balance home and office working while
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collaboration and accountability.Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.We are making a difference. Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence. The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives. By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world. We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, make the amazing possible. With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together. If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.Fastmarkets is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies. Fastmarkets is an independent commodity pricing and information organisation with over 600 staff. We are fuelled by values that bring us all together and are united by a collective passion to make a difference. We are supported by a working model that is based ona hybrid approach that allows each of us to balance home and office working while
encouragingeffective
collaboration and accountability.Fastmarkets is the most trusted Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the metals, mining, agriculture, forest products, and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts, and market analyses give our customers strategic advantage in complex, volatile, often opaque markets. Our events provide forums for market participants to come together, trade, and talk through the critical issues of our times.We are making a difference. Fastmarkets works to create transparent commodity markets through our reliable and trusted price data and market intelligence. The markets we serve are central to how economies work and are essential for our lives. By doing this, Fastmarkets helps our customers build a more sustainable world. We are built on a 130-year foundation while bringing a digital platform to market, combining the currency of trust with the power of digital.Most importantly, we are fuelled by our teams that, across the globe, make the amazing possible. With a deep sense of purpose and belonging, we are building an extraordinary future – together. If you would like to help build the future, we hope you will join us on our journey.Fastmarkets is owned by global private equity firm Astorg, a specialist investor in healthcare, software, technology, business services and technology-based industrial companies.Job DescriptionThe Global Account Manager will be responsible for the organic growth of a portfolio of leading global accounts. The portfolio is made up of between 20-25 European headquartered global accounts across multiple market segments and commodities with a typical individual spend of £100K+.Reporting to the Head of Global Accounts, EMEA, the successful candidate will work with multiple internal departments to secure long term sustainable partnerships with customers while delivering growth to the business. This will be achieved through understanding and aligning Fastmarkets content with the core strategic objectives of our customers across multiple commodity verticals.Principal AccountabilitiesAs a Global Account Manager, you will be required to meet and exceed incremental revenue growth through the application of the following principals.Create transformational partnerships with clients, built on an in-depth understanding of how Fastmarkets products and services can be used to ensure their long-term commercial success. We are metrics-driven, using insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance.Seek to maximize sales productivity by engaging with clients dynamically around their needs and priorities, strategically driving new business pipeline by positioning Fastmarkets products and services in line with prospective clients' needs.Understand client workflow — how our data and information is procured, disseminated, consumed, and its qualifiable measure of success. We make it our business to know how our added value impacts our clients' positioning within their marketplace.Being highly engaged with strategic growth initiatives, using them in the most well-rounded manner possible to ensure that they provide benefits to clients and colleagues.Consistently demonstrate high levels of innovative, progressive thought as part of regular company meetings and sales team cadences, to nurture and encourage a collaborative environment which allows the Global Accounts team to ensure role-model engagement with all colleagues throughout Fastmarkets.QualificationsWe recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on...KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLSWe are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.• Demonstrable track record of achieving or overachieving sales targets• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills• Consultative sales and negotiation skills, possess high level of integrity and professionalism through all phases of the selling cycle• Proven leadership in managing multi-national global accounts• Very strong planning, organizational skills, ability to prioritize and pay attention to detail• Competent with systems (Salesforce) for reporting, forecasting, and management of pipeline• Strong analytical and attention to detail skillsIf you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.Additional InformationOur ValuesFastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performanceACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things doneGROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgencyINCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we doCOLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you!If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day.It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great. 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