Posted By
Nitin Mehra
Recruitment Relationship Manager - Global Talent Acquisition Team at American Express
Last Login: 18 June 2019
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Manager Strategic Relationship Group (Merchant Services)
Job Description :
This position will :
- Manage a portfolio of identified strategic accounts that include merchant partnerships across retail, online, airlines, lodging, telecom, car rentals, etc.
- Develop and implement transformational business building and revenue enhancement initiatives within the portfolio to drive Card Member spend and grow share of the business.
- Protect our premium and improve portfolio Discount Revenue through revenue expansion initiatives.
- Facilitate partnerships with identified key accounts and issuing partners across consumer and corporate products.
- Negotiate and deliver differentiated value and benefits for our Card products.
- Ensure growth & profitability within the portfolio
- Ensure 100% coverage in the portfolio of accounts.
- Provide inputs to and execute a strong Active LIF expansion focus.
- Drive merchant satisfaction through proactive relationship management, proactive consultative selling and charge volume expansion.
- Review and complete major merchant contractual negotiations
- Support direction of CLM strategies for accounts in the portfolio
- Establish relationships with key decision makers within the portfolio accounts and leverage these to formulate joint marketing programs and seek new business opportunities.
- Demonstrate clear understanding of key business drivers. Identify key industry trends, merchant needs, market developments and financial and competitor or commercial information to identify new business opportunities.
- Portfolio planning and ongoing management of accounts against plan. Set clear objectives define metrics and key milestones and track progress.
- Coordinate and work closely with including Central Marketing, issuer product teams, WS, MTS & PC and Regional CLM.
- Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Qualifications :
- Minimum 9 years relevant work experience with post graduation/MBA or min 12 yrs total work experience.
- Prior experience in merchant-side client management and a strong grasp of the merchant services business.
- Knowledge of merchant-side operations processing and systems.
- Working knowledge of acquiring side asset monetization, de-risking and industry best practices
- Good working knowledge of the payments landscape and regulatory environment.
- Superior relationship management, consultative selling, communication and presentation skills.
- Strong team player with effective conflict resolution and negotiation skills
- People leadership experience required.
- Customer, industry, market and Amex product / operations systems knowledge a plus.
- Good project management skills and ability to drive results.
- High analytical and conceptual skills.
- Ability to use quantitative data and analysis to sell value.
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Posted By
Nitin Mehra
Recruitment Relationship Manager - Global Talent Acquisition Team at American Express
Last Login: 18 June 2019
5010
JOB VIEWS
239
APPLICATIONS
7
RECRUITER ACTIONS
Posted in
Sales & Marketing
Job Code
273626