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GP Strategies Corporation Automotive Account Lead Hybrid in Troy, Michigan
GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.
From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at . JOB SUMMARY As the primary conduit to the client, the Account Manager is responsible for ensuring client satisfaction by developing and nurturing excellent client relationships (in-person and virtually), managing client expectations, and achieving the goals established by the client and the organization. The individual resolves client queries, liaises with Operations to secure client resources, helps compile and present project reports and ensures project teams complete workflows within time, budget and quality parameters. This role involves the daily management of all client deliverables for one large training program and a few small projects and must leverage working relationships across the client's team, the internal team, the company and various agencies. Ideal candidate will have learning and development experience along with OEM. An Account Lead's primary outputs include: Act as the "connector" between client, internal teams and business partners Act as primary liaison with client upper management and maintains a positive working relationships to understand customer's goals, objectives, and direction Communicates alignment between projects and account or client-level initiatives, proactively identifies opportunities Demonstrate a holistic understanding of and ability to articulate GP's profile, offerings, and value proposition for all GP operating groups Proactively develop creative solution proposals based on a thorough understanding of customers' business, processes and how decisions impact employees, dealers and other business units Act as an escalation point for all project related issues and undertake aggressive measures to aid and assist in problem resolution as quickly as possible Provides leadership and motivation to the entire administration and delivery team to ensure that the client's needs are met Keeps project team, management and operations informed of project schedules, budget, scope and project risks and takes efforts to manage and minimize project risks Effectively manage multiple priorities and resources both internally and externally Work with subject matter experts to support regular content updates and deliverables Essential Duties and Responsibilities Cultivate and nurture new and existing client relationships with the account Communicate understanding of the programs and projects Upon client intake request, draft preliminary budget range, document client's expectation for timing and estimate project resource needs Ensure project milestones are met and deliverables are on time, on/under budget and meet/exceed client expectations Maintain visibility to projects and forecast financials as well as obstacles Helps prepare the project team for internal and external team meetings and presentations Lend ad-hoc support to various project teams, as necessary, during project implementation Report feedback, concerns, comments and questions from the client to the project team Travel to and work in the company's office to support in-person delivery of program and attend client meetings inperson periodically at the client's office Continuous educa