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Account Manager

Batu Kawan, Penang / Kuala Lumpur

Full-time

Summary

Great at building customer relationships and turning them into long-term business growth? Join us as an Account Manager and take ownership of key industrial accounts — strengthening customer partnerships, uncovering new opportunities, and expanding automation, service and smart manufacturing solutions across our existing customer base.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage and grow a portfolio of assigned customer accounts, with clear account plans, targets and growth strategies.

  • Build strong, long-term relationships with key stakeholders across operations, engineering, procurement and management.

  • Develop a deep understanding of each customer’s business, installed base, operational needs and future expansion plans.

  • Identify and develop upselling, cross-selling, repeat order and recurring revenue opportunities within existing accounts.

  • Expand UB’s solutions within customer accounts, including automation systems, service and managed automation, Equipment Intelligence, SmartOps and other smart manufacturing solutions.

  • Drive account growth and increase UB’s share of wallet across assigned customers.

  • Support closing-stage ASRS/OHS and automation opportunities together with Business Development and Technical Presales teams.

  • Prepare and manage quotations, commercial proposals, negotiations, contract renewals and customer agreements.

  • Coordinate with Technical Presales, Project Management, Engineering and Service teams to ensure customer requirements are understood and addressed.

  • Act as a key commercial and relationship point of contact, ensuring timely follow-up and resolution of customer matters.

  • Monitor project and delivery progress from the customer relationship perspective and proactively manage customer expectations and satisfaction.

  • Work closely with Finance to follow up on invoicing, payment collection and outstanding receivables for assigned accounts.

  • Monitor account health, customer satisfaction, competitor activities and business risks, taking proactive action where required.

  • Maintain accurate account, contact, opportunity and pipeline information in CRM and relevant internal systems.

  • Provide regular updates on account performance, sales opportunities, forecasts, risks and competitor intelligence.

  • Ensure commercial documentation, agreements and account activities comply with internal approval and commercial processes.

Job Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing or a related discipline.

  • Minimum 3–5 years of experience in Account Management, Key Account Management, Business Development, B2B Sales or a related commercial role.

  • Experience in industrial automation, semiconductor/E&E, manufacturing, machine building, warehouse automation, robotics or engineering solutions is highly advantageous.

  • Proven ability to manage and grow existing B2B customer accounts and develop long-term customer relationships.

  • Experience identifying upselling, cross-selling, repeat business and account expansion opportunities.

  • Comfortable engaging stakeholders across technical, operational, procurement and management levels.

  • Experience managing long B2B sales cycles, strategic accounts or customers with an existing installed base is advantageous.

  • Good understanding of account planning, customer relationship management and sales pipeline management.

  • Experience preparing quotations, commercial proposals, contracts and customer agreements.

  • Good commercial understanding of pricing, margins, payment terms, credit terms and basic contractual requirements.

  • Able to understand customer business and technical requirements and collaborate with internal teams to develop suitable solutions.

  • Experience using CRM systems with disciplined account and opportunity management.

  • Strong relationship-building, communication, presentation, negotiation and influencing skills.

  • Customer-focused and commercially driven, with a strong sense of ownership, accountability and follow-through.

  • Able to coordinate effectively across Sales, Technical Presales, Project, Engineering, Service and Finance teams.

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

  • Good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia; ability to communicate in Mandarin is an added advantage.

  • Willing to travel regularly to customer sites for account management and business development activities.

How to apply?

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