
Account Support Executive
- Beijing
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead Deal Coordination: Partner with Sales, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders to structure and execute complex, high-value deals that align with Elsevier’s policies and strategic goals.
- Ensure Compliance: Maintain rigorous adherence to internal controls, pricing policies, and approval processes while adapting to evolving customer requirements.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a central point of contact across departments, ensuring alignment and timely resolution of deal-related issues.
- Process Optimization: Identify opportunities to streamline deal desk operations, improve workflows, and enhance the overall deal lifecycle experience.
- Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate records of deal terms, approvals, and exceptions. Provide insights and reporting to support business decisions.
- Training & Enablement: Educate sales and other teams on deal processes, tools, and best practices to drive consistency and efficiency.
- Deal Monitoring & Execution: Track all deals (both new and renewal) within the assigned territory to ensure timely delivery and alignment with internal milestones.
- Work With Dashboards: Track customers’ procurement and invoicing requirements, including monitoring age of paperwork, Access Extensions, purchase order processes, and process exceptions flagged by Operations.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Provide deal-specific consultation to Sales and Operations teams, leveraging regional knowledge to support decision-making and execution.
- Customer Engagement: Support customer interactions, particularly around contested journal renewals and title dynamics, ensuring a responsive and informed experience.
- Contract Review & Redlining: Assist with redlining and documentation for active contested renewals and new business opportunities.
- Language Support: Provide local language support for essential customer details (example Billing and Shipping information) in contested deals, ensuring clarity and compliance.
- Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (or equivalent work experience).
- 2-3 years of experience in sales operations, customer support, account coordination, or a similar administrative role.
- Skills & Competencies:
- Fluent in Korean and Chinese, and Business-level English.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and regions.
- Detail-oriented with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
- Comfortable working with contracts, redlining, and documentation processes.
- Familiarity with CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce), or other ERP tools, and Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel and Outlook).
- Ability to work independently while maintaining a team-oriented mindset.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in a global or regional sales support environment.
- Knowledge of invoicing processes, purchase order workflows, and sales processes.
- Proficiency in a second language relevant to the region supported is a plus.
Medical and Life Insurance: Coverage for Medical and life risk.
- Long-Service Award: Recognition for loyalty and dedication.
- Marriage and New Baby Gifts: Celebratory tokens for special life events.
- Festivals and Birthday Gifts: Spreading joy on occasions that matter.
- Annual Medical Check-up: Prioritizing employee well-being through regular health check-ups.
- Flexible Benefits via CIIC Platform: Personalized benefits accessible through a user-friendly platform.
- Paid Time Off: Annual Leave, Flex Family Care Leave, Birthday Leave, Marriage Leave, Compassionate Leave, Medical and Hospitalization Leave, Examination Leave Gazetted Public Holiday
- Family Care leave (Maternity/Paternity Leave and Adoption Leave)