Manager, UL Environment Consulting (3 Positions Available!)

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Founded in 1894, UL is a premier safety company with more than a century of proven history, leading the world in enhancing safe living and working environments, facilitating global trade and serving as a trusted source of information and knowledge.  We employ over 9,000 professionals who work in over 100 countries, and that number is growing. 

UL's technical and subject-matter experts work within our five exciting businesses under one of the most recognized and respected safety brands in the world:

• Product Safety:
  Providing product safety testing and certification for global market access as well as inspection services to maintain certification.
• Verification Services:
  Offering quality assurance testing, inspections, audits and responsible sourcing services for a wide array of goods, including wireless protocol and digital security, performance testing and energy efficiency testing.
• University:
  Delivering facilitated workshops and customized training solutions focused on workplace safety, personnel certification and advisory services.
• Life & Health:
  Providing innovative and trustworthy solutions, whether it be a test report, certification, or regulatory compliance package, to the drinking water, food safety, and medical device industries.
• Environment:
  Offering independent assessment and certification, educational services and standards development focused on environmental claims validation, sustainable products certification, energy efficiency certification and advisory services.

We are proud of our role in public safety and work hard each day to help the world move forward - one safe step at a time.  Together, we CAN make a difference....so if you'd like to make a real impact, make us your first choice!

Position Overview:

**Positions can be located in Chicago, IL; Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA; or major metro areas**

We currently have 3 exciting UL Environment Consulting opportunities available:

1 role with a Marketing focus (IRC71753), in which the incumbent will develop business and manage projects in UL Environment's sustainability consulting and marketing practice, for projects involving marketing and communications.

2 roles with a Sector focus (IRC71772 & IRC71773), in which the incumbents will develop business and manage projects in UL Environment's sustainability consulting and marketing practice.  Leading and coordinating consulting activities for targeted industry sectors. 

Advises, manages and coordinates with UL's Environment business customers.  Develops and executes strategies in coordination with Industry leads and other Commercial team members to generate revenue growth and achieve bookings goals.  Assists industry leadership in the development of account strategies, goals, and plans with a focus on driving a foundation for industry growth for UL. 

Focuses on customer satisfaction, account growth and expansion of ULE services provided.  Works with customers to understand the emerging needs of the organization.  Works with other business development team members to target opportunities.

Manages projects to meet customer requirements for quality, scope, and budget.  Coordinates activities of other consulting project staff and ensures that project profitability goals are achieved.

Responsibilities:

• Manages and coordinates with UL's environment customers industries and opportunities.
• Works with industry leads and other sales personnel to generate revenue growth, and achieve booking goals.
• Responds effectively to urgent and sensitive customer issues, and focuses on sustaining customer satisfaction and loyalty by maintaining a relationship with the customer.
• Develops and coordinates executive presentations, debriefings, and proposals and prepares thought leadership positions, including white papers, webinars, and writings for industry.
• Develops comprehensive account plans and manages relationships with customers to grow accounts and expand services provided.
• Develops proposals by researching, and resolving complex problems for key and/or high value customers.
• Manage complex consulting projects, involving interdisciplinary teams, so that project profitability goals are realized.
• Performs other duties as directed.

Qualifications: 

Required Skills:

• University degree (equivalent to a Bachelor's degree) in Science, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related discipline plus generally 8 years' experience in account management and project management.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate, acquire and manage high value customer accounts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex sustainability projects.
• Demonstrated ability to work with customers as a trusted business advisor in a consulting capacity.
• Detailed understanding of the sustainability business, environmental marketing, target markets and sustainability-related business issues in the consulting group's target industry sector.

Look at what we can do together!

You've learned about us - now we would like to learn more about you.  If you like what you have read and you believe that you would be a good fit, we would like to hear from you.  Our sustained growth and success is dependent upon the commitment of its workforce. 

Compensation: We consider our employees to be our most valued asset and we offer challenging and rewarding careers, excellent working conditions, exceptional opportunities for your professional and personal development, and a competitive compensation package. 

To Apply: 

If you are interested in applying for this position, please visit us online at ULcareers.com and enter the requisition number in the following format:  IRC71753, IRC71772 or IRC71773 in the keyword search field.

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