What are the responsibilities and job description for the Jr Enterprise Account Associate position at OCASA Life Sciences?
The Junior Enterprise Account Executive supports the EAM in the day-to-day management of global strategic accounts within the Life Sciences division at OCASA. This role is designed for an early-career professional seeking to develop strong commercial, operational, and client-facing skills while working closely with strategic customers. The position plays a critical role in ensuring agility, responsiveness, and coordination across internal teams, while maintaining close, in-person relationships with key client stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Client Support & Relationship Management
- Act as day-to-day commercial support for assigned strategic accounts, ensuring timely and proactive responses to client requests.
- Serve as a first line of commercial contact when required, escalating matters appropriately while maintaining client confidence.
- Conduct regular on-site visits to client locations to strengthen relationships and better understand operational and business needs.
- Map client organizations, identify key stakeholders, influencers, and decision-makers, and maintain updated client org charts.
Account Management & Business Planning
- Support the EAM in the preparation, execution, and ongoing maintenance of Account Business Plans.
- Assist in identifying growth opportunities, service enhancements, and potential new projects within existing accounts.
- Develop a solid understanding of client decision-making processes and propose commercial actions tailored to different stakeholders.
Business Reviews & Reporting
- Coordinate and prepare information for QBRs, MBRs, and operational follow-up meetings.
- Collect inputs from internal teams and build slide decks and performance presentations.
- Update and maintain commercial and operational dashboards related to account performance, volumes, and KPIs.
- Build and monitor customers’ pipelines and track them timely and consistently within the CRM tool (as Salesforce). Ensure activities are timely and accurately reported.
Commercial Coordination & Opportunity Management
- Manage internal follow-up of quotations, new business requests and project implementations.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams (Operations, Pricing, Quality, Legal, IT, Finance, Sales Support) to ensure accurate and timely responses.
- Track open actions, incidents, and service issues, ensuring proper resolution and communication to the client.
Internal Alignment & Issue Resolution
- Act as a liaison between the client and internal teams to ensure alignment and service continuity.
- Follow up on incidents, corrective actions, and improvement initiatives with the relevant departments.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives driven by client feedback and operational insights.
Required Skills & Competencies
- Strong client-oriented mindset with a proactive and solution-driven approach.
- Organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, projects, and quotations simultaneously.
- Clear and professional communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to build relationships with both internal teams and external client stakeholders.
- Analytical mindset with interest in understanding business performance, KPIs, and financial drivers.
- Interest in consultative selling and long-term account development.
- Comfortable with frequent in-person interactions and on-site client engagement.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Life Sciences, or a related field.
- Early career experience (1–3 years) in account management, customer service, operations, consulting, or commercial support roles.
- Exposure to logistics, pharmaceutical, CRO, or life sciences environments is a plus.