Director Strategic Partnerships - Collegiate Hospitality

**Job Description

**The Director of Strategic Partnership (DSP) is the client relationship management owner of a portfolio of existing accounts within a specific geographic territory. The DSP has direct responsibility for account growth and retention through the application and execution of comprehensive, client-facing strategies in partnership with operations and functional leaders across the region. A successful DSP is a client advocate and directs and leads the efforts for advancing our market position and developing our value proposition at our existing accounts.

They Are Expected To Provide Keen Analysis To:

• establish relationships with our clients.
• help identify and align with our clients' goals and aspirations.
• create customized solutions based on mutually beneficial strategic considerations.
• communicate the differential advantages of Aramark, resulting in long-term development and industry-leading client retention and growth rates.

Candidates must have a demonstrated ability to lead client engagement planning and execution and to collaborate with operations leadership and functional support partners to develop, lead, and execute customized account strategies for our existing client partners. A successful DSP must be able to proactively identify, anticipate, and communicate potential obstacles, challenges, and/or issues at a client account that could adversely impact our ability to retain the account and partner with operations leadership in developing and executing client customized retention strategies.

**Responsibilities

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• Lead external client relationship building to gain a deep and validated understanding of our clients' strategic objectives and pains.
• Lead internal relationship building to successfully partner within a matrixed organization, relying on internal subject matter experts and operational leaders to develop solutions meeting our clients' strategic objectives and pains.
• Perform objective account diagnostics and relationship analysis to ensure proactive address of retention risks and/or offering proactive innovation resulting in long-term client retention.
• Develop and manage account planning and execution strategies, annual account objectives development, thorough wiring plans, formalized client communications, client business review process, proposal development, client presentations, and contract negotiations.?

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