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Account Executive UK (Salwick Preston, GB) @ Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

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<p style="margin:24.0pt 0.0cm 12.0pt;text-align:center;font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#345a8a;font-weight:bold">Account Executive</p> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><a name="westinghouse-electric-company"></a>Westinghouse Electric Company</h2> <h2 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><a name="springfields"></a>Springfields</h2> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif"><strong>Welcome to the future of nuclear energy</strong>, where Westinghouse Electric Company is leading the field with expertise and innovation to shape the power of tomorrow.</p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">At Westinghouse, innovation is in our DNA. We are creative. We think differently. We reimagine the possible across the nuclear industry every day.</p> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><a name="about-the-role"></a>About the role:</h3> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">As a Account Executive you will responsible for driving commercial growth and strengthening strategic customer relationships across assigned UK accounts.</p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">You act as Westinghouse&apos;s primary customer interface and internal advocate, developing deep insight into customer strategies, fleet plans and priorities, and translating these into actionable business opportunities across the full Westinghouse portfolio.</p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">This role owns the development of the opportunity pipeline and supports the successful conversion of opportunities into orders, working in close coordination with Business Units, product lines and support functions.</p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">You will ensure a consistent and high-quality customer experience by maintaining alignment between customer expectations and Westinghouse delivery organisations, while providing continuous feedback to improve commercial positioning and long-term competitiveness.</p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">The position is based in the United Kingdom and requires significant travel (typically 50–70%) to maintain strong, on-site engagement with customers and internal stakeholders.</p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">You will report to the Regional Account Executive, Southern Europe &amp; UK and be located at Springfields</p> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><a name="key-responsibilities"></a>Key Responsibilities:</h3> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:2.4px"> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Own development and growth of the opportunity pipeline for assigned UK accounts, ensuring quality, timing and alignment with customer needs.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Deliver on agreed Sales KPIs including Orders Entered, revenue, margin and cash objectives.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Lead opportunity maturation from identification through offer development, ensuring robust capture strategies and risk-informed proposals.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Build and maintain strong relationships with senior customer stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Develop deep understanding of customer strategies, fleet plans and investment priorities, translating insights into actionable opportunities.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Develop and maintain account plans aligned with long-term customer asset management strategies.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Identify and shape opportunities across the Westinghouse portfolio, coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver competitive, value-driven proposals.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Assess commercial and technical risks, ensuring appropriate mitigation and alignment with company risk tolerance.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Act as the customer-facing integrator across Business Units, ensuring alignment between sales, product and execution teams.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Maintain situational awareness of project delivery performance and customer satisfaction, escalating issues where required.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Provide structured insights on customer strategies, competitor positioning and market trends to inform sales strategy, product development and business planning.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Drive effective use of CRM tools (D365) to manage pipeline, actions and reporting.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Build strong internal relationships across Global Markets, Business Units and support functions to ensure coordinated execution.</li> </ul> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><a name="qualifications"></a>Qualifications:</h3> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:2.4px"> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Bachelor&apos;s degree in engineering or equivalent related technical discipline; advanced degrees preferred.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Previous leadership experience is typically required.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">International experience is valuable given diversity of customer base.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Field experience is highly valued.Experience in nuclear plant engineering, project and resource management, and direct customer interface typically acquired minimum 10 years of progressively more responsible and varied leadership assignments.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Comprehensive understanding of the Westinghouse roles and responsibilities</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Comprehensive understanding of all Westinghouse commercial policies and procedures</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Refined commercial acumen and project management capabilities</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Proficient in Microsoft D365, Power BI, PRIME and SAP, Adobe Pro</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Knowledge of nuclear utility buying practices</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Willing to travel to customer offices, vendor facilities or industry conferences may be required</li> </ul> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">#LI-Hybrid</p> <h3 style="margin:10.0pt 0.0cm 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#4f81bd"><a name="why-westinghouse"></a>Why Westinghouse?</h3> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">We know that to put forth your best effort, you need to be challenged and enjoy what you do in a supportive and respectful environment. We aim to maintain this balance by offering our employees the amenities, benefits and training they need to reach personal and professional goals.</p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif"><strong>Below is an example of what employees in the UK can expect:</strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:2.4px"> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Attractive remuneration</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Great benefits for your convenience and safety: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:2.4px"> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Peer-to-peer recognition program.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Life insurance</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Pension plan</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members</li> </ul> </li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">Learning and development opportunities.</li> <li style="margin:1.8pt 0.0cm 1.8pt 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif;text-indent:8.4px">We encourage our employees to participate in community service events and other team-building activities to strengthen their bonds and inspire each other.</li> </ul> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif"><strong>You can learn more about Westinghouse by visiting</strong> <a href="http://www.westinghousenuclear.com">http://www.westinghousenuclear.com</a>.</p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif">Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.</p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0cm;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria, serif"><strong>Get connected with Westinghouse on social media:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/WECNuclear"><strong>Twitter</strong></a> <strong>|</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WestinghouseNuclear"><strong>Facebook</strong></a> <strong>|</strong> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/westinghouse-electric-company/"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a><strong>|</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/WestinghouseNuclear"><strong>YouTube</strong></a></p>

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