Client Relations Executive
Chicago, Illinois
Client Relations Executive
Chicago, Illinois Position Type: Full Time Req ID: 2026-1520987 Date posted: 01/26/2026Company Overview:
Join Allied Universal® Janitorial Services! We’re committed to delivering exceptional cleaning, landscaping, and restoration services for commercial facilities. Be part of a welcoming and collaborative team where innovation meets excellence. We offer steady, reliable work in janitorial management, full-time and part-time janitorial roles, maintenance, landscaping, and metal restoration. If you want to make a meaningful impact and build a lasting career, we have opportunities for you. Join us and grow with a leader in the industry!
Allied Universal Janitorial Services, an Allied Universal® Company, is hiring a Client Relations Executive. The Client Relations Executive is responsible for reducing customer churn, increasing customer lifetime value, and generating leads for expansion. This person builds a plan for measuring success, while utilizing analytics to drive action. The Client Relations Executive captures customer feedback to identify gaps in service and opportunities to better manage customer expectations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Target, discover, qualify, verify, present, and validate additional business to existing customer portfolios
- Transition additional business with operations
- High touch with key individuals in the client’s organization
- Develop strategy map for all strategic clients
- Maintain customer relationships
- Use consultative approach for solutions
- Prepare and present client solutions
- Manage negotiations to achieve profit objectives
- Maintain SalesForce and adequate pipeline to reach goals
QUALIFICATIONS (MUST HAVE):
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field of study
- Current driver’s license if driving a company vehicle, or personal vehicle in the course of conducting business (e.g., client visits, attending recruiting and/or networking events)
- Minimum of five (5) years of sales and operations experience in the janitorial industry
- Experience using data to drive decision-making and improve recruiting outcomes
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to influence stakeholders and collaborate across departments
- Leadership skills; ability to coach and inspire others
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google applications
- Strong organizational, analytical, and time management skills
- Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and utilize independent judgment
- Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion
- Able to adapt quickly to changing needs and priorities
- Problem-solving aptitude and negotiation skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (NICE TO HAVE):
- Prior SalesForce or other customer relationship management (CRM) software experience
PAY & BENEFITS:
- Salary $80,000/year
- Medical, dental, vision, basic life, AD&D, retirement plan and disability insurance
- Eight paid holidays annually, five sick days, and four personal days
- Vacation time offered at an accrual rate of 3.08 hours biweekly. Unused vacation is only paid out where required by law.
Allied Universal® is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or relationship/association with a protected veteran, or any other basis or characteristic protected by law. For more information: www.aus.com
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Culture
- OUR CORE VALUES MAKE US PHENOMENAL:
Trusted, Reliable, Forward-Thinking, Courageous, Caring, Nimble and Responsive - Our shared sense of duty to our customers and to one another, a dedication to a customer experience that is an industry standard
- Our relationships are at the heart of everything we do, each and every day.
Career Path
Allied Universal offers many career paths to support your immediate and future success.
- Regional President
- Regional Vice President
- General Manager
- Branch Manager
- Director of Operations
- Client Manager
- Operations Manager
- Account Manager
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