Account Manager I

Avnet; George Town; On-site; MYR 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Avnet in Malaysia's Penang region is seeking a Field Sales Executive to drive revenue and margins across assigned accounts. You will identify customer needs and apply Avnet's value proposition to grow sales and profitability.

You will build strategic relationships with customers and work with vendor partners to create and manage plans for shared success. Regular reviews and pipeline management are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Minimum experience required is typically less than 2 years with bachelor's or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary contact for customers, coordinating with company resources to ensure satisfaction.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships to align customer goals with sales strategy.
• Provide leadership in customer planning and engagement activities.
• Analyze customer data to leverage marketing programs and grow solution adoption.
• Lead joint planning with customers and partners to secure long-term investments.
• Conduct regular business reviews, monitor progress toward revenue goals, and manage the business plan.

Skills

Sales

Account management

Customer relationships

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Job Summary

Field sales executive focused on customers to achieve revenue and margin goals in assigned accounts. Identifies customer needs and applies company’s value proposition to drive sales growth and improved profitability. Develops strategic relationships and aligns customer and business goals, creating and managing a business and execution plan for shared success among the customer, vendor partners and the company.

• Serves as the primary point of contact for the customer interface to the company's resources that drives and supports high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, as measured in surveys and share of wallet.
• Develops strong, strategic relationships with customer(s) to identify and leverage the customers’ business goals, growth strategies and profit drivers to deliver the appropriate business value proposition sales solution strategy.
• Provides leadership and guidance in critical customer planning and engagement.
• Performs critical customer analysis to identify and leverage the partner’s marketing programs to achieve growth in their customer’s solutions capability.
• Engages customer(s) in joint planning that integrates the company's services, programs and supplier partnerships securing customer commitment for the development of a comprehensive investment in strategies that advance the company’s market position, entanglement and financial goals
• Conducts regular business reviews with assigned accounts to track progress toward revenue and growth goals and owns execution of business plan.
• Maintains and monitors pipeline and metrics for assigned customers, performs analysis and identifies improvement opportunities.
• Supports supplier's strategies by aligning solutions with customer to maximize profitable growth, and customer expansion.
• Prioritize customers and opportunities with greatest potential for success.
• Closely manages profitability by minimizing profit leaks and maximizing gross profit.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Summary

Field sales executive focused on customers to achieve revenue and margin goals in assigned accounts. Identifies customer needs and applies company’s value proposition to drive sales growth and improved profitability. Develops strategic relationships and aligns customer and business goals, creating and managing a business and execution plan for shared success among the customer, vendor partners and the company.

Principal Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary point of contact for the customer interface to the company's resources that drives and supports high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, as measured in surveys and share of wallet.
• Develops strong, strategic relationships with customer(s) to identify and leverage the customers’ business goals, growth strategies and profit drivers to deliver the appropriate business value proposition sales solution strategy.
• Provides leadership and guidance in critical customer planning and engagement.
• Performs critical customer analysis to identify and leverage the partner’s marketing programs to achieve growth in their customer’s solutions capability.
• Engages customer(s) in joint planning that integrates the company's services, programs and supplier partnerships securing customer commitment for the development of a comprehensive investment in strategies that advance the company’s market position, entanglement and financial goals
• Conducts regular business reviews with assigned accounts to track progress toward revenue and growth goals and owns execution of business plan.
• Maintains and monitors pipeline and metrics for assigned customers, performs analysis and identifies improvement opportunities.
• Supports supplier's strategies by aligning solutions with customer to maximize profitable growth, and customer expansion.
• Prioritize customers and opportunities with greatest potential for success.
• Closely manages profitability by minimizing profit leaks and maximizing gross profit.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Level Specifications

• General awareness of business, financials, products/services and the market. Developing basic knowledge of the industry and sales environment
• Works within an assigned territory/account, product/services or sales process with limited complexity; typically assigned accounts/opportunities with limited size. Follows existing procedures and established sales processes to sell standard products/services.
• Relies on manager to provide planning & manage resources. Has limited authority/ opportunity to set and negotiate product/service terms.
• Collaborates with internal team and support functions. Has limited direct contact with clients; may work independently or partner with other sales professionals
• Works within an assigned area or account base on small to moderately-sized accounts/opportunities with limited complexity.

Work Experience

• Minimum experience required is typically less than 2 years with bachelor's or equivalent.

Education And Certification(s)

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.

Distinguishing Characteristics

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills.