Account Executive, Field

Cars Commerce Inc; California (MO); On-site; USD 101,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in automotive technology as an Account Executive, Field. You will engage with customer success while utilizing your sales expertise to enhance retention and growth. This role requires substantial travel across your territory and effective communication with clients to maximize the value of the Cars Commerce platform.

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans

Generous PTO

New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up

Qualifications

• 1-3+ years of relevant sales experience.
• Experience in the automotive space or digital marketplace is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary point of contact for customers, focusing on success, retention, and growth.
• Execute sales strategy, identify and close upsell opportunities.

Skills

Sales Experience

Negotiation Skills

Communication Skills

Planning Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

Job description

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Be Essential At Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

Be Essential At Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challenge and Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.

But don’t take our word for it. As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we're obsessive about the employee experience. We are among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more.

This role will have a territory that covers Sacramento, CA.

About The Role

• Act as the primary point of contact for Cars Commerce customers, focusing on ongoing customer success, retention, and growth.
• Sell products and services to existing customers. Responsible for maintaining relationships by visiting assigned customers within the sales territory, defined by geographic area, industry, or product/service segment. Respond to client inquiries and offer guidance on appropriate products and services.
• Execute sales strategy, identify and close upsell opportunities. Provide insight to customers by preparing reports and key information that communicate value to the customer. Demonstrate expertise of retention and sales techniques and Cars Commerce company products services.
• Ability to travel (driving/flights) at least 75% in an assigned territory to visit prospective customers face to face.
• The successful Account Executive will partner across the selling and servicing roles in Cars Commerce to ensure their customer’s receive the maximum value of the Cars Commerce Platform.
  
  

Qualifications

• Excellent planning and solutions selling experience.
• Motivated and comfortable working remotely in a home office as well as from the road/field.
• Ability to conduct in-depth sales presentations including product demonstrations that highlight key benefits, return on investment and the value of our solution and services.
• Proven persuasion and negotiation skills.
• Experience in the automotive space or digital marketplace is ideal.
• Excellent communication, presentation and customer relationship building skills.
• Strong business acumen.
  
  

Requirements

• Proven ability to identify and close sales opportunities.
• 1-3+ years of relevant sales experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated consistent quota attainment track record with a continuous desire to win.
• Overall experience selling advertising or complex SaaS/software solutions to business leaders.
  
  

In this spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the compensation for this role. The range is expressed as total target compensation (base salary + variable). If you are hired at Cars Commerce, your total target compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills and/or experience. If the range is close to what you're seeking, then we encourage you to apply and learn more about the total compensation package and benefits for this position.

Total Target Compensation Range

$101,100.00-151,700.00

Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Includes

• Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
• New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
• Generous PTO
• Refuel - a service based recognition program where employees receive additional paid time away to learn grow and reset
• Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day
  
  

Learn more about our Benefits, Perks, & Culture on our LinkedIn Life Pages!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. California Applicants: Click here to review our California Privacy Policy for Applicants. For current employees, please click here to review our California Privacy Policy for Employees.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Software Development

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