National Sales Executive

Stratus; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with employer match

Weekly pay schedule

Paid time off

Company-paid life insurance

Job summary

Stratus is seeking a National Sales Executive to drive net-new business across exterior signage, interior branding, and related services. You’ll proactively identify opportunities, pursue national accounts, and manage multi-site opportunities to closure.

The role requires building a robust pipeline, navigating complex organizations, and presenting strategic solutions to executive stakeholders. Travel 20–30% is expected in a remote home-office setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent combination of education and sales experience considered.
• 5+ years in B2B sales, business development, or national accounts, with emphasis on new business.
• Proven hunter/new-logo experience with pipeline development and quota attainment.
• Experience selling to national or multi-location organizations and complex deals.
• Willing to travel 20-30% as needed.

Responsibilities

• Drives new business growth by identifying and acquiring national and multi-site customers.
• Outbounds through prospecting, networking, referrals, events, and other channels to create opportunities.
• Builds and manages a disciplined pipeline to achieve new-business and revenue goals.
• Leads consultative sales from discovery through proposal, pricing, negotiation, and close.
• Collaborates with internal teams to develop competitive, executable solutions.

Skills

B2B sales

New-logo sales

National accounts

Hunter mentality

CRM (Salesforce)

Executive communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing/Sales

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Your Career In The Stratusphere

There’s never been a better time to join Stratus!

As the market leader in brand implementation and maintenance, we help the world’s most recognized brands show up consistently—everywhere they operate. From exterior signage and interior branding to site refreshes, digital signage, and ongoing repair and maintenance, we bring brands to life where it matters most. Our work extends far beyond installation—we become a long-term partner in helping brands succeed.

At Stratus, every employee plays a direct role in that impact. We operate with a strong commitment to customer service, a focus on execution, and a bias for action. If you're looking for a place where your contributions are visible, your growth is supported, and your work makes a real difference, you’ll find it here.

The Opportunity

The National Sales Executive is responsible for driving new business and revenue growth by winning new national and multi-site customers across Stratus' core brand implementation offerings, including exterior signage, interior branding, site refreshes, digital signage, energy and lighting, and other complementary solutions.

This is a true hunter sales role. Success is driven by proactively creating opportunities, opening doors, building a pipeline from the ground up, and converting targeted prospects into new Stratus customers. This role is not primarily focused on managing an inherited book of business; the National Sales Executive is expected to spend the majority of time identifying, pursuing, and closing net-new opportunities while partnering internally to ensure a strong transition after the sale.

Responsibilities

The Impact You’ll Make

• Drives new business growth through the identification, pursuit, and acquisition of targeted national and multi-site customers.
• Operates as a true hunter by proactively creating opportunities through outbound prospecting, networking, referrals, strategic account targeting, industry events, and other business development channels.
• Builds and manages a disciplined, qualified pipeline with sufficient activity and coverage to consistently achieve new-business and revenue goals.
• Develops target-account strategies and maps key decision-makers and influencers across functions such as Procurement, Brand and Marketing, Construction, Corporate Real Estate, Facilities, Store Development, and Operations.
• Conducts discovery to understand customer brand standards, physical-location portfolios, rollout plans, business objectives, project requirements, pain points, and buying processes.
• Positions Stratus as a strategic partner capable of delivering integrated solutions across exterior signage, interior branding, site refreshes and construction, digital signage, energy and lighting, and related services.
• Leads the consultative sales cycle from initial outreach and discovery through solution development, proposal, presentation, negotiation, and close.
• Builds credible relationships with executive-level and functional stakeholders and effectively navigates complex customer organizations.
• Works with Business Development and internal stakeholders to pursue RFPs, RFQs, and other customer solicitations and to develop compelling responses.
• Leads customer presentations, discovery meetings, proposal reviews, pricing discussions, contract negotiations, and other activities required to advance and close opportunities.
• Achieves annual new-business, revenue, and growth goals in accordance with assigned sales quotas and performance expectations.
• Maintains accurate opportunity data, sales activity, pipeline stages, forecasts, and next steps within the company's CRM and sales reporting processes.
• Collaborates with Estimating, Operations, Project Management, Marketing, Finance, and other internal teams to develop competitive, executable solutions that meet customer needs and support profitable growth.
• Converts prospective customers into long-term partnerships by demonstrating Stratus' ability to execute consistently across regional and national footprints.
• Identifies logical expansion and cross-sell opportunities within newly won accounts while maintaining a primary focus on continued net-new customer acquisition.
• Supports the transition of newly acquired customers from Sales to the appropriate account and operational teams, ensuring scope, pricing, expectations, commitments, and key requirements are clearly communicated.
• Maintains awareness of market trends, competitive activity, customer priorities, and emerging opportunities across the brand implementation and multi-site services marketplace.
• Represents Stratus professionally at customer meetings, industry events, conferences, networking opportunities, and other business development activities.

Qualifications

What You Bring to the Team

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Sales, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and relevant sales experience will be considered.
• 5+ years of successful B2B Sales, Business Development, or National Accounts experience, with a strong emphasis on new-business acquisition strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success in a hunter/new-logo sales role, including personally generating pipeline, opening new accounts, and consistently meeting or exceeding sales quotas.
• Proven ability to create opportunities from the ground up rather than relying primarily on inbound leads, inherited accounts, or an established book of business.
• Experience selling to national, regional, or multi-location organizations and managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales opportunities.
• Experience selling exterior signage, interior branding, construction/site refresh programs, digital signage, architectural products, energy/lighting solutions, or other physical products and services to multi-site customers is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to identify prospective customers, gain access to decision-makers, develop executive-level relationships, navigate complex organizations, and convert opportunities into long-term partnerships.
• Strong understanding of consultative and solution-based selling, with the ability to uncover business needs and translate them into differentiated customer solutions.
• Experience managing longer, complex sales cycles, including RFP/RFQ responses, proposal development, presentations, pricing discussions, and contract negotiations.
• Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to understand pricing, margins, revenue opportunities, customer economics, and profitable growth.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong presentation, storytelling, negotiation, and executive communication skills.
• Highly self-motivated, competitive, resilient, and results-oriented, with the urgency and persistence required to build new business in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organization, time-management, and problem-solving capabilities, with the discipline to manage a national territory, multiple opportunities, and consistent prospecting activity.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Estimating, Operations, Project Management, Finance, and other internal teams. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience with Salesforce or another CRM platform is preferred.
• Ability to travel as necessary to support prospect and customer meetings, presentations, site visits, industry events, and business development activities. Estimated travel: 20-30%.

What We Offer

Culture & Growth

• Supportive, collaborative work environment
• Career growth and advancement opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Regular coaching, feedback, and mentorship to support growth

Health & Wellbeing

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Health Savings Accounts with employer contributions
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Employee Assistance Program

Financial Security

• Weekly pay schedule
• 401(k) with employer match
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage

Work-Life Balance

• Generous paid time off and company holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• Paid parental leave

Pay Transparency

$75,000 annually. Commissions are uncapped, providing significant earning potential based on individual performance

This range reflects the anticipated compensation for this role at the time of posting. Actual pay may vary based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, education, location, and business needs. This position may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation based on the nature of the position, individual, department, and/or company performance.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel as an essential function of the role to support in-person interaction with customers, field partners, and business stakeholders. Travel may be conducted via automobile, air, or other modes of transportation and may include overnight stays as needed.

Work Environment

This role operates in a remote home office environment, with regular collaboration within and across teams. The position involves extended periods of sitting, computer use, and virtual communication and interaction. Physical requirements may include lifting up to 20 pounds and general movement within an office setting.

Pre-Employment Requirements

All offers of employment with Stratus are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, in accordance with applicable laws. For certain roles, including those designated as safety-sensitive or regulated positions, employment may also be contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and/or other regulatory requirements.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Stratus is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We are proud provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status under applicable law.

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