Remote Account Manager - Skilled Trades Growth

PeopleReady Skilled Trades; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 paid holidays

1 paid floating holiday

up to 20 days of Paid Time Off perYear

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Company-matching 401(k) and Employee S

Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

PeopleReady Skilled Trades in Nashville is seeking an Account Manager to drive growth through outside sales with some inside sales. You will identify leads, cold call, book appointments and guide prospects through a complete sales cycle to close deals.

You will build relationships with general contractors and subcontractors, manage the Salesforce pipeline, and collaborate with recruiters and operations to ensure client satisfaction while achieving revenue targets.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of direct/outside sales/B2B experience in construction or staffing.
• Strong knowledge of the construction industry is a plus.
• Experience building sales territories rather than inheriting markets.
• Excellent communication, persuasion, negotiation, and closing skills.
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented; able to work independently.
• Bilingual skills a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prospect, generate leads and set appointments.
• Meet or exceed revenue, gross margin % and gross margin dollars targets.
• Develop proposals and pricing per guidelines; escalate with exceptions.
• Manage the sales process and pipeline using Salesforce.
• Collaborate with recruiters, safety, service, and other stakeholders for customer satisfaction.
• Grow customer base by sharing leads with TrueBlue brands.
• Ensure all safety processes and procedures are observed.
• Spend 75%+ time with customers face-to-face.
• Obtain detailed job descriptions per SOP.
• Engage in industry and strategic community organizations.
• Manage aging within terms.
• Interact with managers and above at the department level.

Skills

Outside sales / B2B

Construction industry knowledge

Sales territory development

Communication & negotiation

Customer relationship management

Multitasking under pressure

Education

HS Diploma/GED or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

PeopleReady Skilled Trades in Nashville is seeking an Account Manager to drive growth through outside sales with some inside sales. You will identify leads, cold call, book appointments and guide prospects through a complete sales cycle to close deals.

You will build relationships with general contractors and subcontractors, manage the Salesforce pipeline, and collaborate with recruiters and operations to ensure client satisfaction while achieving revenue targets.