Sales Account Manager - Building Products

Alleguard, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Basic Life and AD&D Insurance

Retirement Program (401k)

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Vacation and Holiday Pay

Job summary

Alleguard, Inc. is seeking an Account Manager to build a portfolio of new business and manage ongoing customer relationships across a defined territory. You will liaise with cross-functional teams to improve the overall customer experience and ensure timely delivery of solutions to meet client objectives.

The ideal candidate has proven sales experience, strong communication skills, and solid CRM expertise. Willingness to travel up to 30% and to present to groups in office settings is required.

Qualifications

• Must have a reliable, quiet workspace suitable for performing duties.
• Willingness to travel overnight (up to 30% of the time).
• Comfortable presenting to groups in office settings.
• Proven work experience in a Sales role, hunting and building a business from the ground up.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate, present and influence key stakeholders at all levels of an organization, including executive and C-level.
• Solid experience with CRM software (e.g., Salesforce, Zoho CRM, or HubSpot) and MS Office.
• Experience delivering client-focused solutions to customer needs.
• Proven ability to juggle multiple account management projects at a time, while maintaining sharp attention to detail.
• Excellent listening, negotiation, and presentation abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Sales, or relevant field

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters for your respective territory.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships, across all levels of the organization.
• Negotiate contracts and close agreements to maximize profits
• Develop trusted advisor relationships with key accounts, customer stakeholders, and executive sponsors
• Ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives
• Clearly communicate the progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives to internal and external stakeholders
• Develop new business with existing clients and/or identify areas of improvement to meet sales quotas.
• Forecast and track key account metrics (e.g., quarterly sales results and annual forecasts)
• Prepare reports on account status.
• Collaborate with sales team to identify and grow opportunities within territory.
• Actively quote new orders within 24–48 hour time period.
• Assist with challenging client requests or issue escalations as needed.

Skills

CRM experience

Sales experience

Strong communication

Willingness to travel

Education

BA/BS in Business

Tools

Salesforce

Zoho CRM

HubSpot

MS Excel

Job description

• Full-Time

Locations

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Description

Come join a leader in Protective Foam Solutions! At Alleguard, we’re built from the ground up to expand and shape our customer’s businesses. We understand the diversity of challenges that customers are facing across different industries, from confidence in their supply chain to needing the latest innovations at their fingertips. These challenges are also opportunities, and whether our customers are in construction, protective packaging, cold-chain or other industries, we are relentless in seeing around corners, and going the extra mile to help their business succeed.

Territory:Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota

Job Description

We are looking for an Account Manager to create long-term, trusting relationships with our customers. The Account Manager's role is to build a portfolio of new business and actively seek new sales opportunities. Account management responsibilities include developing strong relationships with customers, connecting with key business executives and stakeholders and preparing sales reports. In this role, you will liaise with cross-functional internal teams (including Customer Service and Product Development departments) to improve the entire customer experience. This position will require travel in their respective territories. If you are familiar with account management software (CRM), have a flair for client communication, and understand consumer behavior, we'd like to meet you. Ideally, candidates for this role will know how to meet ambitious individual and team-wide sales quotas. Ultimately, a successful Account Manager should collaborate with our sales team to achieve quotas while keeping our clients satisfied and engaged with our products and services in the long-run.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters for your respective territory.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships, across all levels of the organization.
• Negotiate contracts and close agreements to maximize profits
• Develop trusted advisor relationships with key accounts, customer stakeholders, and executive sponsors
• Ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives
• Clearly communicate the progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives to internal and external stakeholders
• Develop new business with existing clients and/or identify areas of improvement to meet sales quotas.
• Forecast and track key account metrics (e.g., quarterly sales results and annual forecasts)
• Prepare reports on account status.
• Collaborate with sales team to identify and grow opportunities within territory.
• Actively quote new orders within 24–48 hour time period.
• Assist with challenging client requests or issue escalations as needed.

Qualifications

• Must have a reliable, quiet workspace suitable for performing job duties
• Willingness to travel overnight (up to 30% of the time)
• Comfortable presenting to groups in office settings
• Proven work experience in a Sales role, hunting and building a business from the ground up
• Demonstrable ability to communicate, present and influence key stakeholders at all levels of an organization, including executive and C-level.
• Solid experience with CRM software (e.g., Salesforce, Zoho CRM, or HubSpot) and MS Office (particularly MS Excel)
• Experience delivering client-focused solutions to customer needs
• Proven ability to juggle multiple account management projects at a time, while maintaining sharp attention to detail
• Excellent listening, negotiation, and presentation abilities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• BA/BS degree in Business Administration, Sales, or relevant field

We believe in taking care of the people who take care of our customers.

Our benefits package offers eligible team members access to:

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• Retirement Program (401k)
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

Alleguard Company Values

• Safety - We care for our employees by creating and maintaining an environment with consistent actions, trusted processes, and courageous conversations.
• Trust - We build confidence with our employees and customers through dependability, respect, clear communication, and service.
• Integrity - We are consistent in always striving to do the right thing by accepting responsibility for our decisions and actions.
• Collaboration - Our diversity is the catalyst that drives our teamwork, creative problem-solving, and partnership.
• Growth - We invest, develop, and empower our people to build our company so our customers will experience outstanding success, in turn contributing to our own.
• Accountability - We achieve our success by holding ourselves and each other to high standards of behavior, commitment, and personal responsibility.

We’re a dynamic, high-growth business, invested in helping you grow with Alleguard.

Many of our colleagues have been with us for decades. That’s because we believe in collaborating as a team to serve and support each other as well as we serve and support our customers.

Alleguard’s employee-centric culture is designed to help you maximize your talents, learn new skills, and gain valuable experience on the way to achieving your professional goals.

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