Sr. Outside Sales Account Executive - Atlanta, GA

WM (Waste Management); Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

WM (Waste Management) in Atlanta seeks a Senior Account Executive to drive new business and retain key accounts in a hybrid territory. You will prospect, cold-call, and close deals with B2B customers while expanding value with existing clients.

You will balance hunter and farmer responsibilities, negotiate contracts, and partner with area managers to optimize service offerings. Prior outside sales experience in B2B is preferred; Salesforce experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (accredited) or in lieu of degree.
• High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 4 years of relative work experience.
• 4 years of work experience in direct business-to-business sales, business-to-business cold calling, and phone based prospecting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and grow billable value by selling permanent new waste streams, services, and products to current and prospective customers.
• Initiate business-to-business sales relationships and close opportunities to meet budgeted goals.
• Manage prospects and maintain a robust sales pipeline to achieve new sales targets.
• Coordinate with Area Sales Managers to resolve customer issues and communicate pricing/ service strategies.

Skills

B2B sales

Cold calling

Hunter/farmer

Education

Bachelor's Degree (accredited)

High School Diploma or GED + 4 years experience

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Quick Snapshot

The Senior Account Executive (SAE) will cover a territory in the Atlanta area. This will be a hybrid position with occasional visits to any of our offices in Atlanta, which means that candidates must live in the territory. This position is a combo hunter / farmer, meaning you will be responsible for new business as well as retention of existing accounts. Ideally, we are looking for an aggressive hunter for this role - someone who loves to cold call and prospect (in-person) for new business! Prior outside / field sales experience in a business to business (B2B) setting will be preferred.

Please note this position is not slated for hire until early 2027.

I. Job Summary

The Senior Account Executive role is responsible for prospecting and closing sales to new customers to achieve budgeted sales goals. This position develops and implements sound selling strategies that ensure revenue growth at target or greater profitability levels by selling to new customers. Additionally, the role is responsible for managing existing business relationships in order to achieve budgeted sales and price goals by developing and implementing sound retention strategies, utilizing strong negotiation efforts to preserve business, and securing contract agreements from previously non-contracted customers.

The SAE will "save, secure, and convert" by handling all customer cancellation requests, providing ongoing education of contract details to existing customers, and by obtaining customer contract commitments during face-to-face interactions. All escalations for customer service within the defined territory will be resolved through this position.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• SAEs are responsible for maintaining and growing billable value in their assigned accounts; preventing customer account losses and growing billable value by selling permanent new waste streams, new services, and new products to current and prospective customers.
• Initiate business to business sales relationships.
• Responsible for prospecting and closing sales opportunities to achieve budgeted sales goals by developing and implementing sound selling strategies.
• Manage prospects by developing sound prospect development plans and maintaining key information in the prospect database. Maintain sales pipeline (both in terms of quantity and quality) to achieve goals for new sales.
• Minimize most revenue and accounts by maintaining SSDO relationship health standards and diffusing cancellation requests. Meet or exceed sales call activity goals for proactive account retention.
• Increase revenue and profitability by executing sound plans on retention calls to improve the customers' service and/or profitability.
• Establish and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Propose customer solutions that are compliant with appropriate local, state and federal regulations. Communicate to and work with the Area Sales Managers to resolve unique customer issues.
• Demonstrate knowledge of customers' needs, pricing and competition; effectively communicate pricing and service strategies; proactively engage other WM business opportunities, referring internally as appropriate.
• Acquire in depth industry and company knowledge in order to prepare complex proposals and make recommendations on equipment optimization and leasing options.
• Maintain current knowledge of internal sale strategies and operational capabilities, and external market trends.
• Work closely and effectively communicate with Plant Managers and Brokerage Account Managers to assist in upgrading materials to increase profitability and achieve plant goals.

III. Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

Required Qualifications (Education and Experience)

• Bachelor's Degree (accredited) or in lieu of degree
• High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 4 years of relative work experience
• 4 years of work experience in direct business-to-business sales, business-to-business cold calling, and phone based business-to-business prospecting resulting in successfully obtaining customer appointments (in addition to education requirement)

Preferred: Recent experience with Salesforce.com (SFDC).

IV. Physical Requirements

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Normal setting for this job is: office setting, work from home, and outside sales. Routine use of computers, phones, and copy machines should be expected.

V. Benefits

You'll receive a top-notch benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short and Long Term Disability. We have a great Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), a fantastic company