Strategic Key Account Growth Manager

Blue Signal Search; Gainesville (GA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Signal Search seeks a Key Account Manager to own a substantial manufacturing relationship and drive growth for a $10M+ account. You will balance retention with pursuing new programs, products, and solutions, leveraging internal teams for successful execution.

The role blends strategic sales, project leadership, and customer engagement in a high-visibility environment, with a hybrid work structure and strong access to patient stakeholders across functions.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a large strategic customer relationship (≈$10M+).
• Ability to develop account plans translating priorities into revenue opportunities.
• Strong cross-functional coordination across purchasing, operations, engineering, and leadership.
• Proven project/program management with organization and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy for a large manufacturing account and drive growth.
• Develop and execute account plans translating priorities into revenue opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships across purchasing, operations, engineering, and leadership through frequent customer interaction.
• Lead complex initiatives from discovery through implementation with milestones and ownership.
• Coordinate engineering, product development, manufacturing support, inside sales, and operations around customer priorities.
• Expand share of wallet by identifying new products, programs, applications, and process improvements.
• Anticipate risks and mobilize internal resources to develop effective solutions.
• Maintain visibility into opportunities, business reviews, customer activity, and account performance via CRM.

Skills

Strategic account leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

CRM & client engagement

Negotiation & communication

Industry exposure (manufacturing)

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, supply chain, marketing

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Blue Signal Search seeks a Key Account Manager to own a substantial manufacturing relationship and drive growth for a $10M+ account. You will balance retention with pursuing new programs, products, and solutions, leveraging internal teams for successful execution.

The role blends strategic sales, project leadership, and customer engagement in a high-visibility environment, with a hybrid work structure and strong access to patient stakeholders across functions.