Territory Account Executive, Retail - Youngstown, OH

Toast; Youngstown (OH); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Toast, located in Youngstown, Ohio, is seeking a Retail Account Executive to expand its presence in convenience and grocery stores. In this role, you will leverage your sales expertise to build relationships and develop customized solutions for new accounts.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess strong communication and negotiation skills, and maintain a willingness to travel 25% or more to meet with clients. Competitive compensation includes a total targeted cash range of $115,000 - $185,000.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of success in meeting and exceeding goals.
• Self-motivated, creative, and flexible in navigating ambiguity.
• Strong presentation skills to demonstrate solutions.

Responsibilities

• Use a consultative approach to build relationships and sign up new accounts.
• Manage the entire sales cycle from initial call to close.
• Conduct demos and develop tailored solutions for prospects.

Skills

Sales expertise

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Negotiation skills

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

After years of building an innovative POS platform for restaurateurs, Toast is expanding its offerings into other food and beverage concepts such as convenience stores, grocery stores, and bottle shops. This role will require a founder’s mindset as we grow Toast’s presence in this new vertical with a new offering: the Toast Retail platform.

As a Retail Account Executive, you will be part of a founding team that is transforming the way convenience stores, grocery stores, and bottle shops operate. Using a consultative approach, you will prospect, build relationships, and sign up new accounts. By understanding their unique needs, you will develop a customized solution that helps their business thrive. We need your passion, sales expertise, and entrepreneurial spirit to help us build the Toast brand in an assigned geographic territory.

A day in the life (Responsibilities)

• Use a consultative approach to prospect, build relationships, and sign up new convenience stores, grocery stores and bottle shops
• Generate lists of prospective convenience stores, grocery stores, and bottle shops and manage the entire sales cycle from initial call to close
• Conduct demos and develop a solution that best meets the prospect’s needs
• Partner with teams across the business to ensure that expectations set during the sales process are met in delivery
• Leverage Salesforce (our CRM) to manage all sales activities
• Understand the competitive landscape and determine how to best position Toast in the market

What you’ll need to thrive (Requirements)

• An entrepreneurial and feedback-driven mindset
• Strong communication, organizational, and presentation skills with the ability to sell and negotiate at all decision‑making levels
• Proven track record of success in meeting and exceeding goals
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, entrepreneurial and team environment
• Self‑motivated, creative, flexible, and willing to navigate ambiguity
• Lives in or in proximity to market and willingness to travel 25% or more

What will help you stand out (Nonessential Skills/Nice to Haves)

• Retail operations experience

Our Total Rewards Philosophy

We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that help to attract, retain, and motivate the best and brightest people in our industry. Our total rewards package goes beyond great earnings potential and provides the means to a healthy lifestyle with the flexibility to meet Toasters’ changing needs. Learn more about our benefits at https://careers.toasttab.com/toast-benefits.

Total Targeted Cash: $115,000 - $185,000 USD

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