Account Manager

Exclusively Remote; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 207,000 - 344,000; Full time

Job summary

Exclusively Remote seeks an Independent Contractor to drive outreach for nationwide utility projects from SA, aligning with US business hours. You will manage inquiries, qualify leads, and maintain CRM records while coordinating with clients and partners.

The role requires basic Excel skills, invoicing coordination, and financial tracking to support pricing and billing milestones across multi-state projects.

Qualifications

• Prior hands-on or administrative exposure to construction, civil trades, or utility infrastructure.
• Experience with CRMs to maintain lead pipelines, log activity, and manage sales workflows.
• Working knowledge of Excel for basic spreadsheet management and pricing formulas.
• General understanding of basic transactional math, sales tax line items, and job invoicing.

Responsibilities

• Execute targeted email and phone seeding strategies to warm prospects, qualify inbound leads, and re-engage established commercial contractor and engineering partners.
• Manage full-cycle account relationships across nationwide utility projects, ensuring quick follow-up, accurate quoting support, and ongoing account growth.
• Maintain flawless record-keeping in our CRM—tracking lead status, opportunity stages, communication logs, account activity, and revenue forecasts.
• Serve as the primary conduit between commercial clients, general contractors, site directors, and internal production/operations teams.

Skills

Email outreach

Phone outreach

Account management

CRM proficiency

Excel basics

Pricing awareness

Tools

CRM software

Excel

Job description

Location: Remote – South Africa Working Hours: US Business Hours (3:00 PM onwards SA Time) Employment Type: Independent Contractor Must have your own laptop

Key Responsibilities

• Execute targeted email and phone seeding strategies to warm prospects, qualify inbound leads, and re-engage established commercial contractor and engineering partners.
• Manage full-cycle account relationships across nationwide utility projects, ensuring quick follow-up, accurate quoting support, and ongoing account growth.
• Maintain flawless record-keeping in our CRM—tracking lead status, opportunity stages, communication logs, account activity, and revenue forecasts.
• Serve as the primary conduit between commercial clients, general contractors, site directors, and internal production/operations teams.

Technical & Financial Administration

• Leverage basic Excel skills to analyze project parameters, track footage rates, compile pricing sheets, and process basic unit cost estimates
• Manage basic transactional account logistics, including invoice tracking, verifying local sales tax compliance across multi-state projects, and coordinating billing milestones with financial teams.
• Compose clear, professional emails, project briefs, and proposal cover letters to project stakeholders.

Requirements

• Prior hands-on or administrative exposure to construction, civil trades, or utility infrastructure
• Experience with CRM's to maintain lead pipelines, log activity, and manage sales workflows.
• Working knowledge of Excel for basic spreadsheet management and pricing formulas
• General understanding of basic transactional math, sales tax line items, and job invoicing

Originally posted on Himalayas