Account Executive

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY: The Account Executive is responsible for supporting the new client and overall revenue growth of the organization in alignment with the company’s ongoing sales strategies and methods. Account Executives collaborate with other Sales Representatives, Operations personnel, and Management.

FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

B2B direct sales activities including pure prospecting, lead follow-up, client cross-selling and client maintenance.

Building new business opportunities to grow revenue and increase unique client utilization thru in-person: prospecting, individual and group meetings, service/product demonstrations, association networking, channel partners, prospecting events, outbound calling activities, email communication and social media networking.

Qualify prospects and leads to build opportunities in the sales cycle.

Drive sales activity to achieve monthly and quarterly revenue and new client sales targets.

Heavy in person sales activities and calling activity, targeting new clients and service cross-selling targets.

Identify and qualify new prospects and business opportunities.

Leverage client referrals, associations and networking to build sales pipeline.

Identify new lead sources both outbound and inbound.

Update and Manage Commence tools for all assigned accounts.

Achievement of all planned sales objectives, metrics, and targets monthly and quarterly by proactively selling as needed to prospective new customer base, leads and cross-selling targets.

Plan and organize time effectively to allow an optimal frequency of daily sales activities to meet required metrics.

Compile weekly sales reports and performance metrics as needed.

Manage Individual Accounts with emphasis on maintenance, up-selling, cross-selling and referral generation.

Manage and grow pipeline as well as forecast accurately to sales management, with an emphasis on overall territory revenue growth, new client acquisition and successful cross-selling, all of which will be key to success in this role.

Communicate and collaborate effectively with other members of the organization at all levels.

Compliance with all company policies.

Safeguards confidentiality of company information.

Any other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Experience using Sales Force and Quick books preferred.

Specific experience selling steel and manufacturing services is highly desirable.

WebEx or virtual sales presentation skills preferred.

Strong computer experience and time management skills are required.

Working knowledge of sales systems is required.

Solid knowledge and experience with MS office, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and web-based demonstration tools is required.EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or similar field

Six or more years of advanced experience in a Senior/Experienced sales role

Experience working in a multi-function, multi-geography and manufacturing environment preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from internal and external customers whose first language is English.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

This position requires frequent travel.