Field Account Manager- Trades & Industrial- St Louis, MO

HD Supply

18h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Field Account Manager- Trades and Industrial, you will be responsible for selling MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) supplies along with Jan/San products (Janitorial and Sanitary Supplies) to an established portfolio of customers, along with prospecting new business, driving sales and growth and building strong relationships. The territory covers Saint Louis, MO. This position offers a competitive base salary plus sales incentive bonus, laptop, cell phone, and mileage reimbursement. This position requires operation of a personal vehicle and such operation is done consistently more than 50% of the average work week. If selected for this position, the company will run a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) report. A requirement of this position is an acceptable MVR report.

Requirements

Must reside in the state(s) specified above. This position is only open to residents in the state(s) specified above.
Proactive sales professional with strong organizational skills
Ability to prioritize selling activities and administrative tasks
Able to build and maintain strong relationships with customers, vendors, and internal team members
Develop and execute a strategic sales plan to manage existing customer base
Proficiency in Salesforce or similar CRM
Proven ability to meet or exceed sales goals
3+ years of business-to-business (B2B) field sales experience
Operation of a personal vehicle and such operation is done consistently more than 50% of the average work week.
Acceptable MVR report.

Nice To Haves

Experience with consultative/solution selling preferred

Responsibilities

Exceeds sales and profit targets in a designated territory by implementing sales and marketing programs and establishing both short and long-term sales strategies.
Drives growth by securing profitable new accounts through industry research, networking, and proactive prospecting.
Manages sales and customer retention initiatives efficiently to enhance overall sales performance, profitability, and customer satisfaction, while also overseeing the planning, forecasting, and reporting of sales activities and competitive pricing tactics.
Generates a strategic sales call schedule and engages in face-to-face customer visits to identify vital opportunities and enhance sales revenue through the promotion of value-added solutions, skillfully navigating objections, and adversities.
Identifies, develops, and maintains a pipeline of qualified, managed accounts to meet or exceed total sales and margin plan using a company designated customer relationship manager tool.
Focuses on new account opportunities by utilizing effective cold call strategies to facilitate territory account growth opportunities.
Implements approved sales strategies to achieve targeted sales outcomes and foster valuable customer relationships, all while maintaining industry-specific product knowledge and a deep understanding of specialized services to effectively cater to client accounts.
Utilizes Salesforce reporting and data analysis to identify opportunities within territory for sales and revenue growth objectives.
Reviews customer portfolio to identify and drive action with underperforming accounts.
Collaborates with inside sales to support business growth and development.
Identifies key barriers/core problems and applies problem solving skills in order to deal creatively with complex situations.
Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems.
Makes decisions under conditions of uncertainty, sometimes with incomplete information, that produce effective end results.
Independently performs assignments with instruction limited to the expected results.
Determines and develops an approach to solutions.
Contributes to employees' professional development but does not have hiring or firing authority.