Strategic Account Manager - Construction at HexArmor in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Job description

• The Strategic Account Manager role is responsible for growing strategic market sales through development, management, and expansion of national accounts within the construction market. This position requires a strong understanding of construction markets, project-based sales cycles, and multi-level customer relationships. The successful candidate will have a proven history of sales success, demonstrated by consistent achievement of growth targets, strategic account development, and must be able to work in a collaborative sales environment.

Responsibilities

• Aggressively pursues revenue goals and KPI’s with assigned strategic accounts
• Build and maintain relationships with contacts at different levels of key end user organizations including executive management as well as location stakeholders
• Develop and execute strategic plans that increase brand awareness, product presence and revenue generation for all company products and services
• Develop and execute specific marketing and sales-oriented programs to support key corporate initiatives or product launches
• Increase revenue through the development of specific account plans to include new business development, product presentations, promotional programs, trade show plans, and overall account management
• Work with HexArmor sales teams on opportunity identification and execution
• Key liaison between end user market segment and all HexArmor departments including customer service, purchasing/sourcing, logistics as well as senior management
• Identify and maintain knowledge of all current business with key accounts in market segment
• Manage all aspects of key account sales data. Be able to spot trends and identify potential early warning signs with vulnerable accounts to proactively mitigate risk
• Keep customer information and contact activity current our CRM database
• Participation in regional or national industry trade shows, distributor training, and customer visits

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 8+ years hands on B to B sales experience
• 5+ years managing construction accounts
• 3+ years managing national accounts
• Proven experience in using metrics to manage
• Experience in technical product sales and consultative sales a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and CRM (Salesforce.com), familiarity using AI tools
• Ability to travel 50% / year
• Minimum of 4 trips/year to Grand Rapids, MI to connect with the corporate office and staff (if remote)

Skills

Required

• B to B sales
• Managing construction accounts
• Managing national accounts
• Using metrics to manage
• Microsoft Excel
• PowerPoint
• CRM (Salesforce.com)
• Familiarity using AI tools
• Ability to travel 50% / year

Preferred

• Technical product sales
• Consultative sales

Benefits

• Base plus bonus