Account Manager Premium Sales
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Description
Chicago Fire Football Club is a Major League Soccer team that was founded in 1997. Under new ownership the Club recently returned to Chicagos iconic Soldier Field opened a new 50000square foot office in the heart of the city and will unveil a premium stateoftheart Performance Center in January 2025. With tremendous growth and expansion the Club is laying the foundation for an audacious andambitiousvision that will transform the brand and the company in the coming years.
At Chicago Fire Football Club were on a mission to entertain serve and unite Chicago by delivering excellence on and off the pitch to ensure a worldclass experience. As a club we let our values guide everything we do: we uphold uncompromising integrity show respect for all at all times never settle for less constantly innovate and hold ourselves relentlessly accountable.
Position Overview:
Chicago Fire Football Club is seeking a dedicated Account Manager of Premium Sales to join our team! This individual will be responsible for generating revenue through the sale of Premium Hospitality at Soldier Field including Executive Suites Skyline Suite seats Field Side Seats and Premier Club seats. This position is an integral part of the sales team reporting to the Director of Premium Sales & Service.
Job Responsibilities:
- Meet or exceed assigned sales and KPI goals
- Create and develop new business by regularly pitching new prospects through prospecting social selling and events external appointments and virtual presentations. A heavy emphasis is placed on facetoface sales
- Effectively follow up with customers and prospective customers in order to build relationships to help drive business and to meet excellent customer service requirements
- Effectively handle incoming sales calls from prospective clients for a menu of premium products
- Attend outside events with the purpose of selling networking gathering leads and sales prospects
- Regularly produce accurate updates on prospecting activity sales performance outside appointments and event recaps
- Maintain accurate and thorough records of prospecting and client activity in Salesforce
- Work closely with our service team to ensure that current clients receive superior service and complete fulfillment of benefit packages
- Contribute positively to a competitive sales team culture and participate in sales team meetings and training sessions
- Represent CFFC professionally at all team appearances and events
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 3years of experience in sales
- Track record of achieving and surpassing sales goals
- Outstanding customer service and interpersonal communication skills
- Willingness to learn in a fastpaced environment
- Proficient computer skills and understanding of Microsoft Outlook PowerPoint Word & Salesforce CRM
- Ability to work nontraditional hours in nontraditional settings including all home games (or other work events) that fall on nights weekends and/or holidays
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in sports including premium hospitality
- Conversational Spanish language fluency
- Bachelors degree in sports management business administration or a similar field
Compensation:
- This role offers a salary of $60000.00 and is commission eligible
- Final salary is determined by carefully considering the applicants background experience and qualifications. Base pay may varybased on jobspecific knowledge skills and overall experience. This role is classified as Fulltime exempt
- This role is bonus eligible based on clubwide goals
- Additional benefits & perks: note:
Chicago Fire FC is committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity equity accessibility and inclusion. Our diversity initiatives start with the recruitment and selection process; therefore wed like to welcome all diverse candidates to apply to opportunities within our Club.
CFFC is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and maintaining a workplace for employees and applicants for employment that is free from discrimination. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy) national origin ancestry ethnicity citizenship age veteran or military status disability sexual orientation sexual orientation or expression marital status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy governs all aspects of employment including hiring promotion compensation discipline termination and access to benefits and training.
If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please contact the People and Culture Department at to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
