Account Manager

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How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW

• Services existing accounts; obtains orders; and establishes new accounts by planning and organizing daily work schedule to call on existing or potential customers/prospects by traveling throughout territory or talking with customers on sales floor or telephone.
• Compiles list of prospective customers for use as sales leads based on information from newspapers business directories trade journals and other sources.
• Adjusts content of sales presentations by studying the type of product and volume used by customers/prospects depending on industry or trade factor by displaying or demonstrating product using catalog or samples and emphasizing sellable features. Sales representatives must be able to explain types of gases and uses to customers.
• Prepares sales proposal by quoting pricing credit terms estimated date of delivery to customer based on knowledge of companys production and delivery schedules using software program set up by company.
• Prepares sales contract for orders obtained and submits order to appropriate company personnel.
• Keeps management informed by maintaining and submitting activity and results reports (daily call reports weekly work plans and monthly and annual territory analyses) as required by companys policies and procedures.
• Meets or exceeds gas and equipment sales goals specified in the individual market plans.
• Meets with manager to discuss special accounts projects and situations.
• Checks accounts receivable as to status of existing account; communicate with credit and contact customers regarding overdue payment if relationship with customer is good.
• Obtains approval from credit department for new accounts.
• Monitors competition by gathering current marketplace information on pricing products new products delivery schedules merchandising techniques etc.
• Recommends changes in products service and policy by evaluating results and competitive developments and discussions with vendors.
• Resolve customer complaints by investigating problems developing solutions preparing memos/reports and making recommendations to management.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops reviewing professional publications establishing personal networks with other technical people and vendors and participating in professional societies.
• Protects operation of company by keeping financial production sales and marketing information and plans confidential.
• Maintain a professional presence and demeanor that is reflective of a corporate image.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform counter sales in a backup capacity.
• Assist with store inventory.
• Provide backup during vacations and other instances of personnel shortages.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Are you a MATCH

We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision plans vacation sick time floating holidays and paid holidays for fulltime employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds tuition reimbursement discounted college tuition for employees dependents and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their race gender sexual orientation religion disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Companys written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process please contact us by email at .

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