Sales Account Manager â Coil Coatings
Sales Account Manager â Coil Coatings
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Job Description
The Account Manager executes sales strategies to grow market share through the development of relationships close of new business maintaining current customers and effectively selling new Sherwin-Williams product technologies.
The Account Manager executes sales strategies to grow market share through the development of relationships close of new business maintaining current customers and effectively selling new Sherwin-Williams product technologies.
Performs comprehensive sales market and account management activities with an emphasis on sales volume and customer growth. Responsibilities may include leading sales activities implementing sales and related business strategies servicing customer business and developing relationships with site and upper management including C-suite and company owners. The Account Manager should require little to no direction on complex accounts working with multiple levels of customer management and managing large regions or national territory with considerable complexity.
Demonstrates integrity negotiation and influencing skills when gaining and maintaining customers.
Responsibilities
Meet Financial Goals
- Develop sales and related business strategies for the territory region or product group and requires some management oversight; sales area is generally moderate in size and scope has a reasonable sales volume and typically includes multiple business segments.
- Consistently drive top-line sales to achieve territory area or regional financial goals
- Increase market share to maximize sales and profits
- Effectively understand and challenge competitor products and sales
- Track monitor and maintain sales growth on weekly monthly and/or yearly basis
- Achieve sales growth goals through current customers as well as through consistent development of new business
- Negotiate pricing to meet customer needs and team financial goals
- Analyze sales and market data to understand where to expand market share
Prospect and Develop New Customers
- Utilize the Sherwin-Williams Sales Process to develop plans to effectively understand and meet prospective customer needs
- Develop contacts and relationships with new and existing customers to sell products introduce new or alternative product lines and grow sales
- Conduct demonstrations/trials to promote or sell product to new customer
- Provide customer service when conducting customer calls/visits to gain new customers
- Conduct cold calls/visits to ensure prospective customer understands current and new product
Maintain Current Customers
- Utilize the Sherwin-Williams Sales Process to develop strategic plans to effectively understand and meet current customer needs
- Ensure retention of existing business by developing working relationships with site-management including upper management and performs related account management activities; utilizes technical service personnel to perform day to day account management activities when appropriate.
- Close customer deals in accordance with company policies and procedures
- Provide customer service when conducting customer calls/visits to maintain current customer relationships and ensure satisfaction
- Prioritize current customer calls/visits to ensure deals are closed
- Partner with Technical Services Representatives to troubleshoot customer complaints and concerns
- Build and maintain relationships with customers to gain trust and create positive view of the organization
Manage Time Effectively
- Plan current and future sales strategies to aid in goal achievement
- Effectively use the Customer Relationship Management () system to prepare for and schedule customer calls meetings follow-ups etc.
- Coordinate customer visits and sales efforts with team members to ensure sales are maximized
- Schedule and plan for meetings with internal departments to understand product composition features and functionality (e.g. Marketing R&D)
- Respond to questions and concerns from customers applies a working understanding of product lines and application methods and ensures customer satisfaction; receives direction from other personnel on a limited basis.
- Serve as a lead to technical service representatives or other staff to perform account maintenance activities which includes prioritizing and assigning work and determining work direction.
Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Companys staff employees and business relationships
Qualifications
FORMAL EDUCATION:
Required:
- High School diploma or GED equivalent
Preferred:
- Bachelors degree in Sales Business disciplines Science disciplines or Liberal Arts
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Required:
- Eight or more years of B2B industrial environment product/service sales experience
Preferred:
- Five or more years of direct or adjacent industry sales experience
- Industrial coatings product and application familiarity
- Background in technology technical service and/or customer service
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
- 50% or more
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
