Business Development Account Executive – General Merchandise, Client Sales & Insights

Business Development Account Executive

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Our Critical Sales Skills

At the heart of our commercial success is a team of professionals who combine strategic insight customer-centricity and executional excellence. These skills represent the core capabilities required to drive value for our clients and sustainable growth for our business.

• Effectively Presents Solutions: Delivers tailored compelling solutions that align with customer needs and drive action.

• Knows the Buying Influences: Identifies key decision-makers and understands their motivations and influence.

• Manages Buyer Indifference: Recognizes and explores customer hesitation to uncover new needs or opportunities.

• Understands Customer Needs: Operates as a recognized expert to articulate customer needs in the customers business language and business context.

• Being Resilient: Bounces back from setbacks with composure and positivity; helps others stay productive during tough times.

• Manages Ambiguity: Stays focused and calm in uncertain situations; guides others through change.

What will you be doing

We are seeking a proven sales hunter to grow our syndicated sales analytics media and receipt-tracking business across the general merchandise sector. This role is built for a true new-business hunter someone who thrives on building their own pipeline from scratch leads with a consultative insights-driven selling style and is just as comfortable engaging a VP or C-suite executive as they are opening a cold call. Prospects will include brands in the non-CPG sector that are not current Circana clients. You will own the full new-business cycle prospecting engaging and closing net-new accounts at the executive level selling syndicated sales data consumer and industry insights across digital and physical purchasing channels and ad-hoc analysis from across Circanas product suite. Youll work closely with senior sales leaders Client Development Product Management Analytics and Research Science to achieve revenue goals

Job Responsibilities

• Support and help drive an assigned new-business portfolio to achieve sales and revenue growth goals.

• Prospect new accounts through outbound calling targeted campaigns industry events and trade shows.

• Build a working knowledge of Circanas data and analytics products to identify client needs and recommend relevant solutions.

• Use a consultative selling approach leading and selling with data as a core skill.

• Help prepare and deliver customized sales presentations proposals and briefings.

• Develop a healthy sales pipeline and support conversion of pipeline into recognized revenue.

• Collaborate with marketing partners on lead-generation and awareness campaigns.

• Take ownership of assigned pieces of the sales process from lead generation through contract execution.

• Identify common themes from prospects to help inform new product development.

• Operate with accountability collaboration and a strong work ethic throughout the sales process.

Requirements

• 25 years of experience in outbound prospecting new business development or B2B sales.

• Experience in automotive aftermarket parts/accessories retail or dealer-channel sales is a plus but not required.

• Comfort using data to sell or strong enthusiasm and willingness to learn a data-driven sales approach.

• Demonstrated ability to prospect build relationships and manage a pipeline of new opportunities.

• Strong presentation written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and product categories at once.

• A can-do attitude strong work ethic and attention to detail.

• Willingness to travel approximately 10 - 15%.

• BA/BS required.

Circana Behaviors

As well as the technical skills experience and attributes that are required for the role our shared behaviors sit at the core of our organization. Therefore we always look for people who can continuously champion these behaviors throughout the business within their day-to-day role:

• Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow always asking the big questions.

• Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.

• Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.

• Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.

• Be a Challenger: Never complacent always striving for continuous improvement.

• Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy respect and integrity.

• Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate can deliver a clear engaging presentation that ties Circanas data back to a clients business needs and is comfortable talking with a range of contacts within a prospects organization. They manage their time and pipeline with discipline embrace Circanas sales processes and systems and are sticklers for accuracy ready to back up their work with facts.

Location

This position can be located in the following area(s): Chicago Remote

Prospective candidates may be asked to consent to background checks (in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice ) Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills seniority geographic location performance shift travel requirements sales or revenue-based metrics any collective bargaining agreements and business or organizational needs. The salary range for this role is $75K to $80K for on-target earnings

This job is also eligible for commission pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

An offer of employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice. Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.

You can apply for this role through the Circana careers website or Intranet site for internal candidates. This role is subject to AI-assisted screening. Circana uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess resumes for alignment with job requirements by helping locate details in resumes that relate to the job description.

This position is expected to remain open for approximately 30 days and may close earlier if sufficient qualified candidates are identified.

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