Strategic Accounts Manager

Ernest Packaging Solutions is currently in search of a Strategic Account Manager for our division located in San Luis Obispo, CA. This is a full-time position that offers a competitive base salary, plus commission, along with benefits and a wonderful company culture.

Strategic Account Manager

Maximize profitable sales growth by selling deeper and wider within existing clients, expanding client contacts, identifying and developing new opportunities at a level consistent with or exceeding company expectations. Identifying and maximizing new client opportunities as designated.

Essential & Performance Functions:

• Understands and emulates the Ernest culture of CURE (commit, understand, respond, and establish)  in all accounts.
• Understand client needs and objectives to deliver appropriate solution, enabling the client to meet their objectives
• Demonstrate knowledge of market conditions and access to resources to quickly respond to new developments in the client’s business
• Demonstrate consistent focus on actions and tactics that will produce positive sales results including Ernest Solutions of the Month, VMI, other.
• Demonstrate appropriate knowledge of the clients’ business (products and services) to formulate business strategies which drive revenue
• Communicate in an organized, clear and concise manner to effectively express ideas, plans, actions, and projects to support client needs
• Establish and execute an actionable sales plan that drives profit growth with client base, including regular business reviews with key clients
• Engages Ernest resources inside accounts (consultants/technicians/manufacturer reps) to demonstrate our design capabilities.
• Sustain and grow accounts assigned to you.
• Work with and identify appropriate Senior Design Specialist to help promote new opportunities in assigned accounts.
• work with and navigate our internal processes.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience in B2B sales
• Previous experience managing B2B accounts while focusing on growth and client retention 
• Self-motivated, possessing a high energy level and a desire to achieve goals beyond what is required
• Business acumen around sales forecasting, opportunity management, and client planning
• Understanding of how to communicate in today’s business environment
• Ability to listen, gain trust and bring to closure an action, project, resolution or sales with clients
• Shows overall value to the customer through our ideas including materials and automation
• Ability to work and promote vendor relationships in assigned accounts.

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