Now Hiring - Retail Sales Account Manager in Hanover, MD

Job Title: Account Manager

Department: Sales & Marketing

Position Reports to: US Sales Manager

Position is: Full-time, Salaried, Exempt

Work Location: Hanover location, Telecommuting available upon request

Schedule: Monday-Friday 40 hours per week, flexible hours with a start between 7 am – 9 am, end day between 4 pm – 6 pm.

Job Description: The Account Manager is responsible for building and growing a strategic working relationship with existing customers to help achieve sales and profit targets. The account manager will act as a dedicated business consultant to offer the best value proposition for the customer.

Responsibilities:

• As an Account Manager, you will develop and implement strategies for increasing sales and profit targets.
• Coordinate the needs of assigned accounts.
• Identify opportunities for assigned accounts, and communicate and those opportunities to the appropriate personnel.
• Develop key relationships with assigned accounts.
• Understand customer organizations by department, function, strategies, and key programs

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Direct work experience in food industry, retail industry and or inventory-based products.

• Possess strong listening skills, an ability to hear what a potential customer wants, concerns and issues and ability to problem solve.
• Possess excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, and attention to detail.
• Demonstrate ability to build and maintain strategic customer relationships, handle multiple priorities, and work in a self-direct manner.
• Possess excellent planning/organizational skills and techniques.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to use judgement based on experience, knowledge and collaboration with appropriate team members to develop appropriate new business proposals.
• Ability to work effectively under an interference driven environment with competing priorities.
• Experience with an ERP system
• Must be skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point

Travel/Physical Demands:

• Work conducted within an office environment.
• Travel typically less than 30%.
• Ability to lift boxes up to 25 lbs.
• Job demands will require long periods of sitting, standing, telephone work, or computer work.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Company car
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 2 years
• 3 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Commission pay
• Yearly bonus

Travel requirement:

• Up to 25% travel

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hanover, MD 21076: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Data entry: 1 year (Preferred)
• Account management: 2 years (Required)
• Food industry: 2 years (Preferred)
• Vendor management: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person