Now Hiring - Retail Sales Account Manager in Chicago, IL

Job Title: Account Manager

Department: Sales

Position Reports to: Asian Sales Manager

Position is: Full-time, Salaried, Exempt

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 in the Midwest Region. 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 (Asian food sales), 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.
• Bilingual (Korean & English) required.
• Candidates in Chicago, IL preferred but not required.

Travel/Physical Demands:

• Work conducted within an office environment.
• Travel typically is about 85% - 90%.
• Job demands will require driving, traveling by air, standing, telephone work, or computer work.

* Additional incentive and bonus depending on individual sales performance.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $71,470.00 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:

• 1 year
• 2 years
• 3 years
• 4 years
• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Commission pay
• Yearly bonus

Travel requirement:

• Up to 100% travel

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Chicago, IL: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Sales: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• Korean (Required)

Work Location: On the road