What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Manager position at Sonepar?
Main purpose of the job
The Account Manager is a sales professional, with a focus on customer-centric sales process. The Account Manager is responsible for building and maintaining a strong relationship with existing and new customers; they are accountable for maintaining profitable sales with each account.
Key Responsibilities
Basic duty
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Percent of time spent on this task
Drive Sales Growth
Acquire new customers
Increase sales to existing customers
Sales Data
Customer Relations
Foster and nurture healthy relationships with customers through consistent, regular contact.
Make regular sales calls
Introduce customers to new products, coordinating with vendors to schedule calls and customer product training
Possibility of travel with customers to attend corporate sponsored events.
Accountable for conducting business consistent with the highest ethical standards
Vendor Relations
Financial
Will be accountable to meet sales, gross profit dollar and gross profit percentage goals
Other duties as assigned
Minimum work experience requirements:
Minimum education requirements:
Other skills/experience desired:
Strong relationship management skills
Ability to grow and maintain relationship with any individual, irrespective of the background and type of personality
Possession of good sense of humor
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong creativity and critical thinking abilities
Ability to work with recent technological applications relating to daily tasks
Strong detail-orientation and top level self organization
Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously
Willingness to put in more working hours, even at odd times
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