Account Executive - Boston, MA

About the role

With general direction, sell and service eyewear products by managing existing accounts and developing new prospects consisting of a large variance of industries. Exercise a broad knowledge of the organization's services, products, and marketing techniques to achieve market share growth objectives and operational goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative sales strategy to contact prospects to create opportunities to sell products and increase revenue
• Cultivate and develop strong business relationships with customers and prospective customers
• Represents eyewear line of business to customer base in all sales-oriented activities
• Works independently, while leveraging appropriate partners, team, and colleagues to exceed quota targets while achieving balanced product line results
• Apply innovative ideas, approaches, and all product solutions to customer's business problems by understanding the customers' business and their business requirements
• Maintain current working knowledge on existing and new products and services and other general information to ensure accurate information is provided
• Identify and communicate future customer requirements and feedback to the appropriate VSP divisions
• Act as liaison between various VSP departments and customers to ensure service levels and expectations are met
• Collaborate with marketing and product development to address customers' needs and analyze market data
• Utilize sales automation system to make inquiries, maintain records and prepare reports

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field, or equivalent experience
• Three plus years of sales experience, with demonstrated account management, servicing, negotiation, and established customer relationships
• Results-driven achiever with exemplary planning and organizational skills, along with a high degree of detail orientation
• Demonstrated track record meeting sales/revenue goals with small to medium account responsibility
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated track record in developing business to business relationships
• Highly adaptable, positive, resilient, patient risk-taker who is open to new ideas
• Resourceful team player who excels at building trusting relationships with customers and colleagues
• Innovative problem-solver who can generate workable solutions and resolve problems
• Flexible team player who thrives in environments requiring ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple concurrent sales opportunities
• Exceptional listener and communicator who effectively conveys information verbally and in writing
• Highly motivated self-starter who takes initiative with minimal supervision
• Must travel more than 50% of the time
• Clean driving record
• Must reside within territory
• Ability to achieve and maintain any applicable agent licensing requirements for any state(s) within assigned sales territory

Pay

$58,656.00 - $84,025.50