Corporate Account Manager
About the role
ChemTreat’s Corporate Sales Opportunities are specific to water treatment and require an individual with experience calling on customers at a corporate level. Successful individuals must also have an understanding and technical knowledge within the industry of chemicals and water treatment. This position is focused on maintaining existing customer accounts and generating new business to drive ChemTreat’s market position within one or several of our vertical industries.
Responsibilities
- Develop an action plan for each customer account through a deep working knowledge of customer’s key business drivers and strategically selling the ChemTreat value proposition that expands revenue and profit.
- Build and establish professional relationships with key personnel, decision makers and influencers.
- Craft viable and profitable pricing structure in assigned customer accounts that will increase sales & profit margin spanning geographies.
- Meet assigned targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives.
- Provide analysis of markets, trends, competition, portfolios, technologies, and revenues
- Works with Vertical Director to support and expand ChemTreat’s presence in key industry and trade organizations.
- Potentially mentoring Associate Corporate Account Manager activities within assigned accounts.
- Updates Vertical Director and Marketing on key industry trends and competitive activity
- Responsible for learning our customer’s operations, understanding their challenges, and providing solutions to meet their needs. Supplemental Responsibilities
- Communicate the ChemTreat Value Proposition to all levels of the customer from the local level to the C-Suite.
- Construct and present effective proposals to customers/prospects
- Attract, interview, and screen new candidates at various levels.
- Sell, start up, and transition new business to the front-line ChemTreat Field Sales and service team
- Customer & prospect entertainment in accordance with ChemTreat’s entertainment policy
- Troubleshoot technical and industry-specific issues
- Effectively audit and communicate program results across multiple customer locations.
Requirements
Qualified applicants must have knowledge and understanding of water treatment to speak to customer needs. Prior experience leading the creation, improvement and implementations of detailed, innovative sales strategies to drive ChemTreat’s position and increase share within the assigned market segment. They must have the ability to cultivate relationships with various levels of the customer from Operator to C-Suite in order to identify customer needs, drive new sales, provide ROI projects, cost savings and value sell.
Skills
- Ability to identify critical issues and craft practical solutions that enable sustainable competitive advantage.
- Excellent communication and presentation capability (emails, comprehensive service reports, proposals, etc.).
- Fluency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
- Industry knowledge specific to water treatment.
- Bachelors' degree; in a technical discipline preferred.
- 5+ years of water treatment sales experience preferred.
- Minimum 7-9 years of successful sales experience in a business-to-business sales environment.
- Proven track record to sell at least $1MM in new business.
- Travel expectations of 50 - 75%.
- Proven track record of generated sales revenue in the water treatment industry with year over year increases.
Qualifications
Self-motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset.