Department of Energy Account Manager

About the role

We are Newark, an Avnet Company, part of Farnell Global, the fast and reliable distributor of products and technology for electronic and industrial system design, maintenance, and repair. This role covers the Southwest territory: Phoenix, AZ, Denver, CO, Dallas, TX, Reno, NV. Candidates based in these US states are welcome to apply.

Principal Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary point of contact for the customer interface to the company's resources that drives and supports high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, as measured in surveys and share of wallet.
• Develops strong, strategic relationships with customer(s) to identify and leverage the customers’ business goals, growth strategies and profit drivers to deliver the appropriate business value proposition sales solution strategy.
• Provides leadership and guidance in critical customer planning and engagement.
• Performs critical customer analysis to identify and leverage the partner’s marketing programs to achieve growth in their customer’s solutions capability.
• Engages customer(s) in joint planning that integrates the company's services, programs and supplier partnerships securing customer commitment for the development of a comprehensive investment in strategies that advance the company’s market position, entanglement and financial goals.
• Conducts regular business reviews with assigned accounts to track progress toward revenue and growth goals and owns execution of business plan.
• Maintains and monitors pipeline and metrics for assigned customers, performs analysis and identifies improvement opportunities.
• Supports supplier's strategies by aligning solutions with customer to maximize profitable growth, and customer expansion.
• Prioritize customers and opportunities with greatest potential for success.
• Closely manages profitability by minimizing profit leaks and maximizing gross profit.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Level Specifications

• Deep understanding of business, financials, products/services, the market or the needs/challenges of assigned accounts.
• Requires depth and/or breadth of sales expertise within a specialized product, service or account type.
• Requires a deep understanding of the full range of offerings that the organization and its competitors sell and that assigned customers buy.
• Recognized as a technical expert (by colleagues and customers) in one or several product/service areas.
• Complexity is extremely high (territory/account, products/services, sales or account management process); serves as team lead.
• Plans own territory or account approach and has input into colleagues' approaches; manages own and often others' resources.
• Learns analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative sales solutions.
• Leads sales teams on negotiations to identify, pursue or manage accounts/ opportunities with extremely large size/strategic importance/risk of loss.
• Develops colleagues' understanding; acts as a role model for colleagues with less experience.
• Has extremely high authority/opportunity to set and negotiate product/service terms.
• Plays a key role in the success of the organization.

Job Level

Minimum experience required is typically 8+ years with bachelor's or equivalent.

This is typically the most senior sales position in the company and is reserved for the most experienced sales professionals.

Education And Certification(s)

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.

Distinguishing Characteristics

Prior military and high-level security clearance.

What We Offer

Our employees work hard to live our values and help us grow. Our total rewards strategy supports Avnet’s ability to attract, engage, develop, and reward our employees, while promoting a diverse and inclusive environment. We offer competitive compensation and benefit programs — from time away and flexible working arrangements to programs supporting employee well-being and opportunities to give back to your community. Generous Paid Time Off, 401K and Pension Plan, Paid Holidays, Family Support (Paid Leave, Surrogacy, Adoption), Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance, Health Savings Account / Flexible Spending Account, Education Assistance, Employee Development Resources, Employee Wellness, Leadership Development and Mentorship Programs.