Senior Account Executive - B2B

About the Role

Does the art of the deal drive your day-to-day need to succeed? Do you have a way with words that's matched only by your desire to devour new technology concepts and solutions? Are customer concerns always king in your court? Canon USA, a leader in print technology, solutions, and services, wants you to take our call. We're in need of a Senior Account Executive, Workplace Technologies & Services (WTS), who can immediately impact the selling of Canon's world-class hardware and software technology-based solutions to a dedicated marketplace while solving key business challenges to promote the Future of Work. Enjoy a competitive benefits package, continuous training and education advantages, and an active account base to advance your career. You can also take advantage of a car allowance and merit-based sales achievement trips to exotic locations.

This role requires you to live within a reasonable commuting distance to Chicago, IL so that you can adequately execute your job responsibilities.

Your Impact

• Master the core capabilities of innovative products, solutions, and technologies from Canon USA and our third-party providers and promote those benefits to current and prospective customers to effectively drive sales results and consistently achieve individual and team revenue goals. This can include a variety of technological advancements—from enhancing cybersecurity and cloud data functionality to driving backfile conversion and managed print, IT, and automation services.
• Proficiently learn and utilize the Salesforce CRM platform to manage client and prospect accounts.
• Actively contact an assigned account base via direct calls, Canon USA's customized email campaigns, and social media platforms to develop sales opportunities and establish engagement.
• Relentlessly conduct in-person discovery meetings, presentations, and demonstrations, while leading strategic conversations with business owners, executives, and other stakeholders to identify customer requirements, competitive trends, and business challenges/organizational needs.
• Focus on an optimal customer experience throughout the sales process by developing strategic plans to address both the short-term and long-term requirements of the customer to help generate new revenue streams.
• Leverage a team of technology subject matter experts to enrich knowledge base, facilitate sales wins, and achieve customer goals and success through active collaboration efforts.
• Develop and nurture high-level relationships within a comprehensive customer base to enhance long-term viability and greater account penetration.

As a Canon USA sales professional, you'll have access to a series of helpful tools to support your success, including: ZoomInfo (an extensive B2B contact database), internal solutions sales process materials, ROI assessment tools to showcase the monetary benefits of technology investments, special market-specific pricing opportunities, customer-facing case studies, a business development team to help nurture prospective customers, and much more.

About You: The Skills & Expertise You Bring

• Hold a bachelor's degree, plus three years of business-to-business sales or customer-facing experience.
• Possess an unwavering passion, aptitude, and interest to learn a variety of new technology and services in a rapidly evolving industry.
• Sport a successful track record of persuading others to pursue innovative ideas.
• Command strong communication skills centered around a desire to build solid working relationships.
• Embrace the ability to effectively work independently and manage time precisely.
• Capable and willing to travel occasionally within the local market (valid driver's license and acceptable driving record necessary).

Pay

Anticipated base salary range: $50,000-$63,160 annually. This role is eligible for incentive compensation under the terms of an applicable plan and/or policy. Incentive compensation earnings vary by quota assigned, at 100% of plan, the anticipated incentive compensation is $62,869 annually. This role is also eligible for a transportation allowance.