Associate Account Manager

Job Description
The Associate Account Manager will be responsible for expanding the Company’s business within pre-assigned territories. This position is accountable for achieving sales goals through the acquisition and development of new customers and expansion of the product line within the existing customer base. The client base/prospect targets are $50K/year in Revenue or less. Larger opportunities are to be transferred to a Regional Account Manager.
Develop and target regional accounts and prospects (<
=$50K/year) in conjunction with the Director of Regional Sales to achieve contract, revenue growth, account milestone objectives, and activity expectations within an assigned account/geography.
Territory:
Minnesota and Wisconsin
Candidate should be located in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area.
Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):
Maintains current customers and acquires new customers by meeting or exceeding goals for territory revenue, growth objectives, account retention and customer service functions via telephone and periodic sales calls and presentations. This interaction includes the entire sales cycle from prospecting, maintenance, proposals, contracts, price increases, cancellations and contract renewals
Builds relationships with current customers while growing the revenue and profits through service changes and price increases.
Communicates regulatory compliance issues to customers.
Implements sales strategies to maximize revenue and profits through maintenance and penetration of existing customers.
Resolve problems and coordinate customer needs with Field Operations and/or Customer Service group.
Works as liaison between customers and accounts payable department for collection of receivables when requested.
Assists with coordination and implementation of Regional and National account sales activities.
Sell in a highly consultative manner, with ability to articulate the company value-proposition and the benefits of working with Clean Earth brand over other traditional waste services companies and direct competition.
Creates presentations for key sales customers and prospects.
Coordinate the development of sales objectives, territory and account selling strategies and ensures their execution.
Completes territory routing plans, territory forecasts and customer business reviews.
Develop account specific strategies and plans -- and execute against those plans -- to win national and regional in the manufacturing and industrial market space.
Provide management with information used to evaluate regional &
national opportunities.
Promotes customer brand loyalty by participating in or joining regional/national professional organizations that serve the regional marketplace and/or consumers.
Make daily calls on new prospects within the targeted territory geography, along with identifying leads via a variety of internet websites, networking, key vendors and peers within local and national organizations.
Monitor and communicate sales performance against goals through approved performance metrics.
This is a combined hunter and farmer sales position, managing a BOB while driving territory growth through new business prospects.