CESCO

Construction Account Manager

CESCO

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Fort Dodge • Iowa • United States

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About the role

  • Create and maintain solid, long-term business relationships with customers
  • Reaching sales and gross margin goals
  • Prospecting and soliciting orders within the guidelines established by management
  • Identifying customer needs, and proposing solutions and appropriate products and services to meet those needs
  • Complete a business plan for assigned accounts in Crescent’s CRM tool
  • Develop a sustainable sales/profit volume in assigned territory
  • Regularly make in-person sales calls to prospective customers and current customer establishments
  • Introduce and demonstrate new products
  • Assist industrial customers by pricing bills of material
  • Utilize a conservative sales approach to sell products and services, offer add-on and up-sell products that may benefit the industrial customer
  • Suggest alternative products when a customer-requested product is not available
  • Cultivate and maintain solid, long-term relationships with construction customers and suppliers
  • Assist and resolve customer requests and/or problems in a prompt and professional manner
  • Keep construction customers informed about all relevant company and vendor policies
  • Communicates competitive conditions, observed customer financial weakness, and customer feedback to management
  • Cooperate with suppliers to secure mutual business through joint sales calls
  • Execute sales effort in an ethical and professional manner that will reflect favorably on the reputation of both the salesperson and the company

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
  • 4 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Previous knowledge of wholesale electrical distribution industry and previous construction sales experience
  • Valid Driver's License with the ability to travel up to 25% of the time with overnight stays
  • Individual must possess comprehensive computer skills (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook products) and product knowledge
  • Must have ability to work quickly and accurately under time constraints and against deadlines
  • Must possess interpersonal and organizational skills, be a self-starter, be detail oriented, and have the ability to communicate (verbal and written)
Benefits
  • Eligibility for health, and dental, vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan, and flexible spending accounts, subject to plan terms
  • Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, short-term disability, long-term care, and Employee Assistance Program, subject to applicable waiting periods
  • Excused Absence time off and Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Company-paid holidays
  • Other benefits for which you may be eligible includes supplemental life insurance, hospital indemnity, and accident and critical illness benefits with cancer coverage

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
salesprospectingcustomer relationship managementbusiness planningpricingproduct knowledgeup-sellingproblem resolutionethical sales practicestime management
Soft skills
interpersonal skillsorganizational skillsself-starterdetail orientedcommunication skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s DegreeValid Driver's License