Account Manager – Navy

Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce

Account Manager managing military accounts for W.S. Darley & Co.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesJunior💰 $100,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Government Contractual Sales, relationship building, and strategic account management, with a strong focus on achieving sales goals and understanding customer needs. Proficient in utilizing Salesforce for CRM management and data analysis to drive sales success.

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Government Contractual SalesSalesforce CRM ManagementRelationship BuildingData AnalysisStrategic Account Management

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Hard Skills

Sales Strategy DevelopmentContract ManagementQuote GenerationMarket AnalysisNeeds Discovery

Soft Skills

CommunicationProblem SolvingTeam CollaborationCustomer EngagementPersuasion

Tools & Technologies

SalesforceOffice EquipmentCRM Systems

Industry Keywords

NAVSEAFleet Forces CommandDoDProcurement StrategiesTrade Show Representation

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Account Manager services designated customer accounts (NAVSEA and Fleet Forces Command Accounts) to establish and maintain outstanding relationships, identify sales opportunities and close deals.
This position is designed to have constant engagements with many Government / DoD offices in set geographical areas and to get to know the personnel that serve in those offices very well.
To succeed the Account Manager must generate revenue in a competitive environment and be completely knowledgeable on their customer base/assigned territory.
They must apply the training and coaching from the company, create tremendous relationships, respond and engage with a sense of urgency, be fully compliant with the rules and regulations in Government contractual sales, contribute with passion to the Team and always be proactively communicating in that network.
The over-arching goal of this role is to be the “automatic first choice” that a customer thinks of when a requirement arises.
This job operates in a professional office environment and/or remote environment at both the Itasca and remote offices. This role routinely uses company standard office equipment such as computer and cell phones.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Understand Darley products, services, contract benefits and value proposition and enthusiastically communicate these during direct sales activities.
Consistently achieve booked order goals.
Research buying habits of potential customers by analyzing data bases with historical purchasing information.
Interface with potential new customers, deliver impactful/concise overview briefs, perform needs discovery and persuade them to use Darley as their Prime Vendor.
Once onboard, build strong and deep relationships with military customers at all levels including end users, supply officers, contracting officers, decision makers and influencers.
Creatively address customer problems, becoming a true resource and solution provider.
Understand and be able to teach how our contracting vehicles operate.
Additionally have a working knowledge of various funding methods and how they may be applied to assist customers in their procurement strategies.
Generate quotes for customers and transition them to Inside Sales / HQ Teams to enter into the CRM system (Salesforce).
Partner with Suppliers to provide best products & values to meet customer requirements.
Brainstorm and develop innovative strategies to win business.
Enter updates and maintain records in Salesforce so that all active accounts, live opportunities, key activities on those opportunities, stages in the pipeline and other required data are all accurate.
Professionally represent Darley at trade shows, in-person meetings and Teams meetings by researching, preparing, rehearsing and making these events about the customer, not us.
Conduct cold calls, either face to face or via telephone, to prospect new business.
Work with support teams (purchasing, accounting, warehouse, etc.) to ensure that all information is up to date in the system and that orders are delivered in a timely fashion Follow up on closed sales to ensure delivery and quality were as promised.
Monitor and report on market and competitor activities.
Probe the Customer ecosystem to find information on new contracts that may be forming so that Darley can interdict these upstream and have a high probability the ones that fit our business model.

Benefits

Comp & perks

PTO
Paid Holidays
Tuition Reimbursement
Health & Wellness Reimbursement
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life & Disability
HSA with Darley contribution
FSA
401K/Roth with match and profit sharing
Darley paid life insurance