Account Sales Executive Full Time NEW

DEPARTMENT: Sales

CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

Summary

General Responsibilities:

The Account Sales Executive is responsible for independently managing and growing account base and achieving growth and gross margin projections through both individual and team sales efforts. Develops, recommends, and implements appropriate action plans to attain profit plan, maximize employee talents and achieve exceptional customer and employee satisfaction for the service business team. Regularly communicates strategies, plans, performance, and conditions to management.

Reports to: Sales Manager

Direct reports: None

Direction

• Minimal supervision.

Major Responsibilities

30% Promotes sales of BCS related projects and contracts.

• Develops and implements sales strategic plans to take advantage of all sales opportunities within assigned area or market.
• Leads team sales efforts with key accounts as assigned and participates in sales teams to provide best total solutions to customers.
• Conducts customer needs assessments.
• Assists customers and potential customers with problems involving the use of company products and services and recommend suitable resolutions according to their needs.
• Provides quality system and service solutions designed to meet specific customer objectives.
• Communicates building system solutions to high level account customers.
• Develops sales proposals, specifications, estimates and presentations for systems and service jobs autonomously.
• Handles various calls and inquiries from existing and prospective customers.

20% Prepares proposals and bids for projects and contracts.

• Develops sales proposals, specifications, estimates, and presentations.
• Oversees preparation of formal submittals containing schematics, descriptions and technical information for use and approval by owner’s representative.
• Prepares quotes for new projects or services.
• Negotiates prices or terms of sales or service agreements.
• Follows up on bids.
• Price change orders as necessary.

30% Builds and maintains customer, prospect and other relationships.

• Develops and maintains strong business relationships with building owners with the objective of obtaining a sales advantage over competitors.
• Identifies and maintains prospect list.
• Participates in various civic and professional organizations to network and build relationships.
• Works with service operations team, finance, legal and other internal functions to follow through on all sold jobs to ensure adequate completion and high customer satisfaction.
• Audits existing customer relationships on a routine basis and provides solutions for their service needs
• Assists in the service portion of the “Value Delivery Cycle”.
• Responds to customer inquiries and resolves difficult and sensitive issues.
• Maintains customer records, using designated computer and electronic systems and media.

20% Works in conjunction with sales team to coordinate sales and business development activities.

• Participates in sales team meetings.
• Shares opportunities and information with relevant team members.
• Collaborates with sales team to understand and promote other company products and services.
• Recommends process improvements as identified.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Business Administration or related field.

Skills And Experience

• Minimum five years of experience in engineering systems or related field.
• Minimum two years in technical product sales.
• Exemplifies company core values: Ambitiously Curious, Always Want the Best and Whatever it Takes
• Strong knowledge of engineering fundamentals and HVAC concepts and operations.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Mathematical abilities to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and create and interpret graphs.
• Ability to build rapport and strengthen relationships with new and existing customers.
• Strong problem-solving ability.
• Ability to assess urgency of situation and prioritize tasks.
• Organized with an attention to detail.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid driver license

Other Requirements

• Requires occasional evening or weekend work
• Requires travel to and from job sites, some may be out of town
• Requires occasional overnight stays

Training And Development

• Studies literature and attends seminars to keep current in products, processes, and materials. Must be familiar with competitors’ product lines and how our products meet or exceed specification