Position Details

Salary $85K – $85K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience mid

Exp. Years 4 years

Education 4 year degree preferred

Category Sales & Business Development

About this role

Account Manager for Industrial Automation in Baton Rouge, focusing on growing key accounts and managing customer relationships with supplier partners.

Key Responsibilities

Implement strategy to increase sales and profits from key accounts
Identify opportunities to improve productivity
Understand customer business needs and work with supplier partners
Give presentations on new products
Attain or exceed sales and profit budget

Technical Overview

Primarily a sales role with emphasis on product knowledge, RFIs/RFPs, and CRM-based customer management.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-level account manager with 4+ years of industrial automation sales experience in Baton Rouge, strong communication and negotiation skills, and a track record of managing key accounts. They should be adept at presenting solutions, leveraging CRM tools, and driving revenue growth.

Must-Have Skills

4+ years experience4 year degreeStrong communicationnegotiationand interpersonal skillsFamiliarity with Requests for Information (RFI) and Requests for Proposals (RFP)

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with Graybar's productsCRM experience (e.g.Salesforce)MS Office proficiencyDriver's license and vehicle

Tools & Platforms

MS Office SuiteCRM (e.g.Salesforce)

Required Skills

Account managementSales strategyNegotiationInterpersonal skillsRFIRFPCustomer needs analysisProduct presentationsElectrical product knowledgeCRMMS Office SuiteDriving for businessVendor partnershipsPresentation skillsTeam collaboration

Hard Skills

Account managementSales strategyNegotiationInterpersonal skillsRequests for Information (RFI)Requests for Proposals (RFP)Customer needs analysisProduct presentationsElectrical product knowledgeCRMMS Office SuiteDriving for businessVendor partnershipsPresentation skillsTeam collaboration

Soft Skills

CommunicationNegotiationInterpersonal skillsTeamworkAdaptabilityProblem-solving

Industry & Role

Industry Manufacturing

Job Function Drive account management and new business development in industrial automation.

Role Subtype Account Manager

Keywords for Your Resume

account managerindustrial automationbaton rougetexaskey accountsrfIrfprequests for informationrequests for proposalspresentationnegotiationinterpersonal skillscrmms officedrivingvalid driver's license4+ years experience4 year degreecustomer needs analysiscommunicationRFIRFP

Deal Breakers

No 4-year degree, Lack of 4+ years of relevant experience, No CRM experience

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