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Sales Account Representative

Posted on February 11th, 2012

City: Brighton

Type: Permanent

Job Description

We are currently searching for a Sales Account Representative to be responsible for business development in eastern Oakland County. This is a permanent position with our company with a competitive base  and commission plan, car allowance and full benefits. The ideal candidate would have at least 5 years of business to business sales experience and knowledge of the staffing industry.

Responsibilities include:

  • Manage the entire sales process from prospecting to close using consultative sales methods
  • Maintain a high level of activity by cold calling and running appointments over the phone and in person
  • Proactively develop customer relationships by demonstrating efforts to understand and uncover the customer’s needs
  • Understand Action Associates value proposition and match it against customer’s needs to provide solutions and grow profitable sales
  • Communicate in an organized, clear and brief manner to effectively express ideas, plans, actions, projects, and engagements which support customer business activity
  • Generate revenue and grow client base: Prospect, qualify, solidify relationships, overcome objections and close new accounts; increase spend and create new buyers in existing accounts by cultivating new relationships laterally and above the primary contact
  • Build a healthy opportunity sales pipeline to achieve and exceed monthly/annual sales quota
  • Become a subject matter expert by acquiring ongoing marketplace intelligence by researching trends and best practices, reading business publications, seeking out learning and development opportunities, and utilizing internal resources
  • Effectively organize a course of action to accomplish sales goals by identifying and classifying both existing & potential account opportunities by establishing call priorities and frequencies.

Requirements:

  • Must have 5+ years proven B2B outside sales experience – direct sales experience within the staffing industry is highly preferred
  • Superior hunting / cold-calling capabilities and account management skills; desire to deliver world-class customer service
  • Proven success selling to the executive level as well as multiple buyers at several levels within organizations
  • Experience with conceptual sales, solution selling and value-based selling
  • Documented proof of quota attainment and regional or national sales ranking (e.g., President’s Club, Award Trips, etc.)