Overview:
As an Account Manager at Connection, you are the foundation of our success, selling technology products and services to small to medium-sized businesses (2,000 seats or less). You establish new accounts through outbound cold calling and prospecting to develop a book of business and manage long-term business-to-business sales relationships with your customers.
This is an hourly base plus commission role, earnings may vary. Posted salary information is annualized and indicative of first year of employment.
Responsibilities:
Job Responsibilities:
- Prospecting 60 or more potential customers daily to secure new buying accounts/logos
- Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with as many decision-makers within the companies you are prospecting
- Uncover organizational pain points and areas of potential investment
- Provide Solutions
- Ask for their business
- Engage Connection Subject Matter experts in customer conversations to provide technical expertise that will help inform their decision-making
- Collaborate with internal partners to ensure your customers receive a “Best in Class” experience with every deal
- Balancing between the different tools available to you to dive deeper and create personalized messages that add value
How do we prepare you for success in this role:
- 8 weeks of intensive, paid, inside sales training
- A sales coach dedicated to you during your first year of employment
- Ongoing training to keep up to date on the ever-changing tech world
- Technical experts available to assist in closing sales
- We will train and help you acclimate to a cold-calling position
Benefits & Compensation:
- Guaranteed base hourly rate + UNCAPPED
- Commission guarantee payments (non-recoverable) for the first three years
- Average total compensation in year one ranges from $50,000 to $60,000
- Reliable work schedule of Work Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:30 am -5:30 am (Eastern) to support your work-life balance
- Generous paid vacation, medical, dental, and vision benefits; fitness reimbursement; 401k plan; employee discount program; tuition reimbursement; mental health support; and more
Min:
USD $19.25/Hr. Qualifications:
- Ability to develop rapport and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external customers
- Outstanding communication, listening skills, customer service, patience, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Ability to exchange information and resolve customer complaints by investigating problems and providing recommendations
- 1-2 years of practical experience with B2B sales preferred
- Prior cold-calling experience is helpful
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Demonstrate attention to detail
- Successfully working independently in a fast-paced environment
- Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
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