Account Manager, Gov't

With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
• 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

For additional information and details regarding Grainger's benefits, please click on the link below:

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• Understand customer goals and remain alert and responsive to changing customer needs, keeping their operations up and running efficiently.
• Demonstrate knowledge of market data and access to resources to quickly respond to new developments in the customer's business
• Responsible for support of managed inventory tasks to lead greater understanding of the customers, increase contacts within the customer group and increase sales results.
• Understand Grainger's Value Proposition and explain to customers, providing solutions to grow profitable sales
• Establish customer and market priorities to execute a strategic course of action to accomplish sales goals
• Develop and implement account strategies to include regular business reviews for primarily military customers to maximize sales
• Demonstrate full compliance to company sales and pricing guidelines
• Use all resources and technical support available
• Document, analyze, and understand impact of customer focused activities to increase productivity and sales within assigned customer accounts including Air Force bases

• High School Diploma/GED
• 3+ years direct outside sales experience or military experience in supply chain, inventory management or similar
• Knowledge of sales forecasting opportunity management and customer planning
• Technological capabilities and understanding to communicate in today's business environment
• Ability to bring to close an action, project, resolution or sales with customers
• Ability to articulate business drivers, understand financial and total cost of ownership concepts with all levels of the organization
• Ability to use sales process to uncover customer objections/concerns, and determine appropriate solutions
• Process discipline, ability to align planning goals with a pipeline development process to grow market revenue
• Ability to be in the field with customers in the Houston and Beaumont areas four to five days a week.

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