Regional Account Executive

Regional Account Executive

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The Regional Account Executive manages customer relationships and sales processes for middle market accounts. The incumbent is responsible for new account conversions while managing an existing account base, where sales penetration and customer retention are equally important. This position requires extensive partnerships with external and internal customers on a daily basis in order to achieve results. This role performs administrative duties, maintains mail technology expertise, and delivers enterprising customer solutions that drive sales and revenue growth.

The Regional Account Executive manages individual sales plan (e.g., reviews weekly volume and revenue reports, etc.) to ensure accounts are producing as projected and to make necessary adjustments. The incumbent cultivates a strong partnership with UPS's Small Package division to foster cross-selling opportunities and to share knowledge of service offerings. This position retains and penetrates revenue in an existing account base (e.g., regularly meets with customers, etc.) to understand customer business needs, build strong customer relationships, and increase market share in a regional territory. The Regional Account Executive collaborates with Operations to ensure customers' expectations are being met and to proactively resolve customer issues.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with internal departments (e.g., operations, billing, finance, etc.) to ensure successful processing / activation of new accounts and to resolve customer issues (e.g., billing discrepancies, special needs and requests, etc.)
• Submits pricing request (e.g., price quote requests, enterprise portfolio qualifying worksheets, etc.) to Pricing, to secure acceptable pricing which can be offered to prospects / customers and convert, penetrate, and retain customer business
• Cultivates internal sales leads (e.g., strategizes with UPS Small Package division, etc.) to identify new sales opportunities, secure additional conversion revenue, and develop customized, bundled enterprise solutions
• Records daily sales activities into customer relationship management system (i.e., TEAMS) to manage sales funnel (e.g., tracking prospects, capturing meeting notes, etc.) and validate sales cycles
• Enters new customer profiles into account management system (i.e. INAMS) to initiate service implementation and enable access of customers' information by other internal departments
• Maintains relationship with revenue management to support the creation of competitive proposals and business growth
• Obtains knowledge about customers' competitors to consult customers on UPS solutions that support their market competitiveness
• Remains current on industry news (e.g., industry associations, trade magazines, etc.) to understand marketplace changes and trends
• Monitors and tracks competitors to gain competitive intelligence (e.g., business models and strategies, etc.) to be used in engaging prospects / customers (e.g., service and product comparisons, creating customer solutions, etc.)
• Analyzes prospects' / customers' shipping software and business model to develop cost-effective and streamlined technology integration solutions
• Responds to internal / external customer inquiries to satisfy their needs and requests in a timely manner and to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction

Preferences

Basic Qualifications :

Employee Type : Permanent

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Basic Qualifications : Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.