Government Account Manager
As the Government Account Manager (GAM) you will penetrate assigned accounts and develop relationships to achieve profitable revenue growth within your assigned geography in the Honolulu area. The GAM partners with sales support, service teams and contract owner(s) to grow sales in our largest local government, higher education, primary education or federal customers. The variable compensation is tied to the established sales targets and other account management responsibilities. You will report to the District Sales Manager for Government.
You Will
- Understand customer goals and remain alert and responsive to changing customer needs
- 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 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 market
You Have
High School Diploma / GEDAssociates or Bachelor's Degree preferred3+ years direct outside sales experienceKnowledge of sales forecasting opportunity management and customer planningTechnological capabilities and understanding to communicate in today's business environmentAbility to bring to close an action, project, resolution or sales with customersAbility to articulate business drivers, understand financial and total cost of ownership concepts with all levels of the organizationAbility to use sales process to uncover customer objections / concerns, and determine appropriate solutionsProcess discipline, ability to align planning goals with a pipeline development process to grow market revenueWe are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment.