Strategic Account Manager

The role

The Strategic Account Manager works with a portfolio of key customer accounts to facilitate sustainable and long-term businesses. This role involves cultivating strategic relationships and delivering on gross profit sales goals.

What you will do

• Cultivate and maintain strategic customer relationships
• Sell a portfolio of key accounts
• Assist in the implementation of global sales and purchasing strategies
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the structure, culture, and needs of key customers
• Manage and facilitate own individual training, including sales, sourcing, and throughput
• Ensure customer requirements are accurately entered in Velocity's ERP system
• Consistently deliver on monthly and quarterly gross profit sales goals
• Represent and communicate Velocity’s culture, values, and value proposition
• Provide immediate and reliable solutions to customer needs
• Complete detailed records of all sales data and annotate customer touches in Velocity's ERP system

Required qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of sales experience in the electronic components industry
• Demonstrated expertise in sourcing, product knowledge, account management, CRM

Nice to have

• 4-year college degree
• Experience with complex ERP systems

About the company

Velocity Electronics is a top independent electronic components distributor serving the world’s leading contract manufacturers and OEMs.