Mining Account Manager (Western KY, IL, IN)

JOB SUMMARY: The Mining Account Manager is responsible for generating sales from new customers and for maintaining and growing existing business of assigned sales territory. This position will provide support for key processes such as order fulfillment, warranty administration, and customer satisfaction activities. 

Looking for a candidate who lives near or in the following areas: 

•  Western Kentucky
• Illinois 
• Indiana 

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Directly identifies, qualifies, and opens new IND customers.
2. Makes joint calls with authorized channel representatives to develop and secure new business. 
3. Manages activities to maintain and retain existing business within the assigned territory. 
4. Assists in training authorized channel representative’s sales personnel. 
5. Supports national accounts business development and retention activities within their territory. 
6. Provides input about market and territory trends and meets annual territory sales goals. 
7. Acts as a liaison between the sales territory and Crown Battery’s corporate operations. 
8. Assists management with long-range territory planning; monthly, quarterly, annual, and other forecasts.
9. Be familiar and compliant with the systems, procedures, and documentation of the Crown Quality System and how it relates to this position and Crown quality objectives. 

Please notes this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

ACCOUNTABILITY: This position reports directly to the Director of IND Sales. 

COMPETENCIES:

• Demonstrated sales success (specifically in opening new accounts and in some form of technical sales); sales territory organization; and market or target customer identification.
• Strong verbal skills and ability effectively communicate with customers, co-workers, and supervision.
• Demonstrated competencies with office PC’s, Microsoft Office products such as Excel, Teams, and Word.
• Good organizational and time management skills; experience using CRM tools to manage new customer development activities and document opportunities for sale of IND products

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL DEMANDS: This external role is home-office based. The position will require outside within the territory, estimated to include 70-80 percent of the time spent calling on existing or prospective customers within the territory, to support the objective of this position. Time in the office is expected for administrative tasks or assigned projects.  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by any employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• 4-to-5-year career experience in commercial or industrial products outside sales environment 
• 4-year bachelor’s degree or technical college degree
• Outside sales experience in the IND Battery Industry
• Strong business to business support role experience; effective verbal, written, and small group presentation skills; professional demeanor and attitude in challenging situations 
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Crown Battery Mfg. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. 

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee.  He/she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by the supervisor.