National Accounts Manager - Canada

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The National Accounts Manager will lead the success of key retail partnerships by driving performance, identifying revenue opportunities, and collaborating with senior management across departments.

Reports To: Director of Operations

Installation Made Easy (“IME”) provides software and process management that enable retailers and contractors to offer installed home improvements to homeowners in a convenient, consistent, and affordable manner. IME senior management has over 100 years of retail management and home improvement industry experience.

The National Account Manager position is a leadership role whose primary responsibility is the success of their assigned Retailer/Manufacturer accounts. While the role does not have direct reports, the National Account Manager is responsible for driving other individuals’ and departments’ performance as it relates to their accounts to ensure account initiatives and targets are met.

The National Account Manager’s success will be dependent on their ability to identify opportunities to grow revenue and gross margin, maintain performance standards, execute key initiatives, and build and maintain relationships in relation to their assigned accounts.

The position is highly visible within the company and will have frequent contact with Senior Management, including the VP and Director of Operations, COO and CEO. Additionally, the National Account Manager will be required to liaise with cross-functional internal teams (Compliance, Licensing, Call Center, Customer Solutions, and IT) to help improve the overall Retail partner experience.

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, high-energy and charismatic person. The candidate should take ownership of their responsibilities and take initiative to drive the business.

Essential Functions:

  • Develop and execute strategies for increasing program performance, including:
  • Identify gaps in performance using key metrics and budgeted targets and collaborate with the operations team to compile reports to send to Retail Partner leadership.
  • Serve as project manager for the onboarding of Providers identified by business partners including:
  • Creating and managing go-live schedule.
  • Monitoring progress through onboarding.
  • Developing and executing training.
  • Serve as lead point of contact for Retailer/Manufacturer & National Providers for customer account management matters and proactively ensure the resolution of escalated issues.
  • On a monthly basis (or more frequent as necessary), clearly communicate account performance and the progress of initiatives to the operations team.
  • Develop and or refine processes to automate and/or make them more efficient, both internally and for our Retail and Manufacturer Partners.
  • Review, approve and manage existing Provider field support requests such as requests to add or remove stores, adjust coverage, change contact information, host additional trainings, and all administrative tasks associated with such requests.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in business management, project management, sales or related discipline;
  • 5+ years of related experience;
  • Professional demeanor;
  • Sound judgment and strong problem solving ability;
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral;
  • Ability to interact effectively with all levels of an organization, including executive and C-level
  • Exceptional organization skills;
  • Ability to juggle multiple projects at a time, while maintaining efficiency and sharp attention to detail;
  • Ability to adapt to changing or multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of home improvement industry

Physical Requirements:

  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
  • Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.

Benefits

Benefits to working with IME:

• 100% remote work environment

• Employer provided equipment.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Company paid basic life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.

• RRSP with a generous company matching contribution

• Paid time off.

• And more!

We are an Equal Opportunity and Drug-Free Workplace. The Job Description is not an exhaustive statement of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications of the job, nor is it intended to limit opportunities for necessary modifications. The Job Description does not constitute an employment contract of any kind.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous RRSP matching: RRSP with a generous company matching contribution
  • Paid Time Off: Paid time off.

IME provides innovative enterprise software for the home improvement industry. This comprehensive software platform enables retailers to offer a wide range of home improvement products and services to their customers on a nationwide basis, with minimal investment or operational responsibility. IME’s software platform assists contractors in managing a large ticket, complex home improvement project from start to finish, while allowing the retailer to track activity and performance in real time. IME supports this software with a dedicated Call Center, Customer Solutions Team, Compliance Department and Field Operations Team. These home improvement projects are fulfilled by a nationwide network of independent certified contractors who provide marketing, sales, product procurement, delivery and/or installation services using IME’s software platform to ensure a consistent process that delivers real value and the highest levels of customer satisfaction. IME currently supports home improvement programs for a number of leading national retailers, covering a wide array of products including flooring, countertops, HVAC, kitchen and bath remodeling, windows, siding, roofing, water heaters, and water treatment.

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