Strategic Account Manager, SanMar Sports

What's the Short Version?

The Strategic Account Manager (SAM), SanMar Sports, plays a key role in driving growth and building long-term partnerships within the team sports market for SanMar Sports. This role requires strong communication skills, demonstrated leadership, effective planning and organization, and creative problem-solving. The SAM collaborates with the Sr. Channel Manager, inside sales, and Territory Managers to identify new business opportunities, expand market share, and support national programs. Success in this role requires a high level of self-motivation and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively, while ensuring clear communication and coordination across departments.

Preferred area of residence is the Mid-Atlantic region (SC, NC, VA, WV, KY and MD).

What Will You Be Doing?

• Sell SanMar’s value proposition effectively through targeted presentations and conversations with executives at the corporate level, and support presentations and other communications regarding strategic plans in collaboration with Territory Managers to the office level.
• Build strong customer relationships with key executives and managers at the individual account level and corporate office.
• Be a resource for individually owned and operated accounts on big opportunities at the local or national office level.
• Understand the strategic goals, trends and other impactful information relevant to the growth of the strategic account and communicate this information effectively and efficiently across members of the sales and operational teams.
• Act as the customer’s advocate to push for change and improvements to meet customer demands with a focus on improving the customer experience.
• Negotiate, track, and implement effective incentive and other pricing and product programs.
• Keep Salesforce up to date with key activities, meetings, communications and related information.
• Schedule appointments and meetings in advance, planning for multiple weeks at a time.
• Develop impactful sales and marketing plans at the corporate level and effectively develop action plans with the strategic account to implement across all offices.
• Work with sales analytics team to collect and analyze data concerning SanMar Sports account sales, profitability, programs and activities and work collaboratively across sales team to understand changes in business trends.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

What Are We Looking For?

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 4-6 years of related strategic or territory sales experience.
• Travel 2-3 weeks per month primarily for meetings and presentations at: corporate headquarters, trade shows, industry events, national account sales events, and from time-to-time coordinated meetings at key accounts/offices with SanMar Sports.
• Must live within 30 miles of a Major International Airport.
• Ability to build meaningful partnerships and communicate effectively with customers, sales team and internal departments to identify and resolve issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Detail oriented; ability to follow-through on projects and handle multiple tasks at once.
• Ability to handle confidential matters with discretion.
• A high degree of professionalism, integrity, objectivity, and service orientation.
• Must be a leader, enthusiastic, energetic, “sales orientated” and outgoing.
• Flexibility to travel and relocation if needed.
• Exceptional organization, planning, and time-management skills.
• Knowledge of Salesforce or other similar CRM systems.

What's Our Offer?

Salary Range: You`ll earn between $120,000 - $170,000 annually, depending on experience.

Bonus: You`ll be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus up to 10% of base salary.

Paid Time Off: You`ll accrue paid time off on a bi-weekly basis based on hours worked up to 112 hours per year to start. Employees also receive 8 paid holidays and 1 paid family day off.

Additional Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k plan and matches $1 for $1 up to 4% of earnings, matched & vested at every pay cycle
• Life insurance
• Short/long-term disability coverage
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Pet insurance

What Should You Expect?

Outside Sales: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, and stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Ability to work on computer and mobile phone for multiple hours; with frequent interruptions. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Work environment is moderately quiet. Required to travel in elevator or stairwells to attend meetings and engage with associates on multiple floors throughout building. Must be able to legally drive a vehicle during all types of driving conditions, including day and night driving.

Travel Requirements: Vehicle that is reliable and can travel 25K miles per year. Must have a valid driver’s license and maintain insurance coverage. Ability to cover expenses including travel, business entertainment, business expenses for 2-4 full weeks at a time. Ability to travel including drive, all types of planes (including prop planes), trains, subways, etc. Ability to relocate if necessary. Ability to work weekends if necessary. May be required to travel in adverse weather conditions.