Executive Client Partner

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Executive Client Partner growing national and enterprise distributor accounts for promotional-products supplier Koozie Group. Building executive strategies, negotiating agreements, and expanding revenue and share of wallet.

Responsibilities:

  • Own Koozie Group's largest and most complex accounts, including national buying groups, distributor networks and enterprise distributors
  • Build multi-year account strategies and executive-level value and ROI cases
  • Navigate multi-stakeholder buying committees and grow account share
  • Manage named national accounts end to end, including strategy, relationships, retention and growth
  • Deliver revenue, margin and share-of-wallet targets
  • Map opportunity and whitespace, set goals and initiatives, and review progress in executive Quarterly Business Reviews
  • Build relationships with ownership, executive leadership, procurement, merchandising, marketing and supplier-relations teams
  • Identify and equip internal champions
  • Diagnose account challenges and develop data-backed multi-product and program solutions
  • Lead proposals, negotiate and renew distributor agreements, program pricing and promotions
  • Partner with the Segment Leader on program and contract structures
  • Partner with field account managers on top opportunities, branch visits and regional QBRs
  • Brief sales teams on account priorities each quarter
  • Partner with the Client Success Partner on post-sale experience
  • Serve as escalation point across Customer Care, Operations, Pricing and Finance
  • Maintain accurate account forecasts in Salesforce and report trends, risks and opportunities to sales leadership
  • Secure customer references and multi-year expansion
  • Represent Koozie Group at account events, trade shows and conferences
  • Meet revenue, gross-margin, share-of-wallet, retention, expansion, forecast accuracy, Salesforce hygiene, account-plan and QBR objectives

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of strategic or national account management in B2B, including managing multi-million-dollar books and enterprise buying committees
  • Track record of multi-year account growth through business planning, negotiation and executive relationships
  • Executive presence and ability to build a business case or ROI story that resonates with senior leaders
  • Strong financial and analytical skills, including ability to build an account P&L, read data and turn it into a recommendation
  • Ability to challenge a customer's thinking in a credible, non-abrasive way
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
  • Working knowledge of Salesforce or another CRM
  • Self-directed and organized, able to manage several large, complex accounts simultaneously
  • Ability to travel up to 50%, including trade shows and overnight trips
  • Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or a related field (or equivalent experience) — nice to have
  • Experience in the promotional products, hard-goods or advertising specialty industry, or selling through distributors — nice to have
  • Experience with ERP or BI tools — nice to have

Benefits:

  • People-first culture
  • Flexible schedules
  • Medical HSA and HRA plans
  • Flex spending accounts
  • PPO dental
  • VSP vision
  • Employee assistance program
  • Employer-paid life insurance
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • PTO - Paid Time Off
  • Advancement opportunities
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee referral bonus program
  • Employee recognition program
  • Employee charitable giveback program (up to $250 value)