Account Executive, New Business Position Profile
The Account Executive New Business growth-oriented sales role to launch a career in professional B2B sales. This role focuses on developing foundational selling skills while driving net-new customer acquisition within the midmarket segment.
As a front-line hunter, the Account Executive New Business will learn to identify, engage, and convert prospective customers by understanding business challenges, competitive alternatives, and digital transformation needs. This position offers structured onboarding, coaching, and mentorship to accelerate development into a high-performing sales professional.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Prospect and pursue net-new midmarket customers within an assigned territory
- Build foundational hunting skills through outbound prospecting, referrals, and marketing-generated leads
- Conduct consultative discovery conversations to understand customer business needs
- Learn to position solutions as differentiated, value-based alternatives
- Support competitive displacement efforts with guidance from senior sellers and sales leadership
- Participate in full sales cycles, from initial outreach through close, with increasing ownership over time
- Deliver customer presentations and product overviews both virtually and in person
- Collaborate with internal partners to win new business
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Net-new prospect activity and pipeline creation
- Progression toward new logo acquisition goals
- New business revenue attainment (ramped expectations)
- Pipeline coverage and opportunity progression
- Sales skill development and milestone achievement
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with focus to professional selling preferred.
- 0–2 years of professional experience; internships or customer-facing experience preferred
- Strong interest in launching a career in B2B or technology sales
- Demonstrated competitiveness, initiative, and resilience
- Willingness to learn consultative and value-based selling skills
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- High energy with a hunter mindset and willingness to prospect
- Strong communication skills and professional presence
- Curiosity and ability to learn business concepts quickly
- Coachable with openness to feedback
- Ability to manage time and priorities effectively
Development & Support
- Structured onboarding and sales training program
- Ongoing coaching from sales leaders and experienced account managers
- Clear career progression path into advanced sales roles
- Exposure to competitive selling and midmarket customer environments
Working Conditions
The position requires the ability to participate in in-person meetings, training sessions, and customer engagements as needed. Local travel m required for customer visits or team activities.
Work is primarily sedentary and includes standard physical and mental demands typical of a professional sales role, including extended periods of computer use, virtual meetings, and customer interaction.
Come Create at Ricoh:
If you are seeking a team driven by passion and purpose, come create with us at Ricoh. We are a team of information seekers and customer-obsessed collaborators who aspire to deliver the services, solutions, and technologies that empower business success. We are looking for talented, inspired individuals to join us to help drive high-performance team and our commitment to excellence.
Ricoh is an integrated solutions provider and partner that connects people and technology, creates outstanding customer experiences, and delivers innovation for businesses worldwide. We empower digital workplaces by enabling individuals to work smarter from any location and harness the power of information—how it is collected, stored, managed, and shared—to unlock the potential in every organization. We deliver services and technologies that inspire our customers’ success and guide them toward a better and more sustainable future. If you are seeking a purpose-driven and passionate team, come create with us, and help drive our high-performance culture of excellence into tomorrow.
Invest in Yourself:
At Ricoh, you can:
- Choose from a broad selection of medical, dental, life, and disability insurance options.
- Contribute to your financial security with Retirement Savings Plan (401K), Health Savings Account (HSA), and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) investments.
- Augment your education with team member tuition assistance programs.
- Enjoy paid vacation time and paid holidays annually
- Tap into many other benefits to enhance your health, wellness, and ongoing personal and professional development.