Regional Account Manager-Print Sales

Federal Express Corporation is seeking a Regional Account Manager, Commercial to manage strategic corporate and regional accounts for FedEx Office. The role is responsible for prospecting, developing, retaining, and growing customer relationships; identifying solutions, negotiating commitments, implementing sales strategies, and maintaining account activity in the CRM system.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as a trusted advisor to the customer using a proactive, strategic approach, while developing tactical plans to drive the strategy and revenue delivery
• Achieves all sales activity standards, and revenue and performance objectives related to retention and growth of both existing and new customer prospects
• Upon identifying customer business objectives, identifies and demonstrates how FXO products and services meet customer needs
• Develop strategies to grow, enhance and maintain long-term profitable customer relationships
• Actively partner with both Sales and Operations leadership
• Engage resources required, both corporate and field, to support sales implementation and activation efforts
• Function as liaison between customer and FXO corporate teams, plus vendor partners as needed
• Manage the entirety of assigned customers and travel when necessary to locations (with possible national travel) within the account, as required to include scheduling and conducting regular in-person visits to new and existing customers
• Provide pricing information and pricing levels to named account base, per established pricing guidelines
• Interact with Sales leadership and support resources to develop and execute sales strategies for existing customers and new business development
• Participate in the identification and qualification of new customer prospects, and provide relevant information to be considered for the customer base
• Initiate marketing activities to activate FXO services to defined customer segments
• Ensure that customers are trained to utilize the FXO ordering and purchasing guidelines for products
• Drive target products and promotions, as directed
• Work with other sales resources in a team selling capacity to include involvement with other FedEx operating companies and secondary coverage to national customers, as assigned
• Refer project management, including outsourcing coordination, to appropriate Operations resources
• Direct, plan and assist in customer recovery as appropriate
• Build and maintain a robust and accurate pipeline of business at established standards inside of the FXO customer relationship management (CRM) tool
• Maintain accurate customer relationship management (CRM) system data, including daily activities and account updates
• Work and utilize the extensive FedEx sponsorship programs to host key clients and strengthen customer relationships
• Maximize the FedEx value delivered to each and every customer by working cross functionally within FXO, Services and the other FedEx Operating companies
• All other duties as needed or required
• Ability to travel as required in order to meet with customers, vendors, other team members, and/or other business necessities
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods of time
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to read and interpret documents and instructions from customers, vendors, and other team members
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to communicate effectively with customers, vendors, and other team members
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to perform work activities requiring cooperation and instruction
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to function in a fast-paced environment, under substantial pressure
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to work within the appropriate level of independence
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to report regularly to work and maintain established business hours in order to support the FedEx Office business; regular attendance and/or reporting could include regular attendance at a physical location and/or maintaining established business hours depending on the scope and nature of the position

Requirements:

• Applicants should reside in Nor Cal. This is a work from home position
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
• 5+ years of business-to-business solutions selling experience required with a focus on prospecting new customers and developing existing business relationships
• Demonstrated business math and intermediate computer skills with MS Office
• High level of experience in sales planning, sales proposals, and selling the value propositions appropriate to corporate level customers and others in the organization
• Demonstrated understanding of sales financial targets/quotas with proven successful results
• Strong conceptual selling, presentation, closing and organizational skills
• Highly self-motivated, with a strong appetite for learning
• Articulate; uses clear, convincing and tailored communication
• Proven selling skills and knowledge of value propositions
• Recognized flexible disposition; open to coaching and feedback
• Presents a personal professional image
• Ability to travel as required in order to meet with customers, vendors, other team members, and/or other business necessities
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods of time
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to read and interpret documents and instructions from customers, vendors, and other team members
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to communicate effectively with customers, vendors, and other team members
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to perform work activities requiring cooperation and instruction
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to function in a fast-paced environment, under substantial pressure
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to work within the appropriate level of independence
• Ability, on a consistent basis, to report regularly to work and maintain established business hours in order to support the FedEx Office business; regular attendance and/or reporting could include regular attendance at a physical location and/or maintaining established business hours depending on the scope and nature of the position
• Experience within the document solutions or product offerings industry, preferred but not required
• Experience utilizing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software programs, preferred