Hybrid Account Manager

at PeopleReady

• Job title: Account Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $55,000 - $75,000 per year
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• Account Manager responsible for managing contractor relationships in outside sales capacity for construction staffing company. Identify leads, generate proposals, and ensure customer satisfaction while utilizing Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Prospecting / generating leads
• Meet or exceed revenue, gross margin % and gross margin dollar targets
• Develop proposals (pricing per pricing guidelines—escalate with exceptions)
• Manage sales process and pipeline utilizing Salesforce
• Cross-functional collaboration with recruiters, safety, service and other stakeholders to ensure customer satisfaction
• Collaborate with the general labor—and other TrueBlue brands—to share leads and promote customer growth
• Ensure all safety processes and procedures are observed
• Build exceptional relationships with customers by spending at least 75% of your time customer-facing
• Obtain detailed and accurate job description per SOP
• Manage participation in industry and strategic community organizations
• Manage aging within terms
• Interacts internal and externally with managers and above at the department level

Requirements

• 2+ years direct/outside sales/B2B experience with a preference in construction and/or staffing
• Strong knowledge of the construction industry is a plus
• Experience building sales territories as opposed to inheriting established markets
• Demonstrates business acumen to include financial performance, and success in developing and maintaining customer relationships
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, and ability to persuade, present, negotiate, follow up and close
• Advanced problem-solving skills with the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and make decisions
• Self-motivation and goal oriented; demonstrates a relentless tenacity with specific sales strategies identified and ability to work independently without day-to-day direction
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects independently and meet deadlines under pressure
• Ability to effectively interact and build relationships with a diverse employee population as well as clients
• Bilingual language skills a plus
• HS Diploma/GED or equivalent required

Benefits

• 6 paid holidays
• 1 paid floating holiday
• Up to 20 days of Paid Time Off per year
• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
• Company-matching 401(k)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program