Account Executive, Field

Roadrunner

$85K — $100K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of sales experience in a logistics or similar environment
  • Proven track record of revenue generation and account management
  • Strong ability to build and maintain customer relationships
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills
  • Experience working independently in a field-based role
  • Ability to translate complex customer needs into viable solutions

Responsibilities

  • Expand market share through disciplined prospecting
  • Manage and nurture existing accounts for sustained growth
  • Create and execute strategies to generate new revenue opportunities
  • Collaborate closely with Operations to align efforts and enhance customer satisfaction
  • Attend client meetings and presentations to foster relationships
  • Conduct market research to identify potential clients and industry trends

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid time off for vacation and personal use
  • Remote work flexibility with field-based responsibilities
  • Supportive work environment with reasonable accommodations for disabilities
Full Job Description
This role sits at the front line of revenue generation, responsible for expanding market share and strengthening customer relationships in a highly competitive, logistics-driven environment. The business is scaling, and sustained growth depends on disciplined prospecting, structured account management, and strong alignment between Sales and Operations.

Success in this role means consistently creating new revenue opportunities while protecting and expanding existing accounts. It requires the ability to operate independently in the field, build trusted relationships, and translate customer needs into commercially sound solutions. This is a mission-critical position that directly influences revenue performance, customer retention, and long-term market positioning.

Compensation & Setup
  • Pay: $85,000-$100,000 base salary
  • Location: Remote (Field-based, customer engagement) | Salt Lake City, UT
  • Benefits: Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and paid time off


Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands
  • Daily outside travel to make sales calls in any weather.
  • Light physical activity performing non-strenuous daily activities of an administrative nature.
  • Outside salespeople are regularly required to sit, stand, travel to and from a customer's place of business, tour the place of business, work on a personal computer, reach and handle items, work with the fingers, see clearly at 20 feet or more, have depth perception, peripheral vision, adjust focus and talk and hear others in conversations via the phone or in person.

Work Environment
  • The terminal is a well-lighted, heated and/or air-conditioned indoor office setting with adequate ventilation.
  • The noise level is moderate based on general conversation tones, ringing phones and laser printer operation.
  • Outside travel in all weather is required.
  • Can be subject to occasional wet or humid conditions (non-weather), fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold (non-weather), and outdoor weather conditions when touring prospect or client plants.
  • There may be slippery conditions or other hazardous footing on the terminal dock or when making outside sales calls.
  • Minimal overnight travel (up to 10%) by land and/or air required.


* The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the position and are not intended to be all inclusive. The position and any of the requirements listed above are subject to change at any time according to the changing needs of the company.

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