Amazon

Account Executive - Government, Central, Amazon Business

Amazon$69K — $120K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Illinois, US
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, or 3+ years in sales or marketing (e-commerce, retail technology, SaaS)
  • 2+ years of inside sales experience preferred
  • Knowledge of procurement and source to pay methods for small to medium businesses
  • Ability to influence decision-makers at all organization levels, notably executives
  • Proven track record of exceeding sales targets with a consultative, solutions-driven approach

Responsibilities

  • Initiate prospecting and lead generation through outbound activities
  • Conduct discovery calls to identify opportunities in the customer lifecycle
  • Leverage marketing campaigns to boost account registrations and conversions
  • Present tailored demonstrations to meet individual customer needs
  • Advise customers on best practices for utilizing Amazon Business solutions
  • Achieve customer acquisition and spend adoption targets
  • Collaborate with Product Management and Technical teams to automate customer service needs

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
  • Mental health support and other employee assistance programs
Full Job Description
The Amazon Business team is dedicated to developing solutions that make it easy for business customers to buy on Amazon.com through an Amazon Business Account Executives are responsible for initiating and developing strong relationships with medium-large public sector agencies as business customers. They balance their time between acquiring new business customers and assisting those customers in enabling their account to best suit their specific needs. The candidate will work closely with customers to understand their procurement requirements and then work with internal Amazon teams to determine the best solution to addresses the business needs. The ideal candidate will have experience developing relationships at the C-Suite level, as well as across functional areas such as procurement, production, maintenance, supply chain and IT and has a proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales goals.

By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.

Key job responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities:
• Initiate prospecting and lead generation activities through outbound call programs
• Conduct in-depth discovery calls to uncover opportunities across various stages of the customer lifecycle (new business, and spend adoption)
• Leverage marketing campaigns to drive new account registration and conversions
• Present account demonstrations unique to each customer and prospect's needs
• Drive and accelerate spend adoption through advising customers on best practices for using Amazon Business solutions
• Meet or exceed targets for customer acquisition and customer spend adoption
• • Focus on automating as many service needs for customers and work with Product Management and Technical teams to develop solutions that will increase solution adoption
• Relay customer and market needs and requirements back to internal Amazon teams including Product Management, Technical and Category Management teams to further drive customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with marketing, merchandising, business development, customer service and other key internal Amazon stakeholders to improve execution and results

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 3+ years of sales or marketing work (like e-commerce, retail technology, SaaS) or equivalent experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 2+ years of inside sales experience

- Knowledge of procurement and source to pay methods at small and medium businesses

- Experience influencing at all levels within an organization, particularly at the executive level

- Experience exceeding sales targets using a consultative, solutions-focused approach or equivalent

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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Amazon Careers

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Net Income
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1994
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