Americold

Director, Key Accounts

Americold$90K — $130K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, sales, or marketing, or equivalent training.
  • 5+ years in management roles in supply chain, transportation, or food industries.
  • Proven success in closing new business sales deals over $1 million.
  • Experience managing key accounts with annual revenue exceeding $1 million.
  • Proficient in Salesforce and Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

  • Drive new business acquisition by engaging potential clients aligned with growth strategies.
  • Manage key accounts to optimize revenue growth and maintain customer satisfaction.
  • Develop collaborative partnerships to align with customer-specific strategic goals.
  • Expand service offerings for existing clients, including value-added services.
  • Lead initiatives to integrate new clients and streamline business processes.
  • Review revenue and KPI reports to assess account performance against budget.
  • Oversee special projects and collaborate on solution development for new business.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for extensive travel up to 50% for business engagements.
  • Potential to work with diverse industries including agricultural and food sectors.
  • Dynamic work environment that fosters collaborative partnerships.
  • Access to advanced technology and analytics tools for account management.
  • Professional development opportunities to enhance expertise and career growth.
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION

What You'll Do
You will be responsible for acquiring new business by engaging prospects and identifying opportunities that support the company's growth objectives. Additionally, you will manage assigned key accounts to ensure revenue growth, account profitability, account maintenance, and customer satisfaction. This role requires travel up to 50 percent of the time.

Essential Functions

  • Drive new business attainment by identifying and engaging prospective clients in alignment with company growth strategies.
  • Manage assigned key accounts to ensure revenue growth, account profitability, and ongoing account maintenance.
  • Foster collaborative partnerships to support customer-specific strategic objectives and satisfaction.
  • Expand services for existing customers including transportation, multi-vendor consolidation, value-added services, and international opportunities.
  • Lead and facilitate value stream analysis and coordinate integration of new and existing clients with business development and commercial teams.
  • Analyze and review monthly revenue and KPI reports to track account performance against company budget goals and objectives.
  • Manage special projects and solution development processes for new business opportunities in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

What Experience and Education You Need
 

  • Bachelor's degree in business, sales, or marketing, or equivalent training in business or sales management.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience required in management positions with increasing responsibilities in supply chain, warehousing, distribution, transportation, or food industry sectors such as beef, pork, poultry, dairy, bakery, agricultural, or seafood.
  • Track record of closing new business sales deals valued at $1 million or more.
  • Experience managing key accounts generating annual revenue in excess of $1 million.
  • Proficiency in Salesforce, Microsoft Excel, Access DB, and other current technology platforms for account management and analytics.

 

What Could Set You Apart
 

  • Master's degree in business, sales, or marketing preferred.
  • Experience managing 12 or more accounts simultaneously.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for financial analysis.
  • Successful resolution of multi-party business conflicts.
  • Familiarity with supply chain systems such as WMS, TMS, OMS, and ERP.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently in high pressure environments.
  • Professional presentation and appearance.

 

Physical Requirements
 

  • Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, reaching and/or bending.
  • Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work including the operation of computers, telephones, and similar equipment.
  • Requires ability to comprehend and communicate with others verbally and/or in writing.
  • May require travel by automobile and airplane for business.
  • May require visits to warehouse operations in temperatures at or below freezing.
  • May require the occasional lifting, carrying, positioning, and/or moving of objects weighing up to 20 pounds.

 

About Americold

Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches food suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.
Learn more about Americold
Size
16,275 employees
Market Cap
$7.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$24.5 million
5 Year Trend
+12.7%
Revenue
$1.9 billion
NASDAQ

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