Key Account Manager- Industrial Trade & Converting

Tesa SE

$80K — $120K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Los Angeles, CA
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of relevant industrial sales and/or marketing experience.
  • Effective communication and presentation skills to influence complex organizations.
  • Strong analytical skills and creative problem-solving capabilities.
  • Ability to navigate complex business negotiations and develop contracts/supply agreements.
  • Current, valid driver's license and passport; physically capable of driving for up to 70% of the time.
  • Proficient in Microsoft products and Customer Relationship Management software.
  • Excellent verbal and written English skills.
  • Residency in the Western United States.

Responsibilities

  • Meet or exceed sales objectives and goals for assigned key accounts by executing account plans.
  • Coordinate efforts related to strategic accounts, focusing on metrics like sales development and customer satisfaction.
  • Communicate strategic account needs across the organization to translate them into business opportunities.
  • Foster collaboration with internal teams and stakeholders to solve customer problems and deliver solutions.
  • Connect customer sales teams with tesa Sales Specialists to generate new business opportunities.
  • Maintain customer data in tesa's CRM system, documenting information from sales calls.
  • Build and close the opportunity pipeline to track cross-border projects collaboratively.
  • Facilitate partnerships and manage customer alliances for cross-business growth, defining success metrics for converter programs.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with remote options.
  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative industry.
  • Support for professional growth through training and development.
  • Collaborative team culture with a focus on problem-solving.
  • Access to a strong network of regional business unit heads.
Full Job Description
The Key Account Manager - Industrial Trade & Converting (KAM-ITC) is accountable for over-proportional growth at key accounts (with primary focus in CA, CO, TX, WA and OR), identifying and engaging decision-makers and influencers across all key account sites, leading all account management, quotes, projects, and cross-BU facilitation.

How you'll help the formula:
  • Meet or exceed all established sales objectives and goals for assigned key accounts, by developing, executing, and maintaining key account plans.
  • Coordinate company efforts related to strategic accounts as assigned. Key metrics include but are not limited to sales development, contracts/pricing, customer satisfaction, quality and service.
  • Understand and communicate strategic account requirements and needs throughout the organization, then translating that into business opportunities.
  • Foster collaboration with interna team and key stakeholders, including channel partners to solve customer problems and deliver innovative solutions.
  • Drive connections between customer sales teams and tesa Sales Specialists to generate new end-user business.
  • Effectively maintain customer data in tesa's CRM system(s) by recording information from sales calls.
  • Build and close the opportunity pipeline to accurately track cross border projects as a collaborative team.
  • Manage customer alliance partnerships by facilitating cross-BU business growth and activities, define benchmark elements of a successful converter program, evaluating competitive concepts and focusing on tesa USP's, monitoring agreed upon KPI's, and support development of Key Account plans with salesperson.
  • Drive business development targets by identifying and developing new partners, referring converter candidates for a global key account approach, drive market developing activities, oversee cross-BU sales opportunity pipelines for converter market, and build a strong network among all regional BU heads.
  • Other related duties as required.

Key elements for your role:
  • Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of relevant industrial sales and/or marketing experience.
  • Effective communication and presentation skills, with ability to influence complex organizational structures.
  • Strong analytical skills / creative problem-solving capabilities.
  • Ability to navigate complex business negotiations and develop contracts/supply agreements.
  • Must have a current, valid driver's license, passport, and physical ability to drive for lengthy periods (up to 70%).
  • Skilled and proficient in use of computers to include but not limited to Microsoft products as well as Customer Relationship Management software programs.
  • Excellent English language capability (verbal/written) required.
  • Must live in the Western portion of the United States.

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Posted on: 4/28/2026

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