Tennant co

Strategic Account Manager

Tennant co$85K — $128K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of successful enterprise business development experience
  • Proven track record generating executive-level meetings
  • Strong expertise in outbound prospecting across multiple channels
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Advanced LinkedIn networking and social selling experience
  • Familiar with CRM systems and sales engagement tools
  • Strong business acumen to engage senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Generate executive-level meetings with enterprise prospects
  • Identify and penetrate new logo accounts using outbound strategies
  • Create and execute outreach campaigns across various platforms
  • Develop tailored messaging for operational and executive leaders
  • Research accounts for operational pain points and automation opportunities
  • Collaborate with Automation Advisors for deeper client engagement
  • Maintain a strong outreach cadence for inbound inquiries

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical plan options
  • 401(k) with 100% match up to 6%
  • Paid vacation and company holidays
  • Dental and vision coverage
  • Wellness rewards and family support programs
  • Company-paid disability and life insurance
  • Full Employee Assistance Program
Full Job Description
Location: United States - Minneapolis, MN

Pay: $85,400 - 128,000

This is not a high-volume transactional SDR role.

This is a strategic enterprise hunting position focused on creating executive-level conversations, uncovering operational pain points, generating curiosity around automation, and opening the door to transformational robotics opportunities across some of the largest organizations in North America.

You will help introduce autonomous cleaning and workflow automation technologies to leaders across Retail, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Logistics, Education, Transportation, Distribution, and Building Services.

If you thrive on building opportunities from scratch, creating momentum inside complex organizations, and being part of a modern robotics growth story - we want to talk to you.

What You'll Do
  • Generate executive-level meetings and exploratory conversations with enterprise prospects across multiple industries
  • Identify and penetrate new logo accounts using modern outbound prospecting strategies
  • Create and execute high-quality outreach campaigns using LinkedIn, email, phone, video messaging, referrals, market intelligence, and digital engagement platforms
  • Develop compelling messaging tailored to operational leaders, innovation teams, facilities executives, environmental services leaders, and C-suite stakeholders
  • Research target accounts, workflows, operational pain points, and automation opportunities within large organizations
  • Partner closely with Automation Advisors to transition opportunities into deeper discovery, demonstrations, and technical evaluations
  • Respond rapidly and professionally to inbound inquiries while maintaining a strong outbound hunting cadence
  • Build executive curiosity and awareness around robotics, automation, labor optimization, and operational transformation
  • Track prospect engagement, outreach activity, and opportunity progression within CRM and sales engagement systems
  • Continuously improve messaging effectiveness, conversion rates, and engagement strategies
  • Help shape scalable prospecting processes, demand generation playbooks, and future business development strategy


Who You Are
  • A true enterprise hunter who enjoys opening doors and creating opportunities where no prior relationship exists
  • Energized by executive outreach, strategic prospecting, and multi-threaded enterprise engagement
  • Naturally curious, competitive, and highly self-motivated
  • Comfortable operating in fast-moving, evolving growth environments
  • Able to balance autonomy with strong collaboration across sales, technical, and leadership teams
  • Excited by emerging technologies, robotics, automation, AI, and operational transformation


Required Experience
  • 7+ years of successful enterprise business development, demand generation, SDR, BDR, inside sales, or strategic prospecting experience
  • Proven success generating executive-level meetings within large enterprise organizations
  • Strong experience with outbound prospecting across multiple communication channels
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • Advanced proficiency with LinkedIn networking, social selling, and executive outreach strategies
  • Experience with CRM systems, sales engagement tools, account intelligence platforms, and workflow automation technologies
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to engage senior operational stakeholders and executive decision-makers


Preferred Experience
  • Robotics, automation, SaaS, industrial technology, facilities services, logistics, or operational technology experience
  • Enterprise prospecting experience within Retail, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Distribution, Transportation, Education, or Building Service Contractor environments
  • Experience supporting complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise sales cycles
  • Familiarity with account-based selling strategies and enterprise opportunity orchestration tools
  • Experience with LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Dynamics, HubSpot, Salesloft, Outreach, Demandbase, DemandFarm, or similar platforms


Why This Role Is Different
  • You are not selling a commodity product - you are helping organizations rethink labor, workflows, and operations through automation
  • You will work directly with some of the largest organizations in North America
  • You will help shape the future structure and strategy of a rapidly scaling robotics organization
  • You will be part of a modern robotics growth business backed by an iconic global brand
  • You will have visibility, impact, and influence far beyond a traditional SDR or BDR role


Total Compensation = Pay range + Benefits

Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Tennant Sales and Service Co. reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualifications of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity. The salary range reflects both entry into the role and future growth. Total Compensation = Base Salary + Benefits

Benefits = A comprehensive benefits package including multiple medical plan options, 401(k) with a 100% match up to 6%, paid vacation time, 8 paid company holidays and 3 personal holidays dental and vision coverage, wellness rewards, robust family support programs, company-paid disability and life insurance, and a full Employee Assistance Program.

About Tennant co

Tennant Company is a world-leading manufacturer of indoor and outdoor environmental cleaning solutions and specialty floor coatings. Tennant?s industrial and commercial sweepers, scrubbers, coatings, detergents, carpet cleaning equipment, vacuums, burnishers, and more deliver award-winning cleaning solutions. Tennant Company is a recognized leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world. Tennant Company is a Minnesota-based company that was founded in 1870. Tennant has manufacturing operations throughout the world and sells products directly in 15 countries and through distributors in more than 80 countries.
Learn more about Tennant co
Size
4,263 employees
Market Cap
$1.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$33.7 million
Founded
1870
5 Year Trend
+6.2%
Revenue
$1 billion
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