Strategic Account Manager

Job Summary This is a hands-on, activity-driven role ideal for someone who is eager to learn, contribute, and grow within a dynamic team responsible for driving sales of all Phoenix Contact products by combining engineering knowledge with strong interpersonal and business skills. The Strategic Account Manager (SAM) plays a key role on the regional sales team by providing leadership and direction in the establishment, development, and growth of assigned Regional Strategic Accounts. This position will carry out responsibilities in all of the following functions and areas: creating strategic plans, communicating direction, implementing corporate business reviews, creating corporate road-maps, expanding relationships (Maintain and develop relationships at all levels of Management, Procurement, Operations, and Quality Assurance, Engineering, Sales, and Estimating/quotations departments), analysis and recommendations, corporate price negotiations, and leading cross-functional teams. The territory for this role is Ohio, Kentucky & parts of Tennessee. Responsibilities • Meet or exceed sales quotas as established by the RSM and/or Vice President—Field Sales. • Be proficient in BASE selling skills and implement to build strong customer relationships. • Lead the charge in development of a strategic plan and implementation of strategic initiatives for regional strategic accounts. The focus includes increasing account share, revenue growth, profitability, building and expanding relationships with major stakeholders, increasing product mix, and expanding the Phoenix Contact brand. • Develop strategic roadmaps for strategic assigned accounts providing direction and insight on revenue generating locations. • Develop intimate insight into the customer culture, needs, and supply chain, including key metrics leading to the recommendation of plans, initiatives, and/or corrective actions to provide the highest level of service to the customer’s organization. • Lead and coordinate established business reviews with the assigned strategic accounts, including monitoring of competitive activity, leading to recommendations to the Phoenix Contact team on areas of improvement. • Organize and lead cross functional teams with the appropriate members of Phoenix Contact for the purpose of building and maintaining trusting relationships between Phoenix Contact and assigned strategic accounts. • Support the preparation of proposals, presentations, and sales materials. • Maintain and update CRM systems with accurate client information. Fully utilize the CRM as a communication, reporting, measurement, and tracking tool to enhance productivity. • Collaborate with the entire Phoenix Contact team to align efforts, effectively communicate both verbally and written. • Track and report on business development activities and performance metrics. • Differentiate Phoenix Contact from other component vendors by building “partner” relationships with customers. • Be proficient in and drive the use of all sales tools provided to support local markets. • Work closely with Harrisburg Product teams to aid in the development of field presentations and application notes. • Proactively utilize all resources and sales tools to maximize productivity, responsiveness, and customer delight. • Continue personal development through an effective skill-building program as determined by the RSM, Director of Sales, and/or the Harrisburg Training Department. • Demonstrate technical competence on all products/solutions within the area of focus. • Provide forecasts and reports to RSM as required. • Deliver presentations and hands-on demonstrations of Phoenix Contact products, applications, and technology for the purpose of product sales. • Develop and maintain a working knowle