SGS · 5 months ago
Environmental Senior Account Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expSGS is the world's leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company, dedicated to ensuring quality, safety, and compliance. The Environmental Senior Account Manager will be responsible for selling environmental analytical services, managing client portfolios, and generating revenue through business development efforts.
OutsourcingSkill AssessmentTest and Measurement
Responsibilities
Identifies business leads with existing and potential customers through continuous interaction across the Environmental community
Proactively seeks out, intelligently targets and initiates contact with prospective customers to assess potential leads
Develops a network of industry contacts and continually qualifies market conditions
Through active probing and listening, conducts discovery sessions with qualified leads to identify client needs and determine potential opportunities for the full scope of offerings
Assesses client needs against capabilities of SGS
Works closely with prospects to develop a value proposition and determine how SGS services will help them achieve their goals
Influences and promotes the expansion or establishment of business opportunities through partnering relationships with potential customers and coordinated efforts with other SGS business lines
Secures closure on all proposals to new and existing clients and effectively hand over the contract to the Client Services Team
Communicates sales process activities reports to update businesses internally. Use of CRM with agreed upon KPI (Key Performance Indicators)
Provides market intelligence to the Business Development Manager and Operations Manager to assist in developing sales materials, plans, budgets and forecasts
Presents and represents SGS at tradeshows and technical seminars to build SGS brand awareness and broaden the market and client base
Acts as the customer's advocate in interactions with the SGS organization to ensure the customer obtains the best value from the SGS offerings
Sets appropriate customer expectations on SGS product and service offerings
Represents SGS professionally and ethically in the marketplace
Continually develops personal selling skills, acquires industry knowledge, broadens expertise in environmental service offerings and applies them
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; Chemistry, Biology, Environmental science
5 years in technical sales, project management, or customer service experience
Excellent oral and written communications skills to build strong customer relationships as well as work effectively and collaborate internally
Strong leadership, self-initiative, resource utilization
Solid critical thinking skills to anticipate and solve problems in a systematic manner
Advanced English language skills
Advanced reasoning and mathematical skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Preferred
5 years' experience in the Environmental Industry
Company
SGS
SGS is the inspection, verification, testing and certification company.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2023-04-12IPO
Leadership Team
David Schramm
Operations Manager
Janet Vergis
Board Director
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