Key Account Manager -Southeast

ITW Evercoat is the global leader in the manufacture of professional auto body repair fillers and putties, adhesives, professional car care, recreational marine patch and repair products. Evercoat is a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc within the ITW Performance Polymers and Fluids segment.  We are known for our unique 80/20 business model and core values of Integrity, Respect, Trust, Shared Risk and Simplicity. Illinois Tool Works (ITW) is a Fortune 200 Company headquartered in Glenview, IL.

As Key Account Manager you will have primary responsibility to develop and maintain profitable relationships with significant direct-buying customers.  Through your technical knowledge of our products, understanding of customer operations, and use of Sales Excellence tools/processes you will grow our business with established accounts and work with these key distributor customers to drive Evercoat products to end users.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop productive business relationships with key, cross-functional personnel across all levels of the organization with your assigned ‘80’ customers
• Negotiate pricing and rebate programs with assigned customers to ensure sales goals are being met while maintaining or exceeding margin expectations
• Cultivate and use deep knowledge of assigned ‘80’ customers and their business to identify profitable growth opportunities
• Accurately outlook future sales and form strategic sales plans for each customer account
• Collaboratively works cross-functionally with internal departments to ensure customer satisfaction and problem resolution
• Serve as a business representative at major industry events, conferences, tradeshows, expositions, and assigned customer events
• Other duties as assigned

Deliverables

• Achieve targeted sales plan for profitability and revenue in designated accounts
• Increase share at assigned accounts by target percentage above rate of market growth
• Develop cross-functional relationships across multiple customer geographical locations

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or other related field or additional equivalent work experience
• 5 years relevant sales experience
• Prior experience with Automotive Aftermarket and/or distribution based selling is a plus

Qualifications and Skills:

• Proven ability to influence customers
• Technical aptitude
• Ability to analyze sales data to determine appropriate actions to improve account position 
• Results driven with ability to manage multiple priorities with highly effective follow-up skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, program management and presentation skills with ability and willingness to communicate, and work with other regions and locations.
• Proven ability to generate respect and trust from staff and external customers/contacts, including the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and staff to create a results driven, team- oriented environment.
• Travel up to 50%

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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