Account Executive - South Central

Account Executive

This Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Business to Business team is responsible for delivering significant sales growth in the B2B channel. Our team works to leverage professional contacts in hospitality, commercial and residential market segments, focusing on A&D firms, developers, owner / operators, purchasing firms and end users to build (and manage) a diverse project pipeline with large volume incremental sales. The team works to identify and prospect daily, bringing new clients to WSI and being Brand Ambassadors across all the WSI brands, including Pottery Barn, West Elm, Rejuvenation, Williams-Sonoma Home, and Mark & Graham.

As an Account Executive you will be responsible for driving meaningful sales growth across all WSI Brands. This role covers the following territory : Eastern Texas and Kansas.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and grow the B2B client base / sales pipeline in collaboration with the rest of the South Central sales team. You will leverage and build relationships, facilitate project-based solutions and work with the cross-functional team to close large volume orders across all WSI Brands.
• Promote WSI products and services to prospective and existing Business to Business clients through a variety of outreach opportunities to include telephone contacts, office and site visits, in-store events, and tradeshows.
• Leverage existing relationships with top developers, owner / operators, purchasing firms and end users to drive large volume sales and manage both existing and new project opportunities.
• Work closely with Regional VP of Sales to optimize project win rates and cover all sides of a project.
• Collaborate and communicate with the territory team, conducting continuous follow-up on outstanding quotes and identifying new opportunities to generate additional sales.
• Effectively represent WSI through outstanding product knowledge and outstanding service. Partner with the care center support teams and corporate office partners as needed to ensure best-in-class service is being provided.
• Develop and execute strategic business plan / sales strategy for driving sales growth across all brands.
• Proactively seek opportunities for expansion in new industry verticals, including research + pipeline development (Senior Living, Tech, Cruise, Education, Government, Healthcare, etc.)
• Partner with cross-functional subject matter experts to deliver the WSI value proposition and effectively execute your sales strategy.
• Develop integrated solutions through collaboration and proactive communication.
• Maintain / track your business pipeline using SalesForce.

Criteria

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