Wholesale Sales Account Manager

Wholesale Sales Account ManagerEver heard of how Americans can enjoy flowers because of a unique industry based in Miami? Here is your opportunity to be a part of a team dedicated to making flowers a part of everyday life.Join Continental Flowers as a Wholesale Sales Account Manager. Learn all about flowers, the trends that define them, and the vibrant national marketplace. You will build relationships with your assigned clients across the United States and learn how to best offer them our products. This is a B2B, repeat sales position where you are assigned a client list of about 50-70 clients.Your clients are located outside of South Florida, and you will communicate with them via telephone, email, messenger, and other web platforms, so excellent written and oral skills are a must. There is no walk-in business. Flowers are a highly perishable item, requiring them to be sold within a few days of having arrived. Therefore, a successful Account Manager is an alert, fast moving, and dynamic worker.Every day will be an opportunity for you to innovate and improve. You will constantly need to research how to understand your client, anticipate their needs, and grow your business. This is a commission based role, therefore motivation and ambition is a must!! You must have a desire to "beat yesterday", and look to growing professionally and financially.You will have opportunities to travel to clients and attend trade shows. An Account Manager must be professional and have great presentation skills in order to participate in these opportunities. Account Managers also will need to be able to socialize and network with clients and/or prospective clients at industry functions.Founded in 1974, Continental Flowers is a pioneer in the Miami floral industry, relentlessly seeking to improve America's access to fresh cut flowers. This mission drives the company to constantly innovate in developing best-in-class growing techniques and rapid cold-chain distribution. Headquarters and distribution facilities are located in Miami, FL. Proprietary and partner farms are located across South America in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.