Account Manager - Federal Sales

Connection It DepartmentWe calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That's what we do. We're the IT Department's IT Department.Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It's what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We'd love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others.You'll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family. Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive. We value the importance of our employees' emotional wellbeing. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You'll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days.Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.ResponsibilitiesDevelops relationships with potential customers through prospecting, account qualification and outbound phone cold calling in the hopes of establishing long-term business relationships.Communicates and follows up with customers on a regular basis in order to keep conversation open to future salesResearches and engages appropriate internal and external resources to develop IT solutions to meet customer needsEngages appropriate company resources to provide appropriate pricing for customers while maintaining maximum profit margin. Ensures accuracy of information based on proposed solution.Keeps apprised of most up to date and state of the art solutions through Connection or vendor training, some of which will be mandatory, and other educational activitiesThe ideal candidate wants to excel at a career in sales and demonstrates a solid understanding of inside sales strategies. The AM brings a working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite with the ability to rapidly learn new systems, offers data entry accuracy, strong attention to detail and the ability to handle shifting priorities effectively. The AM must possess strong interpersonal skills to develop relationships with internal/ external customers and business partners, work as part of a team, and possess excellent written communication skills with ability to compose professional business communications via email and proposals.RequirementsBachelor's Degree or the equivalent combination of education and work experienceAdvanced metric based IT sales experience with Federal, Civilian and/or DoD accounts utlizating valid Federal IT contractsAdept at proactively finding business opportunities within existing customer baseNegotiation skills with ability to secure best purchasing agreement for customers and companyOrganized state of mind with ability to document activites, anticipate problems, plan schedules and monitor performance according to priorities and deadlinesMinUSD $50,000.00/Yr.MaxUSD $75,000.00/Yr.Because of the possibility for fraudulent job postings on many popular job boards, please be advised that Connection will never offer a position of employment without a complete interview process and communication with a "live person."