About the role
As a member of a sales team, the sales professional is responsible for maintaining and deepening customer relationships. Provides face-to-face customer contact in an assigned market-based geographic territory (major and metro markets) to achieve personal and company sales goals for small to mid-sized customers.
Essential Functions
Maintains existing business by developing an understanding of the customer’s business and supply chain through research and customer interaction, analyzing customer needs and developing and implementing solutions.
Coordinates and collaborates with internal teams, such as sales counterparts and operations as well as other internal partners to provide a seamless and outstanding customer experience
Mid-level negotiation skills needed to offer fair, competitive market-based pricing within parameters set by FedEx. Will occasionally need to negotiate strategic pricing for select customers.
Leverages new and existing technology tools such as internal systems, mobile devices, and PowerPoint.
Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree/equivalent (Equivalency reflected under minimum experience)
Minimum Experience (in lieu of bachelor’s degree)
Four (4) years of business-to-business sales experience OR two (2) years of the Company's business-to-business sales experience required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Excellent Communication Skills, Product Knowledge, Solution Building, Time Management, Organization, Self-Motivation, Adaptability, Problem Solving, Business Acumen, History of Relationship Building & Maintaining Strong Client Relationships, Data Analysis & Predictive Analytics for Retention, Experience Leveraging Technology, Drive to Monitor Account Health & Mitigate Risks, & Ensuring Customer Satisfaction and Data Visualization for Success Metrics
Job Conditions
Moderate overnight travel required.
Preferred Qualifications: Customer account management or relationship management experience. Experience onboarding new customers, clients, or accounts. Success growing existing customer relationships or revenue. CRM and account planning experience. Cross-functional collaboration to support customer…