Strategic Account Manager

Job Description

Velocity Electronics is seeking a Strategic Account Manager in Austin, Texas. This role focuses on delivering exceptional customer experiences and fostering sustainable, long-term business relationships with key customer accounts.

Responsibilities:

• Cultivate and maintain strategic customer relationships
• Sell a portfolio of key accounts
• Assist in the implementation of global sales and purchasing strategies
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the structure, culture, and needs of key customers
• Manage and facilitate own individual training, including sales, sourcing, and throughput
• Ensure customer requirements are accurately entered in Velocity's ERP system
• Consistently deliver on monthly and quarterly gross profit sales goals
• Represent and communicate Velocity’s culture, values, and value proposition
• Provide immediate and reliable solutions to customer needs
• Complete detailed records of all sales data regarding contracts, quotations, and other customer interactions and annotate all customer touches in Velocity's ERP system
• Create and present periodic reports detailing customer interactions and sales/gross profit totals

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent; 4-year college degree preferred
• 2+ years of sales experience in the electronic components industry
• Demonstrated expertise in sourcing, product knowledge, account management, CRM
• Computer literate: experience with complex ERP systems preferred

What Velocity offers:

• Opportunity to join a top independent electronic components distributor.
• An environment driven by core values, empowering ownership, and fostering meaningful relationships.