What's the job?
The Senior Key Accounts Manager, Strategic Growth is responsible for creating strategic value and profitability in support of CertainTeed enterprise business strategies. These activities operate across multiple product lines and growth initiatives with an entrepreneurial, customer-centric approach to national and enterprise-level strategic accounts throughout the United States. The role will be responsible for accounts for Exterior Product Sales as well as supporting other businesses in CertainTeed such as Solar.
This role will focus on Key Account Management and New Business Development, as well as working with Senior Leadership to create, continually revise, and execute strategies for medium and long-term business growth. The right candidate must be highly customer focused and adept at negotiation, organizational navigation, working in a matrix organization, and problem solving. They will work with numerous internal and external stakeholders including customers, channel partners, line-of-business leadership, and senior sales and functional leaders to develop creative, out-of-the-box ways of addressing customer needs and locate untapped opportunities.
Cultivate strong, effective, and collaborative working relationships with Key Account Customers' senior management to create direct lines of communication and influence decision making
Work in conjunction with CertainTeed leadership to establish strategies and tactics to profitably and sustainably grow our position within key growth segments while remaining cognizant of customer business objectives
Maintain competitive knowledge of market space to create and adjust sales strategies
Guide development of Key Accounts strategy, annual plan, sales support programs and pull-through/demand generation activities to meet overall strategic objectives for market share, sales and profitability
Manage corporate relationships with key accounts at multiple levels to secure new business and grow existing business
Effectively promote existing offerings from a broad, existing product portfolio, while maintaining a critical eye toward increasing future differentiation and value-add.
Develop a positive working relationship with Key Account functional area leaders
Through strong relationships with key accounts and general market knowledge, propose and justify new products, services, and strategies that create differentiated customer value, business profit, and expanded market positioning.
Be the point person for coordination of projects with Key Account Customers such as PIM, EDI, Marketing Campaigns, and Store Merchandising
Analyze sales reports and market feedback from internal and external sources to identify key issues, trends, opportunities and market share growth/decline for use in marketing, promotions, product assorting and sales planning purposes
Work with sales and enterprise leadership to analyze, develop, and execute long-term growth strategies for complex and emerging business segments, leveraging core strengths across the organization
Develop company-wide expertise in go-to-market strategy, pricing architecture, and category expansion for complex and emerging growth initiatives
Navigate and influence complex national and enterprise customer organizations to create substantial, scalable growth opportunities across multiple stakeholders, geographies, and decision levels
What are our perks?
Employees have the flexibility to choose the benefits that best fit their individual needs:
- Health and Wellbeing - Supporting your wellbeing, to thrive in life and work.
- Medical, Prescription Drug, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Healthcare Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account options
- LiveWell Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave
- Retirement and Protection - Helping to make the future life you want a reality.
- 401(k) with Company Match, Retirement Accumulation Plan (RAP), Cash Balance Pension Plan
- Company-provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Short-Term Disability
- Voluntary employee and dependent life insurance, Long-Term Disability, Critical Illness, and Accident Insurance
Additional Benefits - Helping shape the experience and impact you want
- Group Legal
- Identity Theft Protection
- Auto and Home Insurance
- Pet Insurance and Discounts
- Back-up Child & Elder Care
- PerkSpot Employee Discount Program
Certain locations require pay information be provided in job postings. Saint-Gobain aims to deliver a comprehensive Total Rewards package to support our employees' wellbeing and help improve daily life for themselves and their families. We believe in the importance of pay transparency in what we offer potential candidates. Provided is the national pay range for this position which is $133,000 to $213,000 per year. However, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.
In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual bonus. The targeted bonus amount is 17% of base salary based on company and individual performance measures. The Total Target Cash range (base pay and annual bonus) for this position, is $155,600 to $249,200. Bonus payments are part of variable compensation and by nature can vary based on company and individual performance and is not a guarantee.