Position Description:
Ryerson has an opportunity for an Account Manager. As an Account Manager you are responsible for coordinating all of the sales and customer service activities within the assigned accounts throughout the Eastern and Central North Carolina and part of South Carolina.
The future will be made from metal. At Ryerson, you have the opportunity to grow in your career, work with teammates that feel like family, and help make our world a better place.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Quickly builds strong relationships with contacts at all levels across a variety of functions within customer organizations but especially with purchasing decision makers
• Keeps customers informed about industry and economic trends and Ryerson’s ability to assist customers in adapting to change
• Works with service center and regional sales/product management to develop quotations and contract proposals that are responsive to customer needs and result in profitable sales for Ryerson
• Understands and keeps up-to-date on the competitive environment and provides market intelligence to sales management to help shape service center sales strategies, price levels and working capital decisions
• Increases revenue from assigned customers by increasing product lines or items sold and converting general line sales to fabrication sales
• Involves service center management, regional management, Global Accounts, or other corporate management, and Ryerson supplier representatives in establishing and maintaining relationships at all levels of customer organization
Position Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• At least 7-10 years experience as an Outside Sales Representative in the metals industry
• Proven track record of sales growth and closing of large contract business is a must
• Knowledge of all products across the Ryerson spectrum will be required as well as in depth knowledge of the market and all processing and value added services
• Experience in SAP is a plus
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation or preference, and pregnancy), age, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, marital status, status as a veteran, or any other federal, state or local protected class or artificial barrier.