Outside Sales Account Manager

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** At Airgas, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.**# Airgas is Hiring for a Account Manager in South Chicago Heights, IL!#
* We are looking for you!*
* ** Base salary: 70k-75k, plus commission**
* ** Monthly car allowance
*** Travel within
** assigned Territory
** and minimal overnight stays
* ** Comprehensive Family Benefits:
** Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
* ** Support for Parents:
** We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
* ** Future Security:
** 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
* ** Early Access:
** Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.
** Recruiter:
Gaby Bogenschutz | ga |  (Call/Text)
** As an
** Account Manager,
** you will be a
** pioneer
* * in building and sustaining high-value partnerships within our business and industrial sectors. Your key focus is to
** advance sustainable growth
** within an established territory by
** nurturing existing accounts
** and identifying new opportunities in
** alignment with company excellence**. You will serve as a
** consultative partner**, helping customers integrate our full range of solutions to add significant value to their  particular, you will:
* ** Advance territory growth
** by deepening relationships with existing clients and identifying new partnerships that meet our standards of excellence.
* ** Foster understanding
** by communicating in an organized and clear manner, ensuring that ideas, plans, and projects effectively support our customers' business goals.
* ** Develop a strategic roadmap
** to achieve sales milestones, utilizing effective time management and planning to prioritize both existing and potential account opportunities.
* ** Implement account partnership strategies**, including regular business reviews for key customers, to ensure we are providing the highest level of support and value.
* ** Connect with key stakeholders
** and influencers to understand their needs and support their decision-making process.
* ** Coordinate information
** management across all phases of the partnership lifecycle, establishing proactive action plans to ensure healthy margins and growth.
* Proactively learn about new products and the competitive landscape to remain a trusted advisor to our clients.
* ** Integrate all product lines
** into accounts with a focus on
** Adding Value**, fully supporting our Core Sales Philosophy of customer-centric service.
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* Required Qualifications:

**
* ** Bachelor's degree
** or equivalent work experience.
* ** Reliable transportation, current driver's license**, minimum liability insurance as required by state of vehicle registration.
* Comfort and familiarity with computer applications, including Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.
* Ideally, you bring
** 3+ years of prior outside business-to-business sales experience**, including experience in solution-selling concepts and a demonstrated history of nurturing customer relationships throughout a defined sales territory.
* We are looking for
** excellent organizational, written and oral communication**, and presentation skills that utilize current technology.
* ** Demonstrated experience
** using a consultative sales approach providing multiple layers of value to a customer to establish a mix of sales solutions and products.
* ** Proactive and self-motivated**; operates with a results-oriented focus; ability to work and thrive in an autonomous and team-oriented environment.
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* Preferred Qualifications:

*** A proven track record in industrial sales.
* Extensive experience in outside sales and relationship management.
* Knowledge or a strong interest in welding and compressed gases products.

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Through the passion and diversity of its 18,000 associates, Airgas fosters a culture of safety,…