Inside Sales Account Manager

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The Inside Sales Account Manager serves as the primary inside-sales contact for assigned customers and supports Regional Sales Managers throughout the end-to-end Quote-to-Cash process. The role drives revenue growth, customer retention, and operational efficiency by identifying sales and upsell opportunities, interpreting technical requirements, managing pricing and quotations, coordinating follow-up, resolving issues, supporting training, and managing customer projects. In the wire and cable manufacturing industry, where product complexity, lead times, and customer specifications are critical, the Inside Sales Account Manager uses CRM data and a consultative approach to anticipate customer needs, coordinate internal resources, fulfill commitments, and build strong relationships at all organizational levels.

Success in this position is measured through profitable revenue growth, customer retention, quotation responsiveness, opportunity conversion, CRM data quality, timely issue resolution, and effective coordination with sales and cross-functional partners.

Reporting to the Sales Operations Manager, the Inside Sales Account Manager owns inside-sales responsibilities for assigned key accounts. These accounts may have a history of generating significant revenue, demonstrate strong revenue potential, or hold strategic importance to the business.

• Develop account-penetration strategies for assigned target and competitive accounts to retain and expand existing business, win new business, and maintain a balanced sales opportunity funnel.
• Analyze and prepare bids and requests for quotation in accordance with established guidelines. Evaluate inventory availability, market intelligence, competitive position, price validity, logistics, and fulfillment requirements. Partner with the Business Value Manager to support pricing decisions that maximize profitability, market share, and customer value.
• Maintain an accurate opportunity funnel, complete timely follow-up to advance and close opportunities, and analyze win-loss results to identify trends and improve future sales activity.
• Maintain complete and timely records of customer interactions, quotations, and follow-up activities in Hub Spot CRM. Monitor deal stages, create and complete tasks, and manage pipelines to support consistent customer engagement and accurate reporting. Identify CRM workflow or automation improvements that strengthen visibility and follow-up.
• Serve as the primary customer contact for pricing, product recommendations, policy application, sample requests, inventory availability, lead times, order status, and value-added support. Coordinate with internal subject-matter experts as needed.
• Provide responsive support before, during, and after the sale. Monitor order fulfillment, identify service risks, and coordinate resolution of nonconformances and other customer issues with the appropriate internal teams.
• Build and maintain product, application, and industry knowledge; translate product features and benefits into solutions aligned with customer needs; and participate in relevant product and sales training.
• Manage manufacturer representatives within the assigned territory by establishing communication routines, providing product and process training, supporting account activity, and monitoring follow-through.
• Contribute customer, market, pipeline, and competitive insights to territory business planning, and participate in trade shows, customer visits, and sales meetings…