Account Management Sales Manager

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Our culture is forward-thinking, customer-obsessed and built on an unwavering belief that connection fuels business and life; connections to our customers with our signature Amazing Service®, our products and services, and most importantly, each other. Since 2008, 100,000+ companies and 1M+ users rely on Nextiva for customer and team communication.

If you’re ready to collaborate and create with amazing people, let your personality shine and be on the frontlines of helping businesses deliver amazing experiences, you’re in the right place. 

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The CAM Sales Manager’s mission is simple… to grow the business and lead a team of Customer Account Managers enabling everyone to grow their career and make an impact! 

The Manager will drive results of a team of 6 quota-carrying AMs by developing the team and driving daily sales activity in accordance with Nextiva’s sales methodology to exceed assigned monthly sales revenue targets. They will view challenges as opportunities and look beyond the quota to focus on potential, never settling. They have the ability and desire to thrive in a fast paced, rapid growth environment, with perseverance to find creative and effective ways to increase productivity and results. 

The Manager will be a player-coach. They will develop skills of their team, hold everyone accountable and inspire a high-performance culture. They will be hands on and lead from the front, personally demonstrating the skills required to succeed. When needed, they will step in and close business to ensure the team exceeds their target. They will be approachable, available, accountable, and trustworthy. Finally, they will be organized and planful, always ensuring there is a structured path for each member of their team daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly.

You will Rock this Role if you have the following characteristics: 

Manage Execution

• Use a structured yet agile Customer Centric methodology to understand the customer’s needs and propose solutions for their business
• Proactively manage pipeline, accurately forecasting daily/weekly/monthly bookings for each CAM and the team
• Manage team and CAM productivity with consistent measurement and inspection of sales performance and KPIs
• Coach and support CAMs in generating and qualifying leads from the installed base, leading product demo, handling objections and closing to exceed quota
• Maintain an Amazing Service culture, starting from the customer’s initial contact
• Develop a sense of urgency to close all customer conversations to beat the competition

Build Effective Teams

• Lead from the front, being resilient, with passion and desire to win
• Hold regular 1:1’s and team meetings to review previous results, active and aged pipeline, discuss lessons learned and coach areas for improvement
• Hold CAMs accountable to daily performance standards/KPIs
• Teach and demonstrate strong value-selling behaviors that will drive results when needed
• Stay current on industry developments and teach your teams to drive continuous improvement in sales skills and product knowledge
• Understand how to motivate the team, and implement team contests/recognition to boost competition and instill fun
• Develop simplicity, forward-thinking and caring in the team culture
• Manage under performers proactively, with transparent communication, improvement plans and replacement criteria to maintain high standards of performance and ensure team success
• Proactively seeks feedback from others
• Open to constructive feedback and talking about how to address shortcomings
• Admits mistakes and gains insights from experience

Sales Tools and Selling Process Effectiveness

• Demonstrate discipline and rigor in having a plan to manage the day/week/month/quarter and teaching team members to do the same
• Coach and hold CAMs accountable for following sales methodology and process on all customer interactions
• Demonstrate proficiency with the use of Salesforce (sales stages, account, opportunity, quoting, and Salesforce reporting) to inspect and manage team performance
• Familiarity with sales tools and processes to strengthen CAM performance (LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo)
• Enforce good systems and tools hygiene for accurate forecasting and customer insight for the installed base

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