Account Executive, Amazon Business - Commercial Sector, Sports, Media and Entertainment
DESCRIPTION
Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion-dollar global business. At Amazon Business, a fast-growing startup passionate about building solutions, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech & retail in the B2B space, developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations thrive. At Amazon Business, we strive to be the most recognized and preferred strategic partner for smart business buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Join us in building the value of Amazon Business as we bring digital transformation to procurement for our Sports, Media and Entertainment customers and empower smarter business buying.
Key job responsibilities
• Effective territory planning for engaging with customers and new prospect personas to drive adoption of Amazon Business, drive sales engagements, and hit revenue target
• High activity and strategic prospecting into decision makers within territory to drive discovery meetings and identify selling opportunities
• Balance selling through personas already engaged with Amazon Business with true net-new selling motions with executive decision makers currently not involved in deployment of Amazon Business
• Accurately qualify opportunities through effective discovery, often multi-threading opportunities with separate discovery per decision making persona
• Reliable and consistent pipeline management, including weekly reporting, proper staging of opportunities, updated notes, and sharing of learnings from engagements
• Provide strategic account engagement that helps customers implement solutions that solve industry-specific procurement challenges. Builder mentality helping shape the future of how Amazon Business solves challenges specific to Sports, media and Entertainment customers.
• Relay market needs and requirements back to internal Amazon teams, including Product, Technical, and Category Management teams
About the team
The Amazon Business Sports, Media and Entertainment team is dedicated to developing solutions inclusive of an expanded online store that combines the selection, convenience, and value customers have come to know and love from Amazon, with new features and unique benefits tailored to customers in the Sports, Media and Entertainment sector. The ideal candidate will have excellent consultative selling skillset and experience, an ability to effectively navigate complex sales cycles, and a proven track record of meeting and exceeding quota and revenue targets. We are looking for an ambitious and strategic Account Executive that will be responsible for prospecting and winning new business. The candidate should display excellence in territory planning, prospecting, discovery and qualification, pipeline management, driving engagements to successful completion, and a history of exceeding sales targets.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience
- 3+ years of B2B sales experience
- Demonstrated track record of successfully identifying, developing, negotiating, and closing opportunities across a wide spectrum of customer engagement levels
- Demonstrated track record of successfully positioning and selling solutions to new and existing customers and market segments
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of sales or marketing work (like e-commerce, retail technology, SaaS) or equivalent experience
- Experience with MS Office Suite, CRMs (Salesforce) and other systems
- Experience exceeding sales targets using a consultative, solutions-focused approach or equivalent
- Experience influencing at all levels within an organization, particularly at the executive level
- Demonstrated success identifying, prioritizing, developing, and growing a book of Fortune 5000 strategic customer accounts
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $62,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $132,900/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.