The Strategic Account Manager fosters and maintains relationships with new and existing business accounts by delivering excellent account management, providing innovative solutions to solve unique business needs, and identifying service enhancements for customers that increases customer loyalty, retains long-term business, and provides opportunities for increased sales growth.
Career Path Definitions & Distinctions
Manager: Has 5-7 years of progressively complex experience developing customized business solutions for existing customers sales markets and generating new business opportunities. Demonstrates a solid foundation of knowledge in Casella’s business products and services as well as client relationship management. Effectively manages business accounts to create sales opportunities and expand the company’s reach.
Senior Manager: Has a minimum of 8-10 years of progressively complex experience developing sales accounts and generating new business opportunities. Demonstrates solid ability to synthesize client needs with a variety of Casella’s business products and services to create a coherent business strategy.
The successful candidate will have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience with a minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in “business to business” sales and a history of succeeding in collaborative work environments. Relevant sales certifications and experience in environmental and/or sustainability industry is preferred. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States, possess a valid driver’s license, and have the ability to travel 60% of the time with periodic overnight travel.
Strong interpersonal, selling, and negotiation skills along with excellent verbal, written, analytical and formal presentation skills are required. Demonstrated track record of sales success with the ability to qualify, develop, and manage business opportunities is key. Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office applications is required.
Outgoing, customer-focused individual who has the ability to see the larger picture while focusing on detailed information and is adept at building and maintaining relationships, developing trust, and achieving business and sales results.
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Insurance, Maternity & Parental Leave, Flexible Spending Accounts, Discounted Stock Program, 401K, Employee Awards, Employee Assistance Plan, Wellness Incentive, Tuition Assistance, Career Pathways, and More.
Casella, headquartered in Rutland, Vermont, is one of the largest recyclers and most experienced fully integrated resource management companies in the Eastern United States. Founded in 1975 as a single-truck collection service, Casella employs approximately 4,000 people. We have grown our operations to include over 150 owned and/or operated facilities spanning from Maine to Maryland, delivering services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and institutional customers. We service over one million customers in our operating footprint, including curbside collection service to over 800,000 households, and provide professional resource management services to over 10,000 customer locations across 44 states. In addition, we serve as the largest recycler in the Eastern United States, recovering 1MM+ tons of recyclables and nearly 400,000 tons of organic residuals each year. Today, with a clear strategy to serve our customers with integrated services, we continue to lead the solid waste industry with an innovative business model that seeks to create sustainable value beyond the traditional waste disposal model.
