What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Government Account Executive- Amazon Business, PubSec GOV - State & Local position at Amazon?
Description
Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $25 billion dollar global business. At Amazon Business, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech and retail in the B2B space developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations reimagine buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Join us in building and celebrating the value of Amazon Business to buyers and sellers of all sizes, unlocking our potential worldwide.
Amazon Business is a B2B marketplace on Amazon.com that gives entities of all sizes access to hundreds of millions of products in a shopping experience built for businesses and institutions.
Amazon Business also serves Government customers that love the convenience of shopping online. However, federal, state and local procurement officials require solutions that fit how public entities operate. The Amazon Business for Government team is dedicated to developing solutions inclusive of an expanded marketplace 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 Government sector.
Account Executives are responsible for supporting long-term strategic customer relationships following an initial on-boarding and stabilization period. The primary areas of responsibility include broadening solution adoption through institution-wide deployment, feature adoption, and developing relationships with buying decision makers across functional areas such as Procurement, Information Technology, Facilities, and more. Account Executives will also support large complex customer engagements requiring additional deployment support.
The Account Executive will ensure recommended solutions meet our customer’s procurement needs and will recommend approaches and alternatives that fit their environment, including but not limited to contracting and competitive requirements unique to public institutions, eProcurement integration, advanced payment, and automated reconciliation processes. The AE will work closely with customers to manage deployment and ensure that our solutions are successfully adopted.
The ideal candidate will have relevant Government consultative sales experience and have a proven track record of meeting and exceeding program goals and revenue targets.
Roles and Responsibilities
Basic Qualifications
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Company - Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A2853466
Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $25 billion dollar global business. At Amazon Business, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech and retail in the B2B space developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations reimagine buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Join us in building and celebrating the value of Amazon Business to buyers and sellers of all sizes, unlocking our potential worldwide.
Amazon Business is a B2B marketplace on Amazon.com that gives entities of all sizes access to hundreds of millions of products in a shopping experience built for businesses and institutions.
Amazon Business also serves Government customers that love the convenience of shopping online. However, federal, state and local procurement officials require solutions that fit how public entities operate. The Amazon Business for Government team is dedicated to developing solutions inclusive of an expanded marketplace 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 Government sector.
Account Executives are responsible for supporting long-term strategic customer relationships following an initial on-boarding and stabilization period. The primary areas of responsibility include broadening solution adoption through institution-wide deployment, feature adoption, and developing relationships with buying decision makers across functional areas such as Procurement, Information Technology, Facilities, and more. Account Executives will also support large complex customer engagements requiring additional deployment support.
The Account Executive will ensure recommended solutions meet our customer’s procurement needs and will recommend approaches and alternatives that fit their environment, including but not limited to contracting and competitive requirements unique to public institutions, eProcurement integration, advanced payment, and automated reconciliation processes. The AE will work closely with customers to manage deployment and ensure that our solutions are successfully adopted.
The ideal candidate will have relevant Government consultative sales experience and have a proven track record of meeting and exceeding program goals and revenue targets.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Strategic Account Management that helps customers design and implement solutions that solve government procurement challenges
- Drive and accelerate spend adoption through advising customers on best practices for using Amazon Business solutions
- Deliver accurate weekly reporting on growth pipeline and customer spend adoption
- Work closely with sales team and sales leadership to provide status updates and insights learned during deployment
- Focus on automating as many service needs for customers and work with Product Management and Technical teams to develop solutions that will increase solution adoption
- Meet or exceed targets for customer and/or feature spend adoption
- Relay market needs and requirements back to internal Amazon teams including Product Management, Technical and Category Management teams
Basic Qualifications
- BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience required
- 5 years of B2B and/or Enterprise sales experience
- Demonstrated track record of owning the sales life cycle including identifying, developing, negotiating, and closing opportunities across a wide spectrum of customer engagement levels
- Demonstrated track record of positioning and selling solutions to new and existing customers and market segments
- 8 years of sales experience selling to Fortune 1000 senior leadership
- Experience selling to procurement and/or supply chain roles
- Expert use of MS Office Suite, CRMs (e.g. Salesforce.com) and other systems
- Experience owning customer facing communication including leading in-person or virtual customer meetings, product demonstrations, or trainings
- Demonstrated success identifying, prioritizing, developing, and growing a book of Public Sector and Government customer accounts
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Company - Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A2853466
