Regional industry Account Executive - Philadelphia

About Quench

Quench’s purpose is to impact people’s lives and improve the earth by helping to eliminate the 500 million plastic bottles consumed each year. We play a front-line role in the battle against single-use plastic water bottles by delivering on-demand filtered water solutions to more than 120,000 healthy and environmentally conscious customers across North America. Quench bottle-free water coolers, ice machines, sparkling water dispensers and coffee brewers purify the existing water supply, providing an endless supply of clean water and water-based beverages for a fixed monthly fee, typically under a long term bundled service and rental subscription agreement. Quench has grown from a small regional company to an international leader that had a successful NYSE public offering in 2016 and is now a strategic company owned by private equity backed Culligan. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Quench has more than 1,200 team members operating out of more than 90 locations across North America and Puerto Rico. For more information visit www.quenchwater.com.

About Culligan

Founded by Emmett Culligan in 1936, Culligan is a world leader in delivering superior water solutions that will make a real difference in improving the health and wellness of consumers. The company offers some of the most technologically advanced, state-of-the-art water filtration and treatment products. These products include water softeners, drinking water systems, whole-house systems and solution for businesses. Culligan's network of franchise dealers is the largest in the world, with over 900 dealers in 90 countries. Many of Culligan dealers have valuable equity in their local communities as multigenerational family owners of their franchises. For more information visit www.culligan.com. 

Values: 5Cs

Culligan as One

Customers come first

Commitment to Innovation

Courage to do what's right

Consistently deliver exceptional results

The Regional Industry Account Executive will play a key role in driving Quench as it continues its rapid growth with a focus on acquisition, growth, and development of new and existing regional and national Key Accounts in the hospitality industry. The ideal candidate will have the desire and ability to work in a fast-paced, process-oriented, results-driven environment.

First year On Target Earnings $100,000 - $120,000 Base + Commission

Responsibilities

• Generate sales prospecting through face-to-face contact with hospitality-related ownership and purchasing groups and individual locations, maximizing potential lead opportunities and developing opportunity through existing clients.
• Determine client needs and propose appropriate, customized solutions.
• Meet or exceed the new business sales goals with consistent levels of daily/weekly activity.
• Identify appropriate targets and large-scale opportunities.
• Create and deliver high-quality, persuasive sales presentations to C-level and other executives.
• Manage sales cycle including proposal development and contract negotiation.
• Develop, maintain, and broaden relationships with Quench’s hospitality clients
• Play an important role as needed in client retention and contract extensions.
• Complete administrative duties, such as preparing sales reports, keeping sales records, and filing expense account reports
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance

Requirements and Qualifications

• Prior field sales experience is required; experience selling to restaurants and hotels is a plus
• Passionate about the hospitality industry and a commitment to fostering sustainable water solutions
• Experience interacting with executives and influencing decisions within the C-suite is preferred.
• Strong selling and negotiating skills; ability to overcome customer objections
• Excellent communication skills, via phone and email (clear, enthusiastic; good listening skills; quick understanding of customer needs; strong sales skills; strong follow-up skills)
• Ability to work independently and adapt quickly and resourcefully to changing situations
• Solid team player with outstanding integrity
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Proficiency in Salesforce.com or comparable CRM system
• Bachelor’s degree Preferred

Competencies

• Communication/Teamwork – Communicates well both verbally and in writing, considers audience appropriately, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills, communicates professionally. Meets team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team leader to meet goals, suggests and helps to implement improvements, welcomes
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• Dependability/Integrity/Ethics – Meets commitments, handles change well, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements. Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, conveys good news and bad. Excellent communication skills including via telephone (clear, enthusiastic; good listening skills; quick understanding)




• Work Quality / Initiative / Product Knowledge – Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems. Assesses situations and problems independently. Informs appropriate colleagues proactively. Takes the lead on taking corrective action. Understands the full range of Quench product and technology and actively communicates offerings effectively to customers to make a part of the sales mix.

Quench offers competitive salary and benefits, and incentive awards. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Quench provides equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to sex, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital or family status, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, layoff, return from layoff, benefits, training, social and recreational programs. All such employment decisions will be made without unlawfully discriminating on any prohibited basis.

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Quench is an Equal Opportunity Employer.