Account Sales Executive - B2B Grower Field Sales Job

About the role

We have an immediate opening available for an Account Sales Executive (ASE). In this role, you will create business relationships and increase incremental revenue to small and medium sized CDK clients through face-to-face sales activities. You will work in conjunction with all of your channel partners to increase sales opportunities in CDK Strategic Products to grow CDK's share of wallet in our existing client base.

Achievement of annual assigned sales plan, working under guidance of Director of Sales is required. Excellent sales skills with a high level of proficiency in communications needed. Proven sales track-record with 5 years of experience in B2B technology sales required.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 4 year college degree or equivalent experience
• Ideally, Automotive Retail experience, at least 3-5 years, and/or 5-7 years of outside B2B sales/including new business development selling within or to the Auto Vertical at a minimum of 80% of the time
• Preferred knowledge of automotive, finance/insurance and technology industries
• Ability to travel approximately 75%

Skills

• Excellent work ethic
• Ability to succeed in a competitive, high-performance work environment
• Self-starter capabilities, able to work independently and collaboratively
• A team player with ability to coordinate efforts with channel sales reps to sell
• Strong computer skills with current technical knowledge, i.e., proficiency w/MS Office (Excel/PP)
• Solid interpersonal and communication skills in order to close deals and make presentations
• Ability to present new product concepts to marketplace
• Ability to formulate sales plan for designated territory, region or specific client portfolios

Additional Information

We back our Sales force with the strongest infrastructure in the business. CDK Global provides a top notch supporting cast which gives the Sales associates the back-end support needed to get business done. We will support your career growth with initial and on-going sales training, advanced sales tools and an attractive compensation package designed to reward you for your initiative.

We cannot succeed as a world class service company unless we globally attract, motivate, empower and retain exceptionally knowledgeable, talented, and committed associates.

Our associates have a strong work ethic and results-orientation, believe in and support our core values, and reflect the diverse business environments in which we operate. We will offer our associates challenges, opportunities, and advancement in an informal, fast-paced, non-bureaucratic environment that is sensitive to work-family and flexible-schedule issues. We will provide technologies that enable our associates to meet our clients' ever-changing product needs and preferences.

We want each associate to feel like an integral part of a team that is making a discernible positive contribution to CDK's success. Our goal is to be the clear employer of choice for our current and future associates.

We believe that diversity in all aspects of business leads to strength.