Account Executive - Government, Central, Amazon Business

Amazon is a rapidly expanding global business focused on innovating and disrupting the B2B purchasing and procurement space. They are seeking an Account Executive - Government to develop strong relationships with public sector agencies and assist customers in meeting their procurement needs while driving customer acquisition and spend adoption.

Responsibilities:

• Initiate prospecting and lead generation activities through outbound call programs
• Conduct in-depth discovery calls to uncover opportunities across various stages of the customer lifecycle (new business, and spend adoption)
• Leverage marketing campaigns to drive new account registration and conversions
• Present account demonstrations unique to each customer and prospect’s needs
• Drive and accelerate spend adoption through advising customers on best practices for using Amazon Business solutions
• Meet or exceed targets for customer acquisition and customer spend adoption
• 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
• Relay customer and market needs and requirements back to internal Amazon teams including Product Management, Technical and Category Management teams to further drive customer satisfaction
• Collaborate with marketing, merchandising, business development, customer service and other key internal Amazon stakeholders to improve execution and results

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 3+ years of sales or marketing work (like e-commerce, retail technology, SaaS) or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of inside sales experience
• Knowledge of procurement and source to pay methods at small and medium businesses
• Experience influencing at all levels within an organization, particularly at the executive level
• Experience exceeding sales targets using a consultative, solutions-focused approach or equivalent