What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Executive position at American Greetings?
Job Description
As this role requires on-site work in Bentonville, Arkansas, we will focus on candidates who currently reside in this area.
Are you a dynamic and driven professional with a passion for building client relationships and closing deals? American Greetings looking for a motivated Account Executive to join our team and play a pivotal role in driving our business forward.
In this client-facing position, you'll be responsible for managing the full sales cycle—from prospecting to closing—while delivering exceptional service and strategic solutions tailored to customer needs.
This is more than just a sales job. It's an opportunity to become a trusted advisor to clients, contribute directly to company growth, and work in a collaborative environment where your ideas and initiative are valued. If you thrive in a fast-paced, goal-oriented setting and have a knack for turning opportunities into long-term partnerships, we'd love to hear from you.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Works with Sales Directors to review sales results, sales opportunities and operational issues
- Make retail observations and identify opportunities to expand presence in Walmart
- Understand Walmart's category direction and influence strategic category growth
- Help Senior Account Executive prepare for presentations
- Meet or exceed all assigned financial goals.
- Understand and evaluate existing competitor strengths and weaknesses; develop strategic positioning of brands to obtain new business
- Understand Walmart's requirements including but not limited to financial, contractual, distribution, operations and service
- Effectively communicates in both written and verbal formats relevant information to customer and within American Greetings
- Partners with internal departments to execute promotions and product programs.
- Addresses day-to-day account needs such as communications, issue resolution and coordination between functional teams
Experience Required
Required Length & Type of Experience:
- 5 years previous experience in sales, marketing or product management; including proven strategic and proactive account management skills
- Previous experience in a retail or merchandising environment preferred
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Demonstrated success in meeting/exceeding sales goals/forecasts
- Proficiency in reading and interpreting financial and sales-related data; able to make fact based decisions
- Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills
- High level of interpersonal skills; ability to build strong relationships, influence others, leverage networks/relationships
- Good organization and time management skills with excellent attention to detail
- Strong PC skills
- Works with sense of urgency; results oriented and focuses on productivity vs activities
- Consumer centric; anticipates and meets consumer needs and takes appropriate action without being prompted
- Accepts responsibility for own actions
- Operates with a growth mindset
- Innovative; identifies effective, new ways of doing things
- Able to work effectively with limited or partial information
- Able to clearly define purpose driven goals and the actions required to accomplish them; aggressively pursues challenging goals and objectives
- Valid driver's license
Education Required
Bachelor's degree in business, sales, marketing or related-field
Career Site Category
Corporate Jobs
Salary : $80,000 - $120,000
