Enterprise Account Director at eShipping in Parkville, MO

Position Summary

The Enterprise Account Director will be responsible for developing enterprise customer relationships while also managing a team of direct reports.

This individual will work closely with internal eShipping support teams to develop and execute customer strategy. The Enterprise Account Director will be tasked with retention and expansion of a designated portfolio of business. This individual monitors individual and team KPIs; ensuring progress to overall Account Management goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Encompass the Mission! Work effectively with the eShipping teams and individuals, consistent with our Mission, Five “E” Philosophy, and Core Values.

• Manage complex, functionally diverse, and nationally dispersed groups of Customers

• Maintain strong relationships within the Customer organizations at the decision-maker and end-user levels; present a consistent company image to those Customers; build and maintain high levels of Customer satisfaction

• Conduct a full transportation and/or technology analysis and determine the specific need(s) of potential Customers as well as set the strategy

• Manage the contract renewal process

• Accelerate adoption of AI through company authorized A.I. tools.

• Support day-to-day operations impacting their customers

• Conduct quarterly and annual account business reviews

• Develop and implement strategies for account upsell growth and new modes

• Develop and implement strategies to retain accounts and avoid attrition

• Promote account penetration by pursuing integrations with customer systems

• Manage the negotiation and closing process for each unique contract

• Prepare and deliver presentations to Customers, Senior/Executive Management, and other Stakeholders

• Lead and develop team of Account Coordinators/Account Managers

• Drive team performance and ensure Customer satisfaction targets and team KPIs are met

• Using Power BI analytics, identify & execute opportunities to improve Customer performance in various KPIs

• Work with Customer to implement continuous improvement projects

• Work with internal groups to review account performance and profitability

• Understand TMS and Power BI and be able to train and support assigned customers.

• Work internal groups on At-Risk accounts to resolve any potential problems within.

• Other administrative duties as assigned

Specific Department Responsibilities

• Must be available for travel 25% of the time

Required Skills and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to work independently with minimal leadership oversight

• Ability to develop team of direct reports and manage the day-to-day performance of direct reports

• Excellent customer service, time management, and teambuilding skills

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to negotiate and close sales

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to understand, interpret, and explain complex and abstract issues and respond appropriately

• Able to utilize sound, independent judgment and make responsible decisions and recommendations

• Excellent follow-through and detail orientation

• Able to effectively utilize computer programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Transportation Management System

• Ability to work with a variety of people and personality types

• Flexibility to work extra hours as necessary to meet customer needs

Minimum Education and Experience

• Appropriate industry or account management experience

• Transportation experience a plus

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to remain in a stationary position for at least 50% of the time. The employee needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. The general level of physical activity would be defined as sedentary. The employee is regularly required to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, telephone, copy machine, and printer. Some movements of the hands, arms, and wrists may involve repetitive motions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, estimate, and assess various activities and surroundings.

• Cognitive/Mental Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to comprehend and use basic language, either written or spoken, to communicate simple and complex information, ideas, and information. The employee is also required to use logic to define problems, collect information, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret information, and deal with abstract variables for unique or unfamiliar situations. The employee must use problem-solving skills to formulate and apply appropriate courses of action for routine or familiar situations. The employee may be required to perform numerical operations including basic counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing or more complex quantitative calculations.

• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is inside a central heat and air-conditioned office building. The noise level in the work environment is minimal.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of an employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

eShipping LLC is an equal opportunity employer.