Strategic Account Manager

Unleash Your Potential with Velocity Electronics!

We are looking for a STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGER in Austin - Texas to deliver exceptional experience and outcomes by working with a portfolio of key customer accounts to facilitate sustainable and long-term businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cultivate and maintain strategic customer relationships
• Sell a portfolio of key accounts
• Assist in the implementation of global sales and purchasing strategies
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the structure, culture, and needs of key customers
• Manage and facilitate own individual training, including sales, sourcing, and throughput
• Ensure customer requirements are accurately entered in Velocity's ERP system
• Consistently deliver on monthly and quarterly gross profit sales goals
• Represent and communicate Velocity’s culture, values, and value proposition
• Provide immediate and reliable solutions to customer needs
• Complete detailed records of all sales data regarding contracts, quotations, and other customer interactions and annotate all customer touches in Velocity's ERP system
• Create and present periodic reports detailing customer interactions and sales/gross profit totals

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in sales or business development (Preferably within the electronic components industry but not required) 
• Demonstrated expertise in sourcing, product knowledge, account management, CRM
• Computer literate: experience with complex ERP systems preferred

Why Join Us:

At Velocity Electronics, our core values—Be Amazing Today, Demonstrate Mutual Respect and Trust, Act Courageously, and Own Your Outcomes—drive our success. Are you someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is driven to exceed goals? At Velocity, you’ll be empowered to take ownership of your success, build meaningful relationships, and drive growth through innovative solutions.  

Join a top independent electronic components distributor serving the world’s leading contract manufacturers and OEMs!  

This is an onsite position reporting to our Global Headquarters in Austin, Texas.