Some of what you will do:

The Strategic Account Manager (SAM) is responsible for delivering on sales and profitability quota targets, exceeding organizational strategic selling objectives and retaining, penetrating and growing Business Essentials and Growth Category sales across a defined book of strategic/large market accounts. The SAM serves as a primary day-to-day contact for buyers, influencers and operational decision makers, and works together with Growth Category Specialists (such as Facilities, IT, Furniture, Print, Promo), Customer Service Team, Strategic Account Leader, Customer Success Team and other company resources to manage and grow the customer relationship.

The SAM works in direct partnership with the Strategic Account Leader (SAL) on the entire book of business. Where the SAL focuses on executive-level account development strategy and senior decision-maker relationships (Director, VP, C-Suite), the SAM operates one layer below, owning the day-to-day retention, selling and penetration activity required to execute that strategy. Together, the SAL and SAM jointly own the strategic account portfolio, with the SAM driving increased compliance, share of wallet and category penetration across every account.

Specifically, You Will:

- Manage and grow a portfolio large market accounts by driving retention strategies, category penetration, customer compliance, and maximizing profitable sales growth
- Execute customer-facing sales activities, account development plans, business reviews, and funnel management to achieve sales and strategic selling objectives
- Collaborate with Growth Category Specialists and internal business partners to identify,



develop, and implement customer solutions that drive long-term growth and customer value.
- Partner closely with the Strategic Account Leader to deliver strategic account plans, support renewals, drive customer compliance and maximize customer value.

Some of what you need:

- Completion of college/university.
- Consultative selling, solution presentation and negotiation skills, with the ability to interact with tact and diplomacy.
- Business, financial and operational acumen, including the ability to analyze customer data and leverage industry trends to build tailored solutions.
- Ability to navigate systems including CRM (SFDC), Staples proprietary systems (Alpha), and proficiency in the Microsoft suite of products.
- Minimum 3 years outside/B2B sales or account management experience, including a proven track record of delivering on results to plan.
- Demonstrated ability to work with large/enterprise sized and/or complex accounts.
- Experience supporting or partnering on strategic/named accounts an asset.
- Experience working with a CRM tool such as SFDC, preferred.
- Solid understanding of sales processes and working in a team sales environment.

Physical demands/working conditions:

- Field work,



with daily travel to customer locations to execute in-person customer meetings.
- Travel out of market or into Staples offices on an as-needed basis for training, team meetings, conferences, etc.
- Requires regular use of computer/keyboard, telephone and standard office technology.

Some of what you will get:

- Associate discount

- Health and Dental benefits

- RRSP/DPSP

- Performance bonuses
- Learning & Development programs
- And more...

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📌 Strategic Account Manager - Large Market (Mississauga)
🏢 Staples
📍 Mississauga