Best Buy Business Account Manager I - Education (Great Lakes Region)

As the Best Buy Business Account Manager - Education, you will engage as a professional salesperson who has an entrepreneurial spirit, internal drive for success and sales skills that builds on a consultative selling process. As an Account Managers you will leverage the tools and resources provided by Best Buy and our vendor partners to build and maintain existing relationships with customers. You will prospect & generate new relationships, educate customers on our offerings and capabilities, produce credible opportunities and complete successful closure of solution sales, while building relationships. In this role there is a consultative sales process that requires you to have an entrepreneurial spirit and drive for success. You will work in a fast-paced role in an ever-changing environment. It requires you to multi-task at a moment’s notice and have strong interpersonal skills when interacting with internal employees, external customers, vendors, and channel partners. As the  Account Manager I, you will receive a base pay plus performance-based commission.
This role is remote eligible, which means you would work virtually from home or another non-Best Buy location The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process. You will be supporting Best Buy Business - Education in Wisconsin, Kentucky, West Virginia, Michigan, and Ohio. 
What you’ll do

• Viewed as a trusted business advisor to the customer.
• Analyzes multiple market factors to both anticipate/identify customer problems/needs and recommends appropriate solution.
• Engages cross-functional resources, regardless of geographic location, in order to achieve goals and meet customer needs.
• Effectively balances short term and long-term priorities.
• Gains knowledge of and executes the use of internal and external resources (i.e. Navigator, Zoom info, CRM, QlikView)
• Develops and implements account plans that drive the attainment of critical business objectives in the Education space.
• Involved in contract negotiation and possesses strong financial/business and pricing knowledge.

Basic qualifications

• 2 or more years phone based selling experience.
• 2 or more years of experience prospecting clients

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2 or more years of experience prospecting clients in the Education industry
• Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft CRM, Navigator, Zoom Info or equivalent resources.
• Experience selling off contracts, working with RFP, RFQ, RFI

What’s in it for you
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Great employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well-being

Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.
Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.
For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.
About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.