National Account Executive-internal

Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's third largest broadline retailer, with approximately $55 billion in annual revenues, and with approximately 3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Formed in March 2005 from the merger of Sears and Kmart, Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has Martha Stewart Everyday products, which are offered exclusively in the U.S. by Kmart and in Canada by Sears Canada. The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 14 million service calls made annually. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' website at http://www.searsholdings.com

Sears Holdings Corporation is committed to improving the lives of our customers by providing quality services, products and solutions that earn their trust and build lifetime relationships. We are proud of our diverse, high-performance team work environment and we strive for continuous improvement through keen focus on growth, effectiveness and a sense of urgency. Individuals who are driven to earn our customers' trust and business every day, who act with integrity, who treat everyone fairly and value diversity, and who are accountable for their actions are welcome to show interest in becoming a member of our winning team.
Title: National Account Executive
Dept/Location: Business Outfitters/Dodgeville
Classification: Salaried

The person in this position will plan and execute account sales strategies that integrate telemarketing, direct marketing, trade show exhibition and occasional on-site
travel to create and maintain strong relationships with key corporate families in assigned areas of industry opportunity. These relationships will drive long-term, incremental
customer acquisition, customer retention, sales and profit growth to meet established goals.

Qualifications
Successful candidates will have the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

Demonstrated 3 years of building strong customer relationships to meet specific business goals within defined budgets and timelines.
Understanding of and agreement with the Lands' End culture and its approach to customer service.
Experience in effectively creating and communicating a compelling sales, message, consistent with Lands' End philosophies, to the highest levels of business management. Ideally this experience is predominately within a telemarketing environment.
Experience with business planning and evaluation, including opportunity assessment and prioritization, P&L analysis and plan writing and rationalization.
Ability to gain a comprehensive knowledge of the broad business trends, practice and influences within an assigned area of industry opportunity.
Demonstrated strong analytical, presentation, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to foster a team environment.
Demonstrated proficiency in PC applications, including spreadsheet, database, word processing and lead tracking/management software and on-line business research tools.
Available for moderate travel, including weekends.


If you have the required skills and are interested in this position, please apply via LE Job Connection.