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Job overview
Global Industrial seeks a Strategic Account Manager to develop and manage sales plans, grow customer accounts, and build trusted client relationships. The role involves analyzing customer needs and markets, executing account-penetration strategies, identifying cross-selling and upselling opportunities, and providing tailored service. It requires regular in-office attendance and emphasizes sales planning, business development, communication, and account-management results.
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Full job description
Strategic Account Manager
Date: Nov 4, 2026
Location:
Buford, GA, US, 30518
Global Industrial
About Global Industrial
Global Industrial Company (NYSE: GIC) is a leading distributor of high-quality, industrial-strength equipment and supplies, serving organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. With more than 75 years of experience, customers rely on us for our broad portfolio of national and private brands, trusted service, and strong value proposition.
We help customers keep their operations running by delivering the right products when they need them—because We Can Supply That™.
Why Join Global Industrial
At Global Industrial, we’re One Team committed to delivering value and empowering our associates to grow. Our culture is built on:
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Meritocracy & Pay for Performance – Your impact drives your rewards
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High Say-Do Ratio – We follow through on our commitments
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Career Growth & Internal Mobility – We invest in your future
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Collaboration & Accountability – One team delivering real results
Make an impact. Be recognized. Grow your career with us.
Global Industrial — Delivering Value Starts Here
Key Responsibilities
- Global Equipment has a customer focused sales approach which includes the following core competencies:
o Planning and Organizing.
o Develop and manage a tactical account/territory sales plan.
o Thorough client analysis to assess customer needs, values, purchasing behavior, and motivation.
o This includes extensive researching, competitor and market analysis.
o Execute a sales strategy for penetrating accounts and maximize sales, e.g. prospecting, cold calling, identifying key decision makers and determining buying criteria.
o Effectively develop and manage your sales plan by setting daily/weekly/monthly goals and objectives, prioritizing tasks, utilizing your time effectively and efficiently, and taking full advantage of available resources.
o Utilize sales planning tools and the pipeline management process to obtain business objectives and goals.
o Relationship Building.
o Build trust and credibility with clients.
o Learning and engaging the customer to understand the process of what they value, e.g. strategic and investigative questioning.
o Assist your customer with finding solutions that will help them achieve their goals and added value.
o Provide support, information, and guidance by researching and recommending new profit and service improvements.
o Position yourself for new opportunities through networking and identify cross selling and up selling opportunities.
o Providing superior customer service which includes learning everything you can about them so you can tailor your service approach to their needs and buying habits.
o Courtesy and timely follow up are key.
o Product Knowledge.
o Understanding of Global Equipment Company industry and products
o Stay abreast of industry trends.
o Utilize internal resources to gather information regarding new product offerings.
o Communication Skills.
o Effective verbal communication skills, e.g. speaking clearly, listening attentively, building rapport.
o Ability to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings, e.g. business letters and emails
o Ability to effectively persuade by asking intelligent business questions to determine customer needs.
Competencies and skills
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Requires Bachelor degree in business or marketing or at least 2 years of telephone business to business sales experience.
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Knowledge and competence in the major elements of inside sales including cold calling, business development, customer qualification, and customer acquisition.
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Superior sales planning and business development skills.
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Excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills.
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Strong computer skills to include proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint and CRM Software.
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Self motivated with superior problem solving and negotiation skills.
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Effectively prioritize sales efforts and activities.
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Excellent organization and time management skills are essential.
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Proven Results in:
o YOY Category Growth
o Contact Management and demonstrates consistent use of technology tools such as CRM, Pipeline, Call Pad, Spotlight, ZoomInfo
o Multi location account coverage
o Proven track record of exceeding revenue targets
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2+ years enterprise account experience
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2+ years sales experience with Global Industrial
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Willingness to accept new account assignments that are vertically aligned with concentrated number of accounts
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Industry Specific Expertise
Note: This position requires regular in-office attendance as an essential function of the job.
EEO/AA Statement
Global Industrial provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
How this job compares
Set against the 377 open Strategic Account Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$140–180K/yr279 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 14 open Strategic Account Manager jobs in Georgia and 377 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Strategic Account Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 285 postings).
- Education
- 83 of the 377 open Strategic Account Manager jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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