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Account Executive

Republic Services

The Role

Overview

Sell waste and recycling services, prospect leads, and grow revenue in assigned territory.

Key Responsibilities

  • lead follow-up
  • cold calling
  • sales presentations
  • salesforce crm
  • market analysis
  • client relations

Tasks

-Follows up on the leads received by the Lead Generators within 2 hours and always creates a follow up task in Salesforce to determine the next step. -Regularly meets with Sales Manager to review weekly customer retention and relationship activities, progress versus goals and status of key customer relationships. -Builds relationships and increases Company visibility through participation in Company-sponsored activities as required; attends trade shows, chamber of commerce events and other events, as necessary. Acts as a Company representative at community events, where required. -Completes consistently scheduled phone blocks and cold call prospecting activities to establish initial and follow-up appointments with decision-makers. -Identifies viable leads, manages prospects and acquires new, profitable commercial, industrial and recycling business to meet and exceed monthly established targeted revenue goals. -Maintains a thorough knowledge of the Company’s available services, lines of business, and pricing structures; offers additional services to existing and potential commercial, industrial and recycling clients, including total waste stream management solutions, as appropriate, to grow targeted profitable revenue and contribute to Company goals and objectives. -Develops and maintains an awareness of market behavior and competitive trends in designated markets to anticipate changing customer needs. -Completes required Customer Service Agreements, reports and other paperwork in a timely manner and in accordance with Company policy. -Prepares and delivers sales presentations to prospective new clients; follows up with key customer decision makers to close sales. -Utilizes Salesforce on a daily basis, schedules and documents all activities, and develops robust information profiles on prospective customers to facilitate acquisition of new customers.

Requirements

  • driver’s license
  • 2 years
  • direct selling
  • customer-facing
  • waste experience
  • service industry

What You Bring

-Valid driver’s license. (Required) -Minimum of 2 years of direct selling experience in a customer-facing role that includes identifying and addressing customer needs. (Required) -Waste or service industry experience.

Benefits

-Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance. -Short- and long-term disability. -Great Place to Work -Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). -Retirement plan with a generous company match. -Employee discount programs. -Health care and dependent care spending accounts. -Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage. -Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).

The Company

About Republic Services

-It operates collection, transfer, recycling centers, landfills and energy‑from‑waste facilities across the U.S. -Typical projects include curbside residential pickup, commercial/industrial waste hauling, recycling operations and landfill gas‑to‑energy plants. -Specialisms span residential and commercial collection, industrial waste services, recycling processing, hazardous waste treatment, and renewable energy generation.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Manufacturing

Retail

Special Waste

Hazardous Waste

Recycling

Solid Waste

Environmental Solutions

Field Services

Emergency Response

Exploration and Production Services