Account Executive Senior - Construction - Remote
Commerce Bank

Kansas City, Missouri

Posted in Banking


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Job Info


About Working at Commerce

Wouldn't it be great to build your career at a bank that's known for helping people with their financial challenges? That's exactly what you'd be doing when you join the team at Commerce Bank. We're looking for teammates who are ready to do whatever it takes to help our customers with their everyday financial needs. You'd be helping yourself too, because Commerce has a tradition of recognizing and rewarding team members for their talent, skills and contributions.

No wonder we've been an industry leader for over 150 years and have developed a reputation as a great place to work in the financial services world. If you'd like to be a part of a team and culture that is respected by its peers and in your community, we should talk. We're always looking for the best and brightest.

About This Job

How would you like to work for a great company that offers career growth and values your skills and experience? For over 150 years, Commerce Bank has built a strong reputation as a "Super Community" bank and is recognized as an industry leader. In today's growing and competitive financial services industry, we look for creative and innovative solutions to meet the needs of our customers. To achieve our results, we recruit the best and brightest employees who ask, listen and solve to meet our customers' needs!

Imagine selling an innovative solution that provides a monthly profit stream to a construction companies' bottom line simply by replacing outdated physical checks paid to vendors/suppliers/contractors with more cost-efficient digital payments? You will be generating cost savings while turning the accounts payable department into a monthly profit center.

We are looking to grow our Construction Payments Vertical team, and are interested in individuals looking to join an innovative team that is now home to 400+ employees and counting. Our Commercial Payments business acts like a fintech wrapped up inside the stable walls of the a 150+ year bank, with one of the strongest balance sheets in the United States.

Essential Functions

  • This individual can be located remotely throughout the United States - Home office-based role
  • Responsible for selling the institution's Construction Payments Solution products to targeted companies in designated sales territories. These companies will typically have no established relationship with the institution prior to contact.
  • Each Account Executive will develop and establish relationships with "C" level associates within public and private sector businesses, government and educational entities.
  • To achieve the objectives of this job, the incumbent will initiate the use of various prospecting methods including cold calling, leveraging internal and external referrals, as well as through networking groups.
  • In addition to prospecting, the incumbent must employ effective listening, problem solving, presentation, sales, negotiation, closing and relationship management techniques to obtain assigned sales goals.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required
  • Excellent oral and written presentation skills
  • Strong organizational, follow-up, interpersonal, telephone and PC skills (Microsoft Office - Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Ability to source own leads (hunter type sales experience), set own appointments and follow-up
  • Experienced in "solution selling" - having the ability to work with clients by identifying company goals/initiatives and move the sale through the sales cycle to close
  • Must have experience working with C-level decision makers and negotiating pricing/contracts
  • Detail oriented and can incorporate complex program and technical implementations
  • Knowledge of sales process, operational functions, implementation process, business development, presentation skills, preparing customers' requests for proposals and strong customer contact
  • Identify and sell additional users and functions of the Commercial Card products
  • Working knowledge of Salesforce.com or similar CRM
  • Frequent travel and entertaining required with overnight trips to markets, conferences and for training purposes
  • Home based office Ability to remain adaptable and resilient to all situations with an optimistic outlook and cast a positive shadow that is aligned with our culture and Core Values

Education & Experience
  • Preferred - College degree (business or finance) Required - High School diploma
  • Minimum of 3+ years of sales experience (new customer acquisition) preferably in Construction industry sales and understanding of business concepts to include payments in the Construction payment arena.

For this position, Commerce Bank will review your motor vehicle driving record. If you express interest in and are considered for this position, you'll be asked to authorize our review of that record.

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Location: 1000 Walnut St, Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Time Type:
Full time


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