Account Manager Mdu/Sfu

Account Manager-MDU & SFU Sales

Great Plains Communications is growing! We are looking for a driven, customer focused professional to assist in retaining accounts for our MDU and SFU Sales Team in the Omaha metro area.

Duties include:

• Performing activities for the sale of residential services in assigned portfolio.

• Building, maintaining, and coordinating Great Plains Communications' relationship with prospects and customers.

• Maintaining a database of targeted customers, their needs, and time frames for potential new opportunities.

• Meeting or exceeding assigned monthly quota and working toward established sales goals and sales objectives.

• Cold calling prospects, arranging meetings, and preparing and delivering customer presentations both face-to-face and over the phone.

• Working closely with Account Executives to determine, develop, and grow this sales channel by targeting specific customers.

• Maintaining a detailed knowledge of company fiber network to be effective in answering customers' questions and selling company services.

• Working with Account Executives and Project Management to ensure that post-sale implementation occurs effectively, and that the customer is always satisfied with the services purchased.

• Developing a sales forecast and the expense budget necessary to support the sales efforts.

• Providing reporting and information on a regular basis.

Successful candidate must have strong presentation skills, sales skills, time management skills, and written and verbal communication skills. A working knowledge of Salesforce is a plus. Bachelor's degree or equivalent, plus 5 years of customer service/sales experience in the telecommunications field is desired. Must possess a valid driver's license and the ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Competitive salary, commissions, and benefits provided. EOE.

To apply, visit www.gpcom.com/careers.

Great Plains Communications is one of the largest privately-owned telecommunications providers in the Midwest, serving communities throughout Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado and Southeastern Indiana. Business and enterprise services range from traditional and cloud-based voice and data products to installation and support of strategic networks with fully scalable, managed Ethernet solutions. The company also takes pride in its progressive approach to accommodating the unique needs of wholesale customers, including regional and national telecommunications carriers, LECs, ISPs, wireless and other providers utilizing superior custom engineering and custom-build strategies. In addition, the company serves residential customers with an impressive suite of services including high speed Internet, cable and streaming video, and local and long-distance telephone services. At the core of its service offering is an extensive 13,500+- mile, MEF certified regional fiber network reaching 13 states that is fully supported by a 24x7x365, Network Operations Center.

Founded in 1910 by E.C. Hunt as a Nebraska phone company, Great Plains Communications has evolved over the past century, keeping pace with technology and increasing bandwidth demands to become a leading regional network and fiber services provider.

The company is headquartered in Blair, Nebraska and is owned by Grain Management, LLC: a leading private equity firm focused on investments in the Communications sector.