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Account Manager

Vaco LLC
  • Columbia, MO
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    Vaco LLC

    Job Description

    Account Manager

    Locations: Columbia, MO

    Schedule: Full-Time | Onsite

    Ready to Launch Your Career in Sales?

    We're looking for competitive, motivated, and relationship-driven individuals who want to build a successful career in sales.

    This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing organization that invests heavily in employee development and provides the training, mentorship, and support needed to succeed. If you're ambitious, coachable, and eager to grow professionally, this role offers a clear path to advancement and long-term earning potential.

    What You'll Do

    As an Account Manager, you'll be responsible for growing customer relationships, developing new business opportunities, and helping customers find solutions that support their operational needs.

    Key responsibilities include:

    • Manage and grow an assigned book of business
    • Build strong relationships with new and existing customers
    • Conduct outbound outreach and business development activities
    • Identify opportunities to expand customer accounts through cross-selling
    • Maintain consistent customer communication and follow-up
    • Track activity and sales opportunities within CRM systems
    • Collaborate with internal teams to provide an excellent customer experience
    • Participate in customer meetings, trade shows, and industry events
    • Manage territory growth and contribute to overall sales performance

    What We're Looking For

    We're hiring for attitude, drive, and potential.

    Successful candidates are:

    • Competitive and goal-oriented
    • Coachable and eager to learn
    • Comfortable building relationships and starting conversations
    • Resilient when faced with challenges or rejection
    • Self-motivated and accountable
    • Strong communicators with a professional presence
    • Interested in long-term career growth
    • Driven by achievement and results

    Ideal Candidate

    This opportunity is especially well-suited for recent college graduates and early-career professionals looking to launch a rewarding career in sales.

    Candidates who tend to stand out include:

    • Former collegiate athletes
    • Fraternity or sorority members, especially those who held leadership positions
    • Campus leaders and student organization officers
    • Competitive individuals who enjoy setting and achieving goals
    • Professionals with a positive attitude and strong desire to learn
    • Individuals who thrive in team environments while striving for personal success

    Whether your experience comes from athletics, Greek life, customer service, internships, recruiting, sales development, leadership roles, or campus organizations, we're looking for people who are hungry to succeed and excited to grow.

    No prior sales or industry experience is required.

    Training & Development

    You'll receive a structured onboarding and training program designed to help you build confidence and develop the skills needed to succeed.

    Training includes:

    • Comprehensive sales training
    • One-on-one coaching and mentorship
    • Product and industry education
    • Sales systems and CRM training
    • Ongoing professional development
    • Clear opportunities for advancement

    Compensation

    • Competitive base salary
    • Uncapped commission structure
    • First-year earnings uncapped
    • Monthly commission payouts
    • Long-term career and income growth opportunities

    Work Environment

    This is a fully onsite position designed to maximize learning, collaboration, and career development.

    Available office location:


    • Columbia, MO

    Travel may be required periodically for customer meetings, business development activities, and industry events.

    Why This Opportunity?

    • Established book of business provided
    • Extensive training and support from experienced leaders
    • Strong advancement opportunities in a growing organization
    • Competitive yet collaborative culture
    • Performance-driven environment where effort is rewarded
    • Ability to build a long-term career with uncapped earning potential
    • Opportunity to develop valuable sales and business skills that will benefit you throughout your career

    If you're ambitious, driven, and looking for an opportunity where hard work, resilience, and a positive attitude are rewarded, we'd love to speak with you.

    Apply today to learn more about this exciting Account Manager opportunity

    By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

    EEO Notice

    Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

    Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact

    HR@vaco.com

    .

    Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

    Representation Notice

    By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

    For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

    Privacy Notice

    Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco by Highspring”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

    • California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
    • Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
    • Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
    • Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
    • Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.

    Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.

    Pay Transparency Notice

    Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

    • the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
    • licensure and certification requirements;
    • office location and other geographic considerations;
    • other business and organizational needs.

    With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationColumbia, MO
    IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
    Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
    Year Founded2002
    Websitehttp://www.vaco.com/

    About Company

    Vaco provides expert consulting, permanent placement, executive search and strategic staffing for companies around the world, in the areas of accounting, finance, technology, healthcare, operations, administration and more. As a premier talent solutions firm, Vaco connects people to their dream jobs and helps leading companies find talent to grow their business. Since its founding in 2002, Vaco has grown to more than 35 offices across the globe, 700+ employees, more than 3,000 consultants and $450M in revenue. Vaco has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies for past 11 years and is dedicated to developing long-term relationships, life-long careers and creative client solutions.

    Skills

    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Athleticsunmatched
    • Business Developmentunmatched
    • Business Skillsunmatched
    • Career Developmentunmatched
    • Coachingunmatched
    • Cross-Sellingunmatched
    • Customer Experienceunmatched
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systemsunmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
    • English Languageunmatched
    • Hair Stylingunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Onboardingunmatched
    • Operational Supportunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Managementunmatched
    • Set Goalsunmatched
    • State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Territory Managementunmatched
    • Trade Showsunmatched
    • Training Program Developmentunmatched
    • Training/Teachingunmatched
    • Willing to Travelunmatched

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