Sales Account Manager – Aerospace & Specialty Metals

Location: Santa Fe Springs, CA
Employment Type: Full-Time | Direct Hire
Schedule: Monday–Friday | Onsite
Compensation: $70,000–$85,000 Base + Bonus (Flexible Based on Experience)

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with an established specialty metals supplier serving the aerospace and industrial manufacturing sectors to identify a Sales Account Manager. This opportunity is ideal for a commercially driven professional who enjoys building long-term customer relationships, managing complex customer requirements, and taking ownership of the sales process from initial inquiry through order fulfillment. The position offers the opportunity to work closely with company leadership and a collaborative sales team while managing established customer relationships within a specialized technical industry.

Unlike traditional business development positions, this role emphasizes account ownership, customer retention, technical quotations, and commercial execution rather than aggressive cold calling or new-business prospecting.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop relationships with assigned aerospace, manufacturing, and industrial customers.

• Serve as a primary commercial point of contact, ensuring timely communication and responsiveness to customer needs.

• Review incoming RFQs, prepare competitive quotations, and coordinate pricing, lead times, and material availability.

• Manage customer accounts throughout the sales cycle, from initial inquiry and quotation through purchase order processing, fulfillment, and follow-up.

• Collaborate with internal sales, operations, and support teams to ensure customer requirements are accurately communicated and fulfilled.

• Review customer purchase orders, specifications, and commercial requirements to ensure accuracy.

• Maintain visibility into open orders, customer requests, and account activity.

• Identify opportunities to strengthen existing customer relationships and support account growth.

• Occasionally visit customer facilities to maintain relationships and better understand customer requirements.

• Utilize the company's ERP system, JobBOSS, to manage quotations, customer information, and sales activity. Training will be provided.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in inside sales, account management, commercial operations, or a related customer-facing role within metals, aerospace, industrial distribution, or manufacturing.

• Experience managing customer RFQs, quotations, pricing, and order processing.

• Demonstrated ability to maintain customer relationships and manage multiple accounts.

• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Comfortable working cross-functionally with sales, operations, and other internal departments.

• Proficiency with ERP systems, Microsoft Excel, and customer account management tools.

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in specialty metals distribution, steel, aluminum, titanium, nickel alloys, forgings, or related products.

• Familiarity with aerospace customers, material specifications, and technical documentation.

• Experience preparing quotations and evaluating pricing or margins independently.

• Previous experience with JobBOSS or a similar ERP system.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary of $60,000–$85,000, with flexibility based on relevant experience.

• Performance-based bonus opportunity.

• Employer-paid medical insurance premiums at 90%.

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Additional company benefits.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Meaningful Account Ownership: Manage established customer relationships and take responsibility for commercial execution.

• Specialized Industry Exposure: Work with specialty metals and aerospace manufacturing customers.

• Direct Leadership Access: Collaborate with company leadership in a smaller, relationship-focused sales environment.

• Relationship-Driven Sales: Focus on long-term customer partnerships rather than high-volume prospecting.

• Opportunity to Contribute: Bring your sales and account management experience to a team where individual contributions have a direct impact.

We welcome candidates with backgrounds in metals distribution, aerospace manufacturing, industrial sales, technical customer account management, and related commercial operations.