The Senior National Account Manager leads the strategy, profitable growth, and execution of assigned national accounts across 2-step distribution, dealers, retailers, and builders, including KB Home. This player-coach role owns customer relationships, commercial programs, forecasting, and account performance while leading and developing one direct report.
Key Responsibilities
Own account strategies, annual business plans, and revenue, volume, margin, and growth objectives.
Build relationships across customer leadership, purchasing, merchandising, operations, supply chain, finance, and field teams.
Identify opportunities to expand product placement, geographic reach, customer penetration, and share of wallet.
Lead pricing, rebate, incentive, contract, and service negotiations within established approval guidelines.
Manage account profitability, forecasts, pipeline, inventory or sell-through insights, and business risks.
Lead customer business reviews, line reviews, and executive meetings with clear recommendations and action plans.
Partner with Directors of Sales, ASMs, and TSMs to translate national strategies into regional and local execution.
Lead the national commercial relationship with KB Home, including account strategy, pricing, forecasting, product alignment, and issue resolution.
Coordinate with Finance, Marketing, Product Management, Sales Operations & Enablement, Customer Experience, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, and Legal to execute customer commitments.
Leadership & Team Development
Lead, coach, and develop one direct report with clear priorities, expectations, and development goals.
Delegate work effectively to improve customer responsiveness, quality, and efficiency.
Provide regular feedback and support development in analytics, reporting, forecasting, account planning, and program execution.
Conduct performance and development discussions and support onboarding and training.
Foster collaboration, accountability, and strong follow-through across the account team.
Key Competencies
Strategic account and joint business planning
Executive relationship management and negotiation
Financial acumen, pricing, margin, and program ROI analysis
Forecasting, analytics, and data-based decision making
Knowledge of distribution, dealer, retail, and builder channels
People leadership, coaching, delegation, and accountability
Cross-functional leadership and executive communication
Customer focus, sound judgment, organization, and follow-through
Qualifications
5+ years of progressive sales or national account experience in building materials, exterior products, construction products, or a related industry.
Demonstrated success managing complex, multi-location accounts and delivering profitable growth.
Experience with 2-step distribution and dealer channels; national retail and production-builder experience preferred.
Experience with account planning, pricing, negotiations, forecasting, and profitability management.
Experience leading or developing sales, channel, analytics, or account-support talent; formal people-management experience preferred.
Proficiency with CRM, Excel, and business intelligence or customer data.
Bachelor's degree in business, sales, marketing, or a related field preferred, or equivalent relevant experience.
Travel:
Up to 60% national travel based on customer and business needs. Occasional evening or weekend travel may be required.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Houston, TX
Skills
Business Intelligenceunmatched
Business Planunmatched
Channel Managementunmatched
Channel Salesunmatched
Channel Strategiesunmatched
Coachingunmatched
Constructionunmatched
Contract Negotiationunmatched
Cross-Functionalunmatched
Customer Experienceunmatched
Customer Relationsunmatched
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
Customer/Client Researchunmatched
Dealer Channelunmatched
Executive Relationshipsunmatched
Financeunmatched
Follow Throughunmatched
Forecastingunmatched
Knowledge Baseunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Legalunmatched
Marketingunmatched
Merchandisingunmatched
National Salesunmatched
Negotiation Skillsunmatched
Onboardingunmatched
People Managementunmatched
Pricingunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Product Managementunmatched
Product Positioningunmatched
Product Pricingunmatched
Profit & Loss Forecastingunmatched
Profit & Loss Managementunmatched
Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
Relationship Managementunmatched
Retailunmatched
Retail Channelunmatched
Return on Investment (ROI)unmatched
Revenue Planningunmatched
Salesunmatched
Sales Managementunmatched
Sales Operationsunmatched
Sales Strategyunmatched
Set Goalsunmatched
Strategic Accountsunmatched
Supply Chain Operationsunmatched
Team Buildingunmatched
Willing to Travelunmatched
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