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Vestis Corporation

Regional Account Executive

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In-Office
Arlington Heights, IL, USA
80K-101K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Arlington Heights, IL, USA
80K-101K Annually
Senior level
The Regional Account Executive identifies and secures regional business opportunities for uniform rental and direct-sale programs. Responsibilities include achieving sales quotas, managing customer relationships, maintaining contact records, pursuing corporate accounts, monitoring contracts, improving customer margins and processes, and preparing activity and results reports. The role requires frequent communication with prospects, customers, and executives through phone, email, and in-person visits.
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Meet Vestis®: For the People Who Make It All Work

At Vestis®, we provide uniforms, workplace supplies, and professional cleaning that help businesses simplify their workday and keep their teams safe, confident, and focused on what matters most. More than a provider, we are a partner in productivity, trusted to keep you running.

Join us and build a career supporting the people who make it all work.

Location: 

Chicago, IL 

 

Job Overview

 

The Regional Account Executive (RAE) is responsible for identifying high-profile regional account opportunities, securing agreements for both rental and direct sale programs via the phone and in-person customer visits.

 

Responsibilities/Essential Functions

 

  • The RAE will provide ongoing customer interaction to support the Vestis relationship with its regional account customers.
  • Attain annual quota on direct sale and rental new business.
  • Update and maintain an Electronic Contact Management System
  • Communicate (e-mail, phone, fax, etc.) with Prospects and Customers (internal & external).
  • Qualify and report on Corporate Accounts Pursuit Program
  • Maintain awareness at all times of the contract status of all Fortune 1,000 Businesses and On-going contact in his/her territory
  • Identifying ways to grow margin while identifying process/cost improvements for customers
  • Generate monthly (activity level & results) reports.

 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

 

  • Experienced with MS Office applications
  • Excellent written and verbal skills required
  • Must be comfortable interacting and initiating relationships with executives in a diverse business and environment. 

 

Experience/Qualifications

 

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
  • A minimum of 5-7 years outside sales experience in a business-to-business selling environment
  • Industry experience strongly preferred

 

License Requirements/Certifications

 

Valid driver’s license.

 

Compensation: The salary rate that Vestis reasonably expects to pay for this position ranges from $80.000 to $101.000, depending on circumstances including an applicant’s skills and qualifications, certain degrees and certifications, prior job experience, market data, and other relevant factors. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission.

Headquartered in Roswell, GA, Vestis® is the second largest provider in the industry with over 300,000 customer locations and approximately 20,000 teammates across North America. Vestis® is a leader in the B2B uniform and workplace supplies category. Vestis® provides clean and safe uniform services and workplace supplies to a broad range of North American customers from Fortune 500 companies to locally owned small businesses across a broad set of end markets. The Company’s comprehensive service offering includes a full-service uniform rental program, cleanroom and other specialty garment processing, floor mats, towels, linens, managed restroom services, first aid supplies and more.

 

Vestis® is an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, relation, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

 

Vestis Commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you will find the contact information below to request the appropriate accommodation.

Reasonable Accommodations and the Online Application Process
Consistent with Vestis and Canadian Linen’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Vestis or Canadian Linen, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-833-901-8823 or email us at [email protected].

Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.

Thank you for your interest in an employment opportunity with Vestis, Canadian Linen and Québec Linge.

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