Direct Sales Consultant

🕒 September 17

🏈 Alabama, Louisiana, +2 more states – Remote

🏈 Alabama – Remote ⚜️ Louisiana – Remote 🎸 Mississippi – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $59k - $72.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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U.S. Bank

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

Founded 1863

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Insurance • Logistics

U. S. Bank is a major financial services institution headquartered in the United States, providing a wide range of banking and financial products to individuals and businesses. The bank offers services in retail banking, corporate banking, wealth management, credit underwriting, and investment management. With a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, U. S. Bank emphasizes the importance of culture and values, offering career growth opportunities and supporting the health and wellness of its employees. U. S. Bank engages with communities and provides educational resources to enhance financial literacy. As a member of the FDIC, it ensures the security of its deposit products, although investment and insurance products are not FDIC insured and may lose value.

📋 Description

• Acquire new merchant clients, develop strategic relationships, and grow market share within the assigned territory • Build and grow a personal book of business through strategic prospecting and business development • Sell payment and business solutions that improve merchant efficiency, optimize cash flow, and enhance customer experience • Develop relationships with business owners and decision-makers throughout the territory • Generate sales pipeline through cold calling, networking, referrals, door-to-door business development, community engagement, industry events, and strategic outreach • Spend the majority of time in the field meeting business owners and decision-makers • Develop and execute territory growth strategies • Maintain a sustainable pipeline through prospecting and territory management • Conduct consultative sales presentations, needs assessments, and product demonstrations • Negotiate pricing and contract terms, structure proposals, and close new business • Achieve or exceed new-business acquisition and revenue goals • Establish trusted-advisor relationships and maintain regular client contact • Identify expansion opportunities and additional business needs • Promote customer retention and long-term satisfaction • Build market awareness and brand presence within the assigned territory • Develop relationships with business organizations, chambers of commerce, networking groups, and referral partners • Pursue opportunities across Retail, Hospitality, Healthcare, and Public Sector verticals • Monitor industry trends, competitive dynamics, and regulatory changes • Maintain prospecting, pipeline, forecasting, and customer-interaction records in Salesforce • Manage required sales activity levels and ensure compliance with internal controls, pricing guidelines, promotional offers, and sales practices

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience • Two to three years of relevant sales experience • Ability to travel • Three to five years of successful outside sales experience preferred • Proven success in a hunter-based sales role focused on new customer acquisition preferred • Demonstrated ability to self-source opportunities and build a pipeline from the ground up preferred • Track record of consistently meeting or exceeding sales goals through proactive prospecting and business development preferred • Experience selling merchant services, payment processing, financial services, SaaS, or other consultative B2B solutions preferred • Strong prospecting, cold-calling, networking, negotiation, territory management, and relationship-building skills preferred • Proficiency with Salesforce or a comparable CRM platform preferred • Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently, maintain accountability, and drive results preferred • Familiarity with MPS platforms and U.S. Bank distribution channels is a plus • Regional market expertise in the Southeastern U.S. is a plus • Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies • Must be able to work in the United States, as indicated by participation in E-Verify

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision) • Basic term and optional term life insurance • Short-term and long-term disability • Pregnancy disability and parental leave • 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan • Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure) • Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities • Adoption assistance • Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law • Incentive and recognition programs • Equity stock purchase • Comprehensive benefits package