Account Manager
An Account Executive is an outside sales position where key business to business accounts are common. Account Executive – Outside sales position. This is a business to business sales position responsible for cultivating and maintaining key business relationships. Account Executives are able to make high level decisions without consulting the VP or President of sales. An Account Executive seeks out purchasing decision makers and develops working relationships with them. They design and deliver presentations highlighting the products and services of their company. They negotiate contract terms with clients and close sales. They offer technical and or sales training where appropriate. Account Associate/Representative – Sales support. This person is a customer service representative contact. Account Manager – Inside sales position. An Account manager manages existing customers. Vice president of sales - Leads a team of Account Managers President of sales IT organizations[edit] In IT organizations, an account executives is a senior management role, responsible for executing large (50 mln +) contracts. Control of the profit and loss is one of the main activities, together with customer alignment on a senior level. Usually an account executive has one or more account managers in his/her staff, to cover the various towers a large contract is mainly built of. The account managers directly or indirectly control the program and project managers performing the actual job. For very large contracts (1 bln +), 600 + people could be involved in contract execution.