National Account Manager

Role & Responsibilities

Strategic Account Management

• Develop and execute comprehensive account strategies for assigned national accounts.

• Build executive relationships across procurement, engineering, operations, maintenance and project teams.

• Establish and maintain proactive communication across customer stakeholders, GHX leadership, branch teams, and supplier partners to ensure alignment, accountability, and successful execution of strategic initiatives and major projects.

• Conduct regular business reviews and growth planning.

Business Development

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities within assigned accounts and targeted growth markets.

• Develop strategic engagement plans to secure preferred supplier status and increase market share.

• Collaborate with supplier partners to create and deliver value-added customer solutions.

• Drive organic sales growth through cross-selling, specification development, and market penetration initiatives.

• Identify opportunities for national agreements, enterprise-wide standardization, and strategic sourcing programs.

• Develop relationships with Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) firms, general contractors, engineering firms, design-build contractors, and project owners.

• Identify, qualify, and track major capital projects through planning, design, construction, commissioning, and operational phases.

• Influence project specifications and procurement strategies to position GHX products and solutions.

• Coordinate project pursuit strategies across multiple regions and branch locations.

• Develop relationships with Data Center owners, operators, developers, EPCs, general contractors, mechanical contractors, and electrical contractors.

• Engage hyperscale, colocation, mission-critical, and cloud infrastructure organizations.

• Support Data Center construction, expansion, modernization, and maintenance opportunities nationwide.

• Maintain awareness of market trends, project pipelines, contractor alignment strategies, and customer procurement initiatives within the Data Center, EPC, and Critical Infrastructure markets.

Executive Engagement

• Coordinate executive relationships between customer leadership and GHX senior management.

• Prepare and lead executive business reviews.

• Negotiate strategic agreements and commercial terms.

Operational Excellence

• Coordinate implementation of new accounts and contracts.

• Drive supply chain optimization, issue resolution and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications And Requirements

• Bachelor degree required.

• 7-10 years industrial sales, business development or national account management experience.

• Demonstrated success selling into EPC organizations and Data Center markets.

• Experience with utilities, power generation, manufacturing or critical infrastructure markets preferred.

• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and executive-level communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple organizations and levels of management.

• Ability to travel 40%-60% nationwide.

• Bachelor degree required.

• 7-10 years industrial sales, business development or national account management experience.

• Demonstrated success selling into EPC organizations and Data Center markets.

• Experience with utilities, power generation, manufacturing or critical infrastructure markets preferred.

• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and executive-level communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple organizations and levels of management.

• Ability to travel 40%-60% nationwide.