
Guard Dog Security is seeking a highly organized, proactive Strategic Account Manager to help manage and grow a select portfolio of important national retail accounts. This role sits at the center of customer communication, sales, product development, design, sourcing and operations - making sure opportunities move forward, commitments are met and critical details do not fall through the cracks.
Strategic Account Manager
Full-Time | Sanford, FL | Sales | Reports to Executive Leadership
What You'll Own
• Support the day-to-day management and growth of assigned
national retail accounts.
• Turn customer conversations and requests into clear action
items, owners and deadlines.
• Coordinate projects across Sales, Product Development,
Design, Sourcing, Operations, Finance and external partners.
• Track key account activity, orders, timelines, samples,
launches, risks and follow-up items.
• Identify issues early, drive solutions and escalate only when
leadership involvement is needed.
• Maintain organized account information and provide concise
visibility into priorities, performance and opportunities.
• Help identify reorders, new product opportunities and ways to
expand existing customer relationships.
What We're Looking For:
• 4+ years of experience in account management, national
accounts, retail, consumer products, project management,
operations or a related field.
• Experience working with major retail customers,
manufacturers, suppliers or distributors is strongly preferred.
• Exceptional organization, follow-through and attention to
detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and
stakeholders at the same time.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Commercial awareness and comfort working with sales,
forecasts, margins and account performance.
• Proactive problem solver who takes ownership and can
influence teams without direct authority.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial
environment
You May Be a Great Fit If...
• You naturally ask: Who owns this? What's due next? What
could delay it?
• You turn meetings into action instead of waiting for direction.
• You can manage details without losing sight of the business
objective.
• You enjoy building structure, solving problems and keeping
people aligned
What Success Looks Like
• Important accounts have a dependable internal owner.
• Projects move forward without constant executive follow-up.
• Customer commitments are completed accurately and on
time.
• Internal teams stay aligned, accountable and ahead of
problems.
• Growth opportunities are identified and acted on
About Guard Dog Security:
We are a fast-growing consumer products company with products sold through major retailers
nationwide. We move quickly, develop new products in-house and value ownership, urgency and high standards.
This is: A full-time, on-site role in Sanford, Florida.
$60,000 - $70,000 per year