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Key Account Manager, West Coast

PPG Industries, Inc
United States, California, Bakersfield
200 2nd Street (Show on map)
Apr 25, 2026

As a Key Account Manager, you will create opportunities for sales through specification development, project and opportunity intelligence gathering, project management, communication, and working the commercial team through to PPG's success on large new construction and large capital projects. This position will work within but not limited to a defined territory and/or identified target account list and shall be responsible for account development, specification, and project related activities within the assigned select group of specifying owners, architects, and engineers. This position will cover the west coast and is a remote position.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop new and maintain existing specification position within all available documents such as Master, Project, Budget, and Structural Drawings with PPG's inclusion within the Structural Steel, Fireproofing, Flooring, Pipe, Tank, Secondary Containment, and Field Painting Schedule and Specifications.

  • Develop and maintain strong, long-term relationships with key engineering accounts, acting as the trusted advisor for all project specification-related needs.

  • Develop multiple contacts within the firm and contract chain to identify sources of influence vertically throughout the firm's organization.

  • Identify the contract chain progression including awards of key projects within USCA (United States & Canada) or globally by firm and owner.

  • Communicate all useful project development, contract awards and developments to the commercial team, management and other members of Engineering and Projects organization, regardless of project location.

  • Use company provided market data, including project data to both identify new project opportunities and track ongoing opportunities.

  • Record, maintain, and report key intelligence within company provided CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software.

  • Participate in industry associations to develop contacts and gather client/customer and competitor intelligence. (Examples such as involvement in NACE, SSPC, CIS, and AWWA)

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in a related engineering discipline, especially civil/structural or construction management is preferred.

  • Five years' minimum experience in high performance coatings technical sales or contract chain management

  • Proven track record of managing and growing key accounts.

  • Valid US driver's license.

  • Minimum of 50% overnight travel by rail and air carriers and company provided automobile.

  • U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply

O nas:

PPG: CHRANIME A ZKRALUJEME SVT

Diky vedeni v oblasti inovaci, udritelnosti a barev pomaha PPG zakaznikm v prmyslovych, dopravnich, spotebitelskych a stavebnich odvtvich a dalich trzich zlepovat vice povrch vice zpsoby ne kterakoli jina spolenost. Dali informace najdete na www.ppg.com a sledujte @PPG na X.

The PPG Way 2030

Jsme partnery naich zakaznik

Proaktivni. Odvani. Dvryhodni. Vechno, co dlame, zaina naimi

zakazniky. Naslouchame, jedname rychle a nepestavame, dokud nevyeime

jejich nejvti vyzvy. Kdy se dai naim zakaznikm, dai se i PPG.

Jedname cilen a rychle

Agilni. izeni daty. Samostatni. Podstupujeme promylena rizika, abychom si

udreli naskok ped konkurenci. Pracujeme proaktivn a agiln, vyuivame

kvalitni data k vyvoji eeni, ktera vytvaeji hodnoty.

Vynikame v tom, co dlame

Produktivni. Spolupracujici. Odpovdni. Bez ohledu na nai roli umime

pojmenovat problem, pebirame odpovdnost a vdy pichazime s eenimi.

Jsme proaktivni i pohotovi, neustale se zlepujeme a dosahujeme vysledk.

Podporujeme kolegy, ktei jsou v kadodennim kontaktu se zakazniky

Usilujeme o vitzstvi

Zameni na budoucnost. Motivovani. Ambiciozni. Ziskov rozvijime nae

podnikani a chceme uspt spolen se zakazniky. Dosahujeme vysledk,

pijimame nove technologie a vyuivame agilitu i rychlost jako nae pednosti.

Jsme hrdi na PPG

Silni. Jednotni. Odhodlani. Pracujeme bezpen, jedname s integritou a

respektujeme rozmanitost. Oslavujeme uspchy a jsme hrdi na pozitivni

dopad, ktery spolen vytvaime pi ochran a zkralovani svta.

V PPG pouivame umlou inteligenci v naborovem procesu, abychom proces zefektivnili. Nastroje umle inteligence nerozhodnuti o zamstnani. Vice informaci naleznete na https://careers.ppg.com/cs/cs/candidate-resources.

PPG poskytuje rovne pileitosti vem kandidatm a zamstnancm. Nabizime pileitost rst a rozvijet svou karieru v prostedi, ktere poskytuje naplujici pracovni misto pro zamstnance, vytvai prostedi pro kontinualni ueni a pijima napady a rozmanitost ostatnich. Vichni kvalifikovani uchazei jsou posuzovani spravedliv, bez ohledu na pohlavi, vk, pvod, viru, zdravotni stav i jinou osobni charakteristiku.

Pokud potebujete podporu z dvodu zdravotniho znevyhodnni, napite prosim na recruiting@ppg.com.

Platove rozpti a benefity v PPG se mohou liit podle lokality, co nam umouje konkurenn odmovat zamstnance na rznych geografickych trzich. PPG pi rozhodovani o odmovani zohleduje nkolik faktor, vetn, ale nejen, dovednosti, zkuenosti a koleni, kvalifikaci a vzdlani, licenci a certifikaci a dalich organizanich poteb. Mohou platit i dali pobidky.

Nae programy zamstnaneckych benefit jsou navreny tak, aby podporovaly zdravi a pohodu naich zamstnanc. Vekere pojistne kryti a benefity budou v souladu s podminkami pislunych plan a souvisejicich idicich dokument. O benefitech s Vami bhem naboroveho procesu bude jednat Va nabora.

PPG si ceni Vai zptne vazby k naemu naborovemu procesu. Doporuujeme Vam navtivit Glassdoor.com a poskytnout zptnou vazbu k procesu.

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