Account Manager (Seller Success)

Account Manager (Seller Success)

Job ID: 21389684
Date: December 18, 2024
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Location: New York, US

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The Supply Department’s mission is to source great products that our customers want, working with thousands of refurbishers selling on Backmarket.com.
At Back Market, our U.S. Account Managers are pivotal to our marketplace’s success. You will be a key member of our fast-growing and high-performing Seller Success team, and will act as the go-to resource for our valued sellers. You will be able to contribute to the overall business by enabling and supporting the growth and retention of key sellers. 
In this role, your main priorities center on harmonizing the two most critical areas of seller performance on Back Market: Sales and Quality. On the Sales side, you will work with your sellers to grow their sales by skillfully identifying opportunities to grow and diversify listings, procure supply, improve pricing strategy, capitalize on product/category trends, etc. On the Quality side, you will educate and inform your sellers on the relevance and relationship of specific quality metrics to sales performance, develop and execute strategic action plans to tackle areas for improvement, expertly demonstrate the ROI to your sellers with pointed progress updates and recommendations, etc. These functions work hand-in-hand and interdependently, and the successful Seller Success Manager will locate that synergy for each seller account, will effectively articulate the comprehensive value of both, and will collaborate and consult toward long-term and lasting success on both fronts. 

Your Mission If You Accept It:

  • Manage a portfolio of assigned seller accounts, and own Sales, Quality, Adoption and Satisfaction KPIs throughout seller journey
  • Gaining and maintaining subject-matter expertise on the refurbished devices industry and players, as well as the specific needs, pain points, and aims of your sellers
  • Creating, executing and iterating on strategic success plans customized to your sellers’ specific business needs and informed by measurable outcomes and objectives
  • Building relationships with key seller contacts to ensure high levels of adoption and satisfaction (think: ‘Always Be Helping;’ using a concerted communication strategy involving email, phone, video, text, social media, etc.)
  • Track seller performance and analyze trends using data and tools available in the Seller Portal, Salesforce, Tableau, etc. fluently
  • Gather seller feedback and identify opportunities and risks in the seller journey/experience, and collaborate with immediate management and teammates on possible solutions or necessary escalations
  • Work cross-functionally within Back Market to navigate critical milestones during the Seller Journey that require additional resources (intros to leadership, Product, technical support, etc.)
  • Conduct strategy calls, recurring business reviews, onsite visits/presentations tailored to seller use cases and business models

Required Skills and Experience

  • You’re At The Right Place if:
Experience
  • 4+ years of experience in an account management role overseeing a book of business and leading customers through change management, with a preference for experience specifically in marketplaces.
  • Previous experience in an e-Commerce company or fast-growing start up preferred
  • Experience in resale is a plus but not a requirement.
  • SQL and/or Tableau experience a plus, but readiness to learn and hone analytics skills a must
  • Proven project management experience with success in managing deadlines, customers, and schedules
  • Demonstrated ability to resolve issues and maintain strong client relationships
  • Proven success managing clients on a Sales, Success, Implementation or Support team 
  • Demonstrated ability and experience delivering compelling presentations and/or business reviews onsite or via web-conferencing  to leaders, clients and executives 
Skills
  • You are tech- and data-savvy:
  • You learn new tools quickly and deeply, and are always tracking down new ways to streamline, gain efficiency, and pick up new technical and data-analysis skills
  • You exhibit an extreme attention to detail and meticulous organizational habits
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Superb listening skills and the proven ability to dig deeper to uncover the seller’s true objectives
  • Time management skills and a strong sense of urgency, ownership and accountability
  • Orientation toward analytics and process improvement opportunities.
  • You are confident in business and technical conversations, and can break down complex concepts for anyone to understand
  • You are extremely perceptive and are highly emotionally intelligent, making you agile in adapting your executive presence and approach to any audience and personality
Attitude
  • Proactive and energetic attitude with the desire to be a key player on a results-oriented team in a fast-paced work environment
  • High level of empathy – it’s important for our SSMs to be seen as trustworthy and reliable both internally and externally
  • You are resourceful, scrappy and creative — if a playbook doesn’t exist yet, you are excited to figure it out and build it for the whole team to use

RECRUITMENT PROCESS: 📅

  • Phone screen
  • Interview with the Head of US Supply
  • Interview with VP, Supply
  • Values Interview 
This position has an estimated annual base salary range of $69,000 to $90,000, plus opportunities for equity. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to demonstrated skill set, years and depth of relevant experience, and some role-dependent factors. We welcome direct conversations with each candidate about compensation in all of our initial calls.

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Plenty to explore.

Bordeaux offers great food and great quality of life. It’s famous for wines and cheeses. Join us here, and you can work off a bit of lunchtime brie by biking back to the office along a moon-shaped harbor. For weekend excitement, visit the Pyrenees mountains, surfer beaches, and fairytale castles.

Your kind of culture

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We’re here to SABOTAGE!

SABOTAGE! is our mantra. It keeps us focused on what we aspire to be: a little bit sneaky, always smart, kinda frugal and constantly conspiring to create maximum impact.

SABOTAGE! will save us all.

Sticking to this mindset is what will save us from boredom, save us from the pitfalls of hypergrowth, and save us from becoming a “corporation” in the evil sense of the word.

SABOTAGE! is our constant call to action.

It’s a reminder not to rest on our laurels or credit cards. It points us to where we want to go but also tells us to stay true to who we are.

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Large group of colleagues standing in front of a lake holding a number of single letter signs that together read 'Keep Back Market Weird'
Three male colleagues playfully posing for a picture behind a DJ set
Group of colleagues crouched around a small outdoor vegetable patch box

We’re here to SABOTAGE!

SABOTAGE! is our mantra. It keeps us focused on what we aspire to be: a little bit sneaky, always smart, kinda frugal and constantly conspiring to create maximum impact.

SABOTAGE! will save us all.

Sticking to this mindset is what will save us from boredom, save us from the pitfalls of hypergrowth, and save us from becoming a “corporation” in the evil sense of the word.

SABOTAGE! is our constant call to action.

It’s a reminder not to rest on our laurels or credit cards. It points us to where we want to go but also tells us to stay true to who we are.

“At Back Market, you feel that the founders and the employees
are very committed, and it’s powerful to be on that boat.”

Joana Costa, Senior Backend Engineer

It’s all about neat problems

Our SABOTAGE! spirit is about ingenuity and the love of a challenge. So, you’ll find us inventing new word plays for one of our ads or live streaming the Rubik’s Cube World Cup on a lunch break.

We move faster than the rest with rewards and a feedback culture

During an impromptu football match or a yearly growth report meeting, we’re inspired by giveaways, shares, and a culture of collaboration.

United we stand. Divided we fail to get to net zero.

We’re global citizens. At our All-hands annual party you could hear French, German, or Japanese, but in the office we only speak one language—the language of climate action.

It’s all about neat problems

Our SABOTAGE! spirit is about ingenuity and the love of a challenge. So, you’ll find us inventing new word plays for one of our ads or live streaming the Rubik’s Cube World Cup on a lunch break.

We move faster than the rest with rewards and a feedback culture

During an impromptu football match or a yearly growth report meeting, we’re inspired by giveaways, shares, and a culture of collaboration.

United we stand. Divided we fail to get to net zero.

We’re global citizens. At our All-hands annual party you could hear French, German, or Japanese, but in the office we only speak one language—the language of climate action.

Career on the rise

Where will your career take you?

Victor Lambilly

Victor Lambilly

Conversion Rate Optimizer

Jun 2017 – Apr 2019 – 1yr 11mos

Head of Merchandising

Apr 2019 – Present – 3yrs 5mos

Head of Merchandising & Catalog

Feb 2021 – Present – 1yr 7mos

Laura Escarbassiere

Laura Escarbassiere

Office Manager

Aug 2020 – Mar 2021 – 8mos

Workplace Manager

Mar 2021 – Oct 2021 – 8mos

Internal Communication Manager

Oct 2021 – Present – 11mos

Riwa El Boujemi

Riwa El Boujemi

Payment & Fraud Analyst

Jun 2018 – Dec 2018 – 1yr 7mos

Marketplace Business Analyst

Jan 2019 – Sep 2019 – 9mos

Junior Financial Planning & Business Analyst

Sep 2019 – Sep 2021 – 2yrs 1mo

Senior Financial Planning Analyst – North America

Sep 2021 – Present – 1yr

Victor Lambilly
Victor Lambilly
Laura Escarbassiere
Laura Escarbassiere
Riwa El Boujemi
Riwa El Boujemi

Who’s in our team?

Amandine Durr

Chief Product Officer
Paris, France

“What would I say to someone thinking of coming to join us? Do it soon. I arrived at Back Market in late 2021 and the progress has been super quick. I’ve worked for companies like AOL and Orange, and things move so much faster here.”

Amandine Durr

Chief Product Officer
Paris, France

“What would I say to someone thinking of coming to join us? Do it soon. I arrived at Back Market in late 2021 and the progress has been super quick. I’ve worked for companies like AOL and Orange, and things move so much faster here.”

Amandine Durr

Chief Product Officer
Paris, France

“What would I say to someone thinking of coming to join us? Do it soon. I arrived at Back Market in late 2021 and the progress has been super quick. I’ve worked for companies like AOL and Orange, and things move so much faster here.”

An ambitious tech stack we’re continuously improving

Our ambitious objectives require the most powerful tech. The stack connects the latest software, frameworks, programming languages, and data storage solutions.

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Better tech. Better world.

Our application process

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Step 1 –
CV Screening + Recruiter Phone Screen

Objective

  • Assess: Experience/English skills/motivation/IC level
  • Engage candidate
  • Clarify hiring process
  • Confirm eligibility:
  • Can work remotely or relocate/Visa issues/Notice period/Salary expectation
  • Telephone Interview
  • online test
  • 30 Minutes

Step 2 –
Tech Screening

Objective

  • Assess the tech basics to qualify the candidate for the round of deep interviews
  • Validate the IC level of the candidate
  • (Re)present Back Market engineering #Ambassador
  • Telephone Interview
  • online test
  • 30 Minutes

Step 3 –
Tech interview

Objective

  • Candidate’s potential to grow
  • Leadership skills
  • Team fit & overview of the big picture
  • Telephone Interview
  • online test
  • 30 Mintues

Step 4 –
Team interview

Objective

  • Candidate’s potential to grow
  • Leadership skills
  • Team fit & overview of the big picture
  • Telephone Interview
  • online test
  • 30 Mintues

Step 5 –
Team interview

Objective

  • At the final stage we are checking the values-fit based on the Sabotage guidebook
  • Telephone Interview
  • online test
  • 30 Minutes

Better tech. Better world.

01

Fired Up

Life is short… And as much as we think you’re great, we don’t want you to spend all of it at Back Market. So make the most of it. Get excited, get mad, get weird, and get 100% committed.

02

Don’t Fear Fear

We have a risk-taking spirit. It’s our obligation to make bold moves. That’s the only way we have a fighting chance in the battle against New.

03

Say it straight, Hear no hate.

We want Back Market to be a safe space.Put yourself out there and say what you really think, but say it kindly and constructively.

04

Humble hearts, Dirty Hands.

You’re part of the team, not in competition with it. Cultivate a deep compassion and respect for your teammates. We’re better as a whole when we learn from each other.

05

One Team, One Time.

We must work together to maximize this resource and constantly ask ourselves if our time is properly allocated or if it can be more impactful elsewhere.

06

It’s not green enough!

We consistently seek to improve our social and environmental footprint, and pave the way for the whole industry to follow.

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