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Mankato, MN - Retail shop
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the unique perspectives of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world. We believe that a variety of backgrounds makes our team stronger and more innovative.
At Airgas, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.
Airgas is Hiring for a Account Manager in Mankato, MN!
We are looking for you!
- Base salary: 70k-75k, plus commission
- Monthly car allowance
- Travel within assigned Territory and minimal overnight stays
- Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
- Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
- Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
- Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.
As an Account Manager, you will be a pioneer in building and sustaining high-value partnerships within our business and industrial sectors. Your key focus is to advance sustainable growth within an established territory by nurturing existing accounts and identifying new opportunities in alignment with company excellence. You will serve as a consultative partner, helping customers integrate our full range of solutions to add significant value to their operations.
In particular, you will:
- Advance territory growth by deepening relationships with existing clients and identifying new partnerships that meet our standards of excellence.
- Foster understanding by communicating in an organized and clear manner, ensuring that ideas, plans, and projects effectively support our customers' business goals.
- Develop a strategic roadmap to achieve sales milestones, utilizing effective time management and planning to prioritize both existing and potential account opportunities.
- Implement account partnership strategies, including regular business reviews for key customers, to ensure we are providing the highest level of support and value.
- Connect with key stakeholders and influencers to understand their needs and support their decision-making process.
- Coordinate information management across all phases of the partnership lifecycle, establishing proactive action plans to ensure healthy margins and growth.
- Proactively learn about new products and the competitive landscape to remain a trusted advisor to our clients.
- Integrate all product lines into accounts with a focus on Adding Value, fully supporting our Core Sales Philosophy of customer-centric service.
Are you a MATCH?
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- Reliable transportation, current driver's license, minimum liability insurance as required by state of vehicle registration.
- Comfort and familiarity with computer applications, including Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.
- Ideally, you bring 3+ years of prior outside business-to-business sales experience, including experience in solution-selling concepts and a demonstrated history of nurturing customer relationships throughout a defined sales territory.
- We are looking for excellent organizational, written and oral communication, and presentation skills that utilize current technology.
- Demonstrated experience using a consultative sales approach providing multiple layers of value to a customer to establish a mix of sales solutions and products.
- Proactive and self-motivated; operates with a results-oriented focus; ability to work and thrive in an autonomous and team-oriented environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- A proven track record in industrial sales.
- Extensive experience in outside sales and relationship management.
- Knowledge or a strong interest in welding and compressed gases products.
Benefits
We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.
Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.
Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE
At Airgas, we are committed to building a workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
About Airgas
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Through the passion and diversity of its 18,000 associates, Airgas fosters a culture of safety, customer success, sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas, take initiative and make decisions.
Airgas is a subsidiary of Air Liquide, a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66,500 employees, Air Liquide serves more than 4 million customers and patients.
Join us for a stimulating experience: At Airgas, you matter and so does the work you do. As a member of our team, you play an important role in the success of your team, making sure our products are created sustainably and delivered safely and efficiently. In turn, you’ll find a welcoming workplace where you’re valued for who you are and where you can fill your potential while growing a fulfilling career — whatever path you choose.
Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Airgas does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities, and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.
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Mankato, MN - Retail shop
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the unique perspectives of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world. We believe that a variety of backgrounds makes our team stronger and more innovative.
At Airgas, we RESPECT, HONOR and VALUE diversity.
Airgas is Hiring for a Account Manager in Mankato, MN!
We are looking for you!
- Base salary: 70k-75k, plus commission
- Monthly car allowance
- Travel within assigned Territory and minimal overnight stays
- Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
- Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
- Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
- Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.
As an Account Manager, you will be a pioneer in building and sustaining high-value partnerships within our business and industrial sectors. Your key focus is to advance sustainable growth within an established territory by nurturing existing accounts and identifying new opportunities in alignment with company excellence. You will serve as a consultative partner, helping customers integrate our full range of solutions to add significant value to their operations.
In particular, you will:
- Advance territory growth by deepening relationships with existing clients and identifying new partnerships that meet our standards of excellence.
- Foster understanding by communicating in an organized and clear manner, ensuring that ideas, plans, and projects effectively support our customers' business goals.
- Develop a strategic roadmap to achieve sales milestones, utilizing effective time management and planning to prioritize both existing and potential account opportunities.
- Implement account partnership strategies, including regular business reviews for key customers, to ensure we are providing the highest level of support and value.
- Connect with key stakeholders and influencers to understand their needs and support their decision-making process.
- Coordinate information management across all phases of the partnership lifecycle, establishing proactive action plans to ensure healthy margins and growth.
- Proactively learn about new products and the competitive landscape to remain a trusted advisor to our clients.
- Integrate all product lines into accounts with a focus on Adding Value, fully supporting our Core Sales Philosophy of customer-centric service.
Are you a MATCH?
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- Reliable transportation, current driver's license, minimum liability insurance as required by state of vehicle registration.
- Comfort and familiarity with computer applications, including Google Workspace and Microsoft Office.
- Ideally, you bring 3+ years of prior outside business-to-business sales experience, including experience in solution-selling concepts and a demonstrated history of nurturing customer relationships throughout a defined sales territory.
- We are looking for excellent organizational, written and oral communication, and presentation skills that utilize current technology.
- Demonstrated experience using a consultative sales approach providing multiple layers of value to a customer to establish a mix of sales solutions and products.
- Proactive and self-motivated; operates with a results-oriented focus; ability to work and thrive in an autonomous and team-oriented environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- A proven track record in industrial sales.
- Extensive experience in outside sales and relationship management.
- Knowledge or a strong interest in welding and compressed gases products.
Benefits
We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.
Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.
Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE
At Airgas, we are committed to building a workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
About Airgas
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Through the passion and diversity of its 18,000 associates, Airgas fosters a culture of safety, customer success, sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas, take initiative and make decisions.
Airgas is a subsidiary of Air Liquide, a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66,500 employees, Air Liquide serves more than 4 million customers and patients.
Join us for a stimulating experience: At Airgas, you matter and so does the work you do. As a member of our team, you play an important role in the success of your team, making sure our products are created sustainably and delivered safely and efficiently. In turn, you’ll find a welcoming workplace where you’re valued for who you are and where you can fill your potential while growing a fulfilling career — whatever path you choose.
Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Airgas does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities, and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as an Outside Sales Account Manager
Frame your degree for specialty occupation
Outside sales roles face extra scrutiny under the H-1B specialty occupation standard. Document how your business, marketing, or communications degree directly applies to the analytical and strategic functions of the role, not just the sales activities.
Target companies with LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to find employers who have already filed Labor Condition Applications for sales or account management roles. Prior LCA filings signal an established sponsorship process, reducing the risk of an employer backing out mid-offer.
Ask about territory assignment before signing
Outside sales roles often involve multiple work locations across a territory. Each worksite may require a separate LCA posting under DOL rules, so confirm your employer understands multi-location LCA obligations before you accept an offer.
Verify prevailing wage matches your base pay
Variable commission structures can mask a base salary below the DOL-required prevailing wage. Cross-check the base against the OFLC Wage Search for your job title and location before the LCA is filed, since USCIS scrutinizes wage compliance closely.
Register for H-1B during the annual window
H-1B sponsorship requires your employer to submit a registration during USCIS's annual window, typically in early spring. The selection rules have changed recently, so confirm your employer is aware of the current process well before the registration period opens.
Get your credentials evaluated early
If you completed a three-year bachelor's degree outside the U.S., obtain a credential evaluation that confirms U.S. equivalency to a four-year degree. USCIS reviews degree equivalency as part of specialty occupation analysis, and a missing evaluation can trigger a Request for Evidence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Outside Sales Account Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It can, but it's not automatic. USCIS requires the position to normally require a bachelor's degree in a specific field like business, marketing, or a related discipline. Generic sales roles that accept any degree or significant work experience in lieu of a degree often fail this test, so the job description language matters significantly.
Which visa types are realistic for Outside Sales Account Manager sponsorship?
H-1B is the most common path for this role. Australian nationals can pursue the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and a cap that has never been exhausted. Chilean and Singaporean nationals may qualify for the H-1B1 visa. TN visa is not applicable since Outside Sales Account Manager is not on the USMCA profession list.
How do commission-based pay structures affect the LCA prevailing wage requirement?
DOL's prevailing wage requirement applies to your base salary, not total on-target earnings. If your base falls below the wage level certified on the LCA, the sponsorship is non-compliant regardless of how much commission you earn. Always confirm the base pay meets the prevailing wage before the LCA is submitted.
What degree fields support an H-1B petition for this role?
Business administration, marketing, communications, and economics are the most defensible degree fields. USCIS looks for a direct connection between the degree field and the job duties. A general business degree paired with a role requiring market analysis, territory strategy, and client acquisition typically satisfies the specialty occupation standard better than an unrelated field.
Where can I find employers who actively sponsor Outside Sales Account Manager roles?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified sponsorship history for sales and account management roles, so you can focus your applications on companies that have already navigated the process. This saves time compared to applying broadly and asking about sponsorship late in the interview stage.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Outside Sales Account Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.