Client Relationship Manager

Summary

Join Ernest, a company with a 78-year history in the packaging industry, as a Client Relationship Manager (Outside B2B Sales) in the Tacoma, WA area. This hybrid role combines field work, remote work, and office time. You will engage potential clients, develop a book of business, manage and grow accounts, and offer packaging, automation, janitorial, and safety solutions. The position offers uncapped earnings with a base salary, commission, bonuses, and car allowance, plus residual income from your accounts. Ernest provides a supportive and fun work culture and offers benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and PTO.

Requirements

• Passion for sales and relationship-building
• Previous experience in outside sales
• Hunter mentality with a knack for face-to-face engagement
• Resilience, positivity, and an entrepreneurial gritty spirit

Responsibilities

• Engage potential clients through proactive, in-person outreach and meaningful relationship-building within your territory
• Develop a book of business through new client acquisition
• Manage and grow the accounts you open—these are yours to keep
• Offer solutions with our products in packaging, automation, janitorial, safety, and beyond
• Represent the Ernest brand with professionalism and personality

Benefits

• Uncapped earnings : Base salary + commission + bonuses + car allowance
• Residual income from your accounts (even years down the line). High impact, high reward. $200k–$400k isn’t a stretch—it’s the standard for our best
• Benefits : Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO
• Culture that clicks : Fun, supportive, driven—we root for each other
• Legacy with lift : 75+ years of innovation, and we’re still growing