Customer Success Manager – Energy Sector Growth Role in Columbus

Headquarters: United States
URL: http://www.budderfly.com

Saving the World! Help Wanted…

Budderfly is a fast-growth, private equity-backed energy management outsourcing company committed to reducing global carbon emissions for small to medium sized enterprises. We are the premier sustainability partner for businesses with repeatable footprints such as restaurant chains, assisted living facilities, retail franchises, and more. Budderfly installs, monitors, and manages a combination of patented technologies, equipment upgrades, and proprietary energy software to help deliver complete energy saving solutions for our customers.

Celebrating 5 years on Inc. 5000 America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies list. Recognized in Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2025.

We are an energetic and dedicated team working together to make a positive impact on the environment while providing an excellent customer experience. We are growing quickly and looking to add talented people who are passionate about making the world a better place!

We have an opportunity for a motivated individual to fill the role of Customer Success Manager. In this position, the successful candidate will be responsible for acting as the liaison to our customer's executive teams to build strong relationships and ensure that their requests are met with a focus on positive customer experience.

Why this Role is Important:
Budderfly is committed to ensuring that all our customers' needs are understood and addressed while dramatically reducing their carbon footprint and significantly lowering their energy costs. The Customer Success Manager will take the handoff from the Account Executive who sold the business and continue to grow and enhance the customer relationship at the highest levels of the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Drive Brand-specific (or Brand Group-oriented) success for all existing owners and customers on program, as well as support onboarding of new Brand owners, ensuring elite service throughout the customer journey.
• Expand and upsell existing customers by providing excellent communication, service, and onboarding/installation experience with the goal of gaining expansion with additional locations signed onto the Budderfly program.
• Build strong client relationships at the executive level to maintain current business and assist in the acquisition of new customers/locations through referrals.
• Communicate with executive-level contacts at our largest customers to ensure their needs are understood and addressed to best support the Brand's customer base.
• Coach and coordinate internal teams to best support your customer base.
• Collaborate with internal departments to ensure customer requests are fulfilled, projects are on track, and we are regularly communicating with our customers.
• Resolve complaints and keep track of all processes/requirements that pertain to the client's needs.
• Solve problems for customers by understanding and exceeding their expectations through proactive (and automated) communication approach methodologies.
• Perform regular customer-specific check-ins to aid in increased satisfaction. Set up and run customer meetings that proactively demonstrate value, covering billing, capital investments, energy savings, new offerings, supply options, and related topics.
• Track all interactions with Brand's customers using our CRM.
• Collect and analyze data concerning consumer behavior to understand changing needs.
• Independently prepare and conduct regular reviews with the customer going over program performance, including bi-weekly check-ins and quarterly business reviews.
• Travel as needed to meet with customers.
• Respond to assigned customer tickets and inquiries, including emergency or CSAT requests, that may occur outside of standard business hours.
• Adhere to training, playbook, procedures, and contact hygiene inside tech stack tools provided.
• Offload day-to-day CSAT issues off the Account Executives to create additional selling bandwidth.
• Other duties as assigned by Sales Leadership/Management team.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Operational experience preferred.
• CRM experience required.
• Bachelor's Degree or related energy industry experience.
• Extensive experience building and managing C-Level relationships with clients in an Executive Sales or Account Management role.
• Ability to understand and assist in meeting customers' company sustainability goals.
• Detail oriented, organized, thorough, and productive.
• Ability to use multiple tools to fully understand internal and external customer issues and business needs.
• Ability to prioritize and support multiple customer projects simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to work independently.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, oral, written communication, and presentation skills.

Location: Remote

Compensation: $80,000 – $95,000. Compensation is based on factors including level of experience, skillset, qualifications, and location.

Incentive Bonus based on expansion of existing customer locations and achievement of Sales Targets within assigned region/brand assignments.

What We Offer:

• Career advancement opportunities in a fast-growing, supportive company environment
• Competitive pay
• Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, and disability insurance
• Opportunity to work as part of a team that values its members and works together to achieve positive change

Budderfly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

We welcome all job seekers, including those with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Company's career web page as a result of your disability.

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