Full-Time

Account Executive

Tarkett

Tarkett

5,001-10,000 employees

Produces flooring and sports surfaces

No salary listed

Minneapolis, MN, USA

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Cold Calling
Computer Networking
CRM

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Requirements
  • Three or more years of sales-related experience is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or another related field is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Responsibilities
  • Develop new prospects and maintain relationships with existing customers to increase territory market opportunities.
  • Present Tarkett's portfolio of soft surface and resilient commercial products to address varied applications, aesthetics, and budget requirements.
  • Make daily sales calls, prospect for viable new accounts, and ensure products and services meet customer satisfaction expectations.
  • Develop a territory account list prioritized by annuity account potential, sales volume, and potential project size.
  • Identify new projects through research, networking, cold-calling, and deeper relationships with current clients.
  • Work directly with clients to identify appropriate product solutions and partner with architecture and design and distribution sales teams to convert opportunities into sales and potential annuity standardization programs.
  • Update the customer relationship management database with pertinent customer, project, product, and pricing information.
  • Meet financial and other established objectives.
  • Manage and establish distribution and flooring contractor business plans.
  • Develop proposals based on market pricing strategies and available purchase vehicles, including contracts, group purchasing organizations, and buying agreements.
  • Review daily order entry, confirm customer and segment data, and follow through to ensure shipments meet client requirements.
  • Provide weekly sales and market updates to regional and territory leaders, including competitive activity, product trends, promotional activity, and progress toward key performance indicators.
  • Follow up on installation schedules and post-installation inspections to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Address customer quality issues immediately and facilitate local solutions or solutions with operating management at division headquarters.
  • Create and sell territory-specific promotions and merchandising programs.
  • Execute sales blitzes and product launches.
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders, including account executives, segment-specific marketing teams, marketing, and customer service, to deliver strong customer experiences.
  • Represent Tarkett professionally when engaging contractors, distributors, architects, design firms, and end users.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in the flooring or building materials industry is preferred.

Tarkett is a French multinational that makes flooring and sports surfaces for commercial, residential, and sports projects. It offers vinyl, linoleum, carpet, rubber, wood, laminate, and synthetic turf, along with installation, maintenance, and recycling services. Through its ReStart program, it recycles end-of-life flooring into raw materials and targets 30% recycled content by 2030. The company differentiates itself with a broad product range and turnkey project solutions, plus a sustainability focus recognized by EcoVadis and CDP, aiming to provide people-friendly products with planet-friendly materials.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

1880

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What believers are saying

  • September 2, 2026’s In the Making launch refreshes Tarkett’s education and workplace pipeline.
  • ReStart collected 129,000 tons of flooring through 2025, lowering raw-material dependence.
  • The 2025 buyout by Tarkett Participation gives the Deconinck family stronger control and execution speed.

What critics are saying

  • Tarkett delisted from Euronext Paris on December 23, 2025, cutting public-market discipline.
  • Installers and healthcare plaintiffs keep pursuing damages from the 2017 French competition case.
  • Middlefield’s 92 layoffs and U.S. consolidation signal margin pressure and brittle North American demand.

What makes Tarkett unique

  • Tarkett’s ReStart spans 29 countries and eight recycling centers as of April 2026.
  • Tarkett still leads multi-product flooring with vinyl, carpet, linoleum, wood, and sports surfaces.
  • Its 2026 EcoVadis Platinum rating places Tarkett in the top 1% globally.

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Company News

FCNews
Sep 2nd, 2026
Tarkett debuts 'In the Making' carpet collection.

Tarkett debuts 'In the Making' carpet collection. September 2, 2026 Solon, Ohio - Tarkett has launched In the Making, a new carpet collection designed for education and workplace environments. The collection draws inspiration from the creative process and the ways ideas gradually take shape. It includes three patterns: Traced, Preparation and Gestural. "Rooted in restraint and nuance, In the Making captures the conscious contemplation where creativity is formed," said Omoleye Simmons, vice president of design for Tarkett North America. "Each style is an exploration of subtle movement, softened geometry and textural depth - bringing rhythm, balance and visual interest without overwhelming the space." Tarkett offers the three styles in 12 colorways. Each is available in ethos carpet tile, Flex-Aire cushion carpet tile and Powerbond hybrid carpet. Three patterns inspired by the creative process. Traced features a layered, cross-directional linear pattern. The design creates a textural grid with subtle movement. Tarkett drew inspiration from the marks and imprints left behind during the creative process. Preparation uses an abstract, deconstructed linear pattern to create movement and layered texture. Its hand-painted aesthetic brings a contemporary look to commercial interiors. Gestural translates expressive, freeform mark-making into a modular pattern. Scattered rectangles and rhombus-like shapes create a less structured composition designed to evoke spontaneity. Multiple performance options. All three styles are available in three constructions, giving designers options for different performance and comfort needs. Powerbond hybrid carpet is designed for demanding environments. It provides durability, moisture management and ease of maintenance. Chemically welded seams create a wall-to-wall impermeable moisture barrier. Powerbond RS was the world's first Certified Asthma & Allergy Friendly soft surface flooring, according to Tarkett. Testing showed dry vacuuming can remove 95% of allergens. Ethos carpet tile is designed for high-traffic spaces that require easier installation. It is non-PVC, Cradle to Cradle Certified Silver v. 5.0 and Declare Red List Free. It also contains up to 78% recycled content. Tarkett can recycle the ethos backing into new material through its ReStart take-back and recycling program. The product also features Omnicoat Technology. The barrier helps prevent moisture, pH or previous adhesives from affecting installation. Flex-Aire cushion carpet tile combines durability with underfoot comfort. Tarkett designed it for environments where people stand or walk for extended periods. Its construction also helps keep liquids and soil at the surface for easier cleaning. Powerbond, ethos and Flex-Aire use Dynex SD, a premium cationic nylon made with 100% recycled fiber resin. Tarkett also treats the products with Eco-Ensure, a fluorine-free soil protection technology. Eco-Ensure holds a Cradle to Cradle Certified Material Health Certificate at the Gold level. The technology helps resist soiling from oils and organic materials while supporting low-VOC emissions. The entire In the Making collection is part of Tarkett's ReStart take-back and recycling program.

GlobeNewswire
Apr 24th, 2025
Tarkett Increases Buy-Out Offer to €17

Tarkett Participation has increased its public buy-out offer for Tarkett shares from €16 to €17 per share, representing a premium of 40.6% and 46.1% over the 20 and 60-day average share prices, respectively, and a 25.5% premium over the last closing price before the offer on February 20, 2025. The Supervisory Board and an independent expert have endorsed the offer as fair, recommending shareholders tender their shares. The offer is subject to AMF review.

MarketScreener
Jul 8th, 2021
Wendel (ENXTPA: MF) and Societe Investissement Deconinck completed the acquisition of unknown minority stake in Tarkett S.A..

Wendel and Societe Investissement Deconinck offered to acquire 49.1% stake in Tarkett S.A. for approximately €640 million on April 23, 2021. Under the terms, offerors will pay €20 per...