
Strategic Account Manager London, England
Job description
- Building an effective account strategy to develop key strategic Hyperscale Data Centre client relationship(s).
- Developing and managing profitable sales growth using an advanced level of sales skills, industry knowledge and business acumen.
- Strengthening and maintaining contact with account(s) at a high, often executive level, focusing on the strategic nature of the relationship.
- Managing sales activities for named accounts rather than an assigned territory.
- May be a team leader and/or provide professional leadership and coordination for a team supporting key strategic accounts.
- Accountable for the execution of the Hyper scale strategic account plans.
- Managing or may be team leader for a group of experienced Strategic Account Managers.
- Managing the joint-strategic account planning process with Strategic Account Managers, Outside Sales Representatives, sales management, and other internal participants.
- Establish and holds team accountable for annual goals and priorities, with guidance from upper management.
- Providing guidance on securing new customers/growing existing customers with Global Accounts agreements.
- Holding regular, scheduled account reviews, identifying and resolving problems.
- Maintaining productive, long-term relationships with key accounts at the executive level.
- Creating and implementing new tools and process improvements to support departmental strategy, with support from senior management.
- Coaches salespeople to sell strategically at the right levels.
Job requirements:
- High School Degree or Equivalent
- Bachelors Degree - Sales, Business Administration, Engineering, or relevant field
- Strategic sales and/or large account management experience/8+ years
- Understanding of the Data Centre industry
- Experience maintaining and developing key relationships/8+ years
- Proven success in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques, production methods and management of people and resources.
- Strong verbal, written, analytical, persuasion and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to influence others outside of own level regarding policies, practices, and procedures.
- Demonstrated leadership, teamwork, and flexibility.
- Proficiency with CRM software and Microsoft Office.
Preferred Experience:
- People management and/or large program management/2 years
- Executive level selling experience, related industry preferred/2 years.
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