Account Executive | Retail & CG (Strategic)

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About the team

We oversee our largest Retail & Consumer Goods Customers in Germany. Our goal is to build strong partnerships and make our customers successful with the power of our Customer 360 Platform

We are currently looking for a curious and driven Strategic Account Executive with knowledge of technology and solid business-to-business Sales and Account management experience as well as project management skills and a strong can-do attitude. In this strategic role you sell our entire portfolio of products across a Retail & Consumer Goods aligned patch of some of our most important Fashion brands preferably based in Munich or Southern German regions.

Your impact:

• As part of our Enterprise Sales team you will be selling to one or few of our top enterprise Retail & Consumer Goods customers (key Fashion brands)
• You will build and implement an account plan to deliver maximum revenue potential together with an extended Sales team
• You will be responsible to manage and orchestrate the extended Salesforce team across the entire complex sales-cycles from lead generation to to C-level executives the value of our full suite of applications
• You will take ownership to forecast sales activity and revenue achievement, while creating satisfied customers
• You will evangelize the salesforce vision through product demonstrations, in-market events, and account specific initiatives and serve as the key Salesforce representative for your customers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid track of solution selling experience and profound Retail & Consumer Goods knowledge
• Ability to map out and strategically define account plans for top tier accounts
• Effectively manage and optimize internal and external networks
• Success in building relationships with an ability to grow and nurture partnerships
• Excellent at leveraging C-level stakeholders
• Exhibits characteristics of self-starting, risk taking, and a drive to succeed
• Ability to negotiate large and complex deals via analytic understanding and negotiation strategy
• Must be proficient in both English & German

Benefits:

• Very competitive compensation package with uncapped commission and employee stock purchase plan
• Ramp up schedule including training boot camp at hire and continuous sales and product training
• Extensive benefit package incl. substantial self and career development programs as well as wellbeing reimbursement and attractive parental benefits to support your individual family needs

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