Job Description
We are looking for a hungry, focused and resilient hunter sales person with great collaboration and sales execution skills to help grow the business across the market unit.
A net new sales executive hunting into a focused list of strategic target accounts, you will be entrepreneurial in nature and excel at building pipeline, creating and closing new opportunities. By using a consultative approach to value-based selling, you will lead with IFS's award winning products while also having access to the broader portfolio to bring value to our customers. You will use your industry knowledge and enterprise software sales expertise to identify and qualify deals, leading to sales opportunities with both new and existing customers.
The role is positioned within a high-growth market unit. This is an organization going through transformational growth (organic and inorganic). We are an ever-evolving business, challenging and disrupting the industry standards which are too often accepted by some of our competitors in the global enterprise software space.
Our go-to-market strategy is focused on geographical and key industry verticals within a matrixed sales organization.
We have Offices in Nürnberg, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart. But we are open for mobile working and home office solutions in Germany but the role requires regular presence in our Sales Hub in Düsseldorf (1-2 days per week).
Responsibilities:
1. Strong sales execution and continued sharpening of these skills
2. Prepare, update, own and execute the Go -To- Market Strategy for nominated industries
3. Prepare, own, and maintain Territory Plan for target vertical
4. Prepare Account Plan including deal action cards, mutual evaluation plans, and power maps for named accounts
5. Own the end-to-end sales process including demand generation, understating customer needs, agreeing a mutual evaluation process, owning the RFI/RFP process, building a business case for change and winning business, and utilizing resources within a matrix organization to get the job done.
6. Work with partners to better penetrate into your accounts, creating joint sales plays that accelerate deal cycles and maximize value while providing strong delivery plans that lead to happy referenceable customers
7. Owning the annual sales targets and delivering as per the quarterly budget
8. Continued pipeline building and demand generation activities to achieve 4x pipeline coverage
9. Liaison with Sales leadership and Global teams to build a strong internal network and collaboration
10. Manage and maintain complete CRM and Account hygiene, at all times, along with sales cadence, administration and reporting to ensure accurate forecasting
Qualifications
You will demonstrate:
11. In-industry, enterprise software sales quota-carrying sales cycle delivery across the assigned geographical market within the assigned industries and accounts across the market unit
12. An entrepreneurial mindset with innate curiosity and resilience
13. Willingness and appreciation of the sales process including cadence, forecasting and accurate reporting
14. Proven ability to consistently meet and over-achieve quota
15. Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and a local language relevant to the market geography
16. Comfort working within a matrix organization, building relationships, and finding support to get the job done.