Description
We are a leading global provider of enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Product Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions based in New York City. Due to our rapid growth and expansion in the North American market, we are seeking Account Executives in 3 major regions in the United States. Key cities may include New York, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
Role
Your focus will be selling our suite of cloud PLM and PPM applications and professional services to the food and beverage, specialty chemical, and personal care markets. Your duties will include prospecting, opportunity development, proposal management, presentation/demonstrations, negotiation, closing, and business expansion. Regular communication with management and team members on the status of sales opportunities, support requirements, and sales strategy will be a necessary and key factor to your success. This is a hunter role and a remote position.
Core Competencies
This exceptional career sales opportunity requires the following qualifications:
- A minimum of 2 -5 years’ sales experience in a software sales environment.
- Experience with the sale of high-value, Cloud/SaaS software solutions
- Prior selling experience to CPG, Pharma, Food &Beverage, Cosmetics or chemical industries preferred
- Strong track record of over-achievement of $1 million-plus in annual quotas.
- Ability to lead internal technical resources on sales engagements and effectively leverage company expertise to senior-level executives at the line of business and IT levels.
- Success selling high-value software and professional implementation services.
- Capacity for “hunting” and closing new business against brand name competitors, overcoming resistance to change, and developing advisory-based relationships.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, negotiation, and closing skills.
- Understanding of technical environments such as database platforms and web-based applications.
- Experience with CRM, Marketing automation software, and MS Office Applications
Education Expertise
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level in a related field.
Travel throughout the U.S and Canada as required.
We are a family-orientated company that offers a rewarding and collaborative working culture where every team member has the opportunity to contribute in a thriving environment where continuous improvement and innovation is highly valued.
Our company is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or national origin.
For the right individual, we offer the following:
- Competitive base and commission income package
- Medical, Health and Vision and Life insurance, and matching 401K
- PTO, sick time and 12 holidays
- Enormous potential for success and growth
- Ability to learn new concepts and work with new technology
- Flexible work schedule
- Talented and highly supportive team
About Sales Search International
For over 30 years, we have been introducing top-performing Software Sales Leadership to their next top Software Sales Revenue Producer. First and foremost, we deliver, and we do it with quality and speed! Our average time to fill on searches is 45-days and our candidate stick ratio is 98%. We a top-ranked software sales leadership recruiting firm and bring a 5-point competitive advantage to the table which makes such quality and speed possible.
- Proven Process – built, tested, broken and rebuilt repeatedly over 30 years
- Talent Access – largest software sales candidate database in the space
- Search Mastery – average software sales recruiter tenure is 10+ years
- Coverage – Team-Focused approach lets us touch more people faster
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