Description & Requirements
Summary:
The Senior Account Manager is responsible for Net-New sales in the Fashion & Retail Industries and will be responsible for a satisfactory Infor relationship and direct business development for new accounts. This is a huge opportunity to expand the business unit beyond the installed base.
The Account Manager shall identify and qualify Net-New sales opportunities and execute an intelligent pursuit plan to sell Infor Cloud Suite and related products to the Fashion & Retail industry. They will target a Net-New list of large enterprise organizations, while maintaining successful relationships with clients beyond the initial software sale. A challenging Subscription Software sales background is strongly desired as you position Infor Cloud Suite and related products in complex enterprise Services markets.
A Day in The Life Typically Includes:
· Articulate the Infor Cloud Suite solution value proposition and successfully communicate the competitive advantages, resources and processes to target companies.
· Work closely with prospective clients to understand their business objectives and create appropriate solution to meet their business needs.
· Develop compelling value propositions based on ROI cost/benefit analysis.
· Develop customer account strategies and tactical penetration plans and establish, document, and maintain solid communication and follow-up procedures for all assigned accounts.
· Manage a challenger sales cycle.
· Negotiate pricing and contractual agreement to close the sale.
· The successful candidate will be expected to generate five times pipeline and achieve consistent quarterly quota achievement.
Required Skills:
- In-depth knowledge and passion of Fashion Industry and/ or Retail Industry
- Experience selling enterprise software into Fashion and/ or Retail Industry (i.e. ERP, EDI, PLM)
- Awareness of and desire to understand our competition
- High energy, enthusiasm, humility, and, coachable
- Ability to establish and manage executive level customer relationships
- Desire to develop experience managing multiple complex sales cycles simultaneously
- Ability to develop business relationships with extended team members to drive sales.
- Desire to conduct professional presentations.
- Successful experience as a direct contributor carrying individual quota
- Proven sales record with large, complex Fashion & Retail accounts
- Demonstrated success in achieving $1.6m ARR+ annual quota
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5-7 Years equivalent experience in Fashion and/or Retail
- Expert knowledge of large enterprise business processes
- Willingness to Travel (up to 50 pct)
Infor Values:
Our Guiding Principles set the standard for how we work with one another. They define who we are as an organization and guide everything we do. By applying the same shared values that unleash prosperity in free societies—such as value creation, integrity, responsibility, free speech, and toleration—we encourage one another to take initiative and to challenge the status quo.
We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management™ (PBM™). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM™ prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.
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