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Lead Account Executive
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead Account Executive
Freshworks
• Develop a strategic plan to source and develop business opportunities within your assigned territory and to exceed your sales goals through stakeholder mapping, prospecting, qualifying, and closing opportunities • Cultivate relationships with executive-level decision-makers and strive to become a trusted advisor and a partner at your named accounts • Generate specific opportunities at each enterprise account in response to customer requirements and unaddressed pain points • Communicate constantly with other departments such as marketing and pre-sales regarding the design and execution of campaigns to improve our internal and external processes • Use and administer available resources effectively, e.g. steering the business development and presales representatives to reach your individual sales goals. • Provide regular reporting of pipeline and forecasting to the Sales Manager • Travel to customer locations and customer-focused events regularly • Educate yourself to become an expert in SaaS products, CRM systems, and our product suite
Job Requirements
- A diploma or Master’s degree is desirable
- Minimum 5-7 years of sales experience; preferably in an outbound/field executive SaaS software sales environment.
- Domain knowledge in the field of SaaS, CRM, or ITSM is advantageous
- Experience managing the sales cycle from business champion to the C-level
- Showed consistent overachievement of sales goals in a large geographic territory, selling a technical product
- The high degree of customer orientation, negotiation of business terms in line-of-business, procurement teams, and senior management
- Experience managing and closing complex sales cycles; being an expert in managing sales cycles with 60-90+ days
- Highly motivated, with a driven personality and a positive attitude toward sales and CRM products
- Willing to go the extra mile with a strong work ethic; self-directed and resourceful
- Project credibility with knowledge of the customer service domain and the potential of the cloud as a game-changer in the enterprise.
- Understand complex customer requirements on both a business and technical level
- Fluency in English is a must.
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