Account Executive, Large Enterprise Germany

Gartner; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Gartner is seeking a Client Executive in Munich, Germany, responsible for managing relationships with global clients. The role demands over 12 years of sales experience, strong communication skills, and fluency in English and German.

The successful candidate will lead account strategies and develop trusted advisor relationships while focusing on client retention and growth. Gartner offers competitive compensation and a collaborative team-oriented culture.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of sales experience in a consultative selling environment.
• Proven success with C-Level clients in large organizations.
• Understanding of technology buying centers and procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop trust-based relationships with technology leaders.
• Lead overall account strategy and drive growth.
• Forecast sales and maintain account planning.

Skills

Sales experience

Account planning

Customer relationship building

Communication skills

Fluency in English and German

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree

Tools

CRM tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

About this role

The Client Executive is responsible for setting, directing, and executing the strategy for global clients or major regional accounts that are of substantial strategic and revenue generating importance. The Client Executive will carry a sales quota and focus on client value delivery, client retention, and new business.

What you will do

• Gain access to and develop trust based, value added relationships with senior most technology leaders and their teams in large global accounts
• Develop deep understanding of client business strategy, drivers, goals and initiatives - translating these into opportunities for the client to maximize value received and identifying new value delivery opportunities.
• Become a trusted advisor for the client across all their primary locations.
• Lead overall account and territory strategy to drive YoY growth and retention.
• Develop exemplary account solutions and license architectures – building account vision and strategy, and driving execution towards intended state.
• Orchestrate and marshal account planning and execution with cross-BU internal partners.
• Drive high activity by coordinating prospecting strategies and driving prospecting execution.
• Account management with the outcome of increased customer engagement and an increase in retention and account growth.
• Quota responsibility aligned to a specific multinational account.
• Build and demonstrate mastery of Gartner sales methodology and products.
• Drive consistent execution of Gartner’s proven best practices.
• Responsible for forecasting and forecast accuracy on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis.
• Maintain and leverage competitive knowledge & focus

What you’ll need

• +12 years of sales experience
• Track record of success in a quota-bearing consultative selling environment, preferably experience in high technology (services or software) sales.
• Proven experience owning and developing new trust-based relationships with C-Level and senior level clients and prospects in large multi-national companies -offering value added, insightful and strategic insight into their business.
• Proficient in global account planning, territory management, and developing solution/license architectures.
• Strong demonstration of intellect, drive, influencing skills, executive presence, relationship building, sales acumen, collaboration, and compelling communications.
• Proven ability to understand enterprise-wide issues and to structure innovative, integrated solutions that provide IT decision support to global companies.
• Comprehensive understanding of technology buying centers and procurement processes of large global accounts.
• Extensive and relevant industry knowledge, specific to vertical markets per territory.
• Strong presentation skills and business application proficiency (e.g. PowerPoint, CRM tools, Word, Excel, etc).
• Proficiency in navigating full lifecycle of sales process
• Fluent in English and German
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree – desired

What you will get

• Competitive salary, generous paid time off policy, charity match program, and more!
• Collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity.
• Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

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Job Requisition ID:111548