Field Sales Representative, Retail/Travel/Logistics, Google Cloud

Google Germany GmbH; München; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Field Sales Representative to drive business growth within the Retail/Travel/Logistics verticals. The ideal candidate must possess a bachelor's degree, be fluent in German and English, and have 10+ years of experience in cloud or software sales. You will manage key accounts, develop strategic relationships, and advocate for innovative cloud solutions to meet customer needs. This role is pivotal in helping clients modernize their businesses and solve complex challenges.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in cloud or software sales, or B2B account management.
• Experience with large commercial and legal negotiations.
• Track record in managing partners in implementation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead business relationship and growth strategy for a key account.
• Advocate for Google Cloud's technological solutions.
• Develop business growth opportunities with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Fluent in German

Fluent in English

Account management

Negotiation skills

Cloud solutions knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Field Sales Representative, Retail/Travel/Logistics, Google Cloud

• Account-Manager/in

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Frankfurt, Germany; Berlin, Germany; Hamburg, Germany; Munich, Germany.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

10 years of experience working with quota-carrying cloud or software sales, or in account management at a B2B software company.

Ability to communicate in German and English fluently in order to manage client relationships in this region.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working across globally distributed teams internally and externally and understanding of the Travel/Retail/Logistics industries.
• Experience with large complex commercial and legal negotiations working with procurement, legal, and business teams.
• Track record in working with and managing partners in complex implementation projects, including global system integrators and packaged software vendors.
• Ability to work with sales engineers and customer’s technical leads to inventory existing software estate, define migration plans, and build business cases for migrations.
• Ability to build and leverage C-level relationships and selling cloud solutions, infrastructure software, databases, analytic tools, or application software.

About the Job

The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.

As a Field Sales Representative, you will lead the business relationship and growth strategy for a key growth account within the Retail/Travel/Logistics verticals. You will act as a trusted business partner to deeply understand the customer's unique business challenges and goals. You will advocate for the innovative power of Google Cloud to help the customer modernize their business, enhance their services, and address their most complex challenges.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Build executive relationships within a key customer, influencing long-term strategic direction and technology decisions while serving as a trusted advisor and business partner.

Become an expert on our customer's business, including their (SaaS) product portfolio, technology strategy, strategic growth plans, business drivers, financial structure, customer base, vertical market offering and competitive landscape.

Lead account strategy to develop business growth opportunities, working cross-functionally with multiple teams and Google Partners, to maximize business impact.

Manage complex business cycles, presenting to C-level executives and negotiating terms.

Drive business development, own operational excellence at scale, forecast accurately, and achieve strategic goals by leading customers through the entire business cycle.