Key Account Manager

Zoho Corporation Europe; Essen; Vor Ort; EUR 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading cloud software company in Essen is seeking a Key Account Manager to manage and grow a portfolio of medium-sized clients. The ideal candidate should have 2-3 years of business development experience in a software/SaaS environment, along with strong communication skills and the ability to effectively manage client relationships. This role offers competitive benefits including a monthly transport subscription and company lunches.

Leistungen

28 days holiday

Company lunch provided

Monthly Train card Subscription

Company-paid travel insurance

Qualifikationen

• 2 to 3 years of business development experience in a software/SaaS background.
• At least 1 year of account management experience managing SME companies.
• Proven track record of growing business from existing customer accounts.

Aufgaben

• Manage and grow portfolio of medium-sized clients.
• Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts.
• Collaborate with internal teams for customer satisfaction.

Kenntnisse

Communication skills

Consultative selling

Customer relationship management

Business development

Fluency in English and German

Tools

CRM software

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

Zoho is a privately held, bootstrapped and profitable cloud software company. We aim to become one of the largest B2B SaaS providers worldwide committed to solving business problems through our deep technology expertise and superior customer experience. We believe in experimentation, iteration, and following your instincts.

We are looking for passionate individuals who excel at building meaningful, long-term relationships and empowering businesses to thrive. As a Key Account Manager at Zoho, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of medium-sized clients, ensuring high renewal rates, identifying opportunities for upselling and cross‑selling, and driving greater adoption of our extensive product suite. If you are motivated by a customer‑centric environment and eager to make a tangible difference, we would love to hear from you!

In this role, you will :

• Take full ownership for the growth, satisfaction, and retention of your assigned SMB customer portfolio.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities within existing accounts to achieve upgrade and cross‑sell revenue goals.
• Create, maintain and execute an account plans for these accounts and coordinate with appropriate internal domain experts for delivery.
• Uncover and mitigate any risk that threatens your customers; growth, satisfaction, or renewal.
• Resolve issue escalations, if needed, working closely with our support, product and engineering teams.
• Collaborate with customers implementation partner, wherever needed to achieve overall satisfaction with the solution and create a trusted 3 way partnership between customer, partner, and Zoho.
• Use solution selling expertise to respond optimally to customer needs and help them realize business value from adopting Zoho's suite of products.
• Strengthen client relationships through regular engagements and face‑to‑face meetings.
• Forecast and track key account metrics (e.g. renewal, upgrades and pipeline).
• Build a solid base of reference‑able customer contacts.

Requirements

2 to 3 years of business development experience in a software / SaaS background, with at least 1 year of account management experience managing SME companies.

Prior experience in selling SaaS applications such as CRM, ERP, Accounting and HRMS is preferred.

Proven track record of growing business from existing customer accounts and consistently exceeding revenue targets.

Ability to deliver effective presentations and product demos highlighting the key value proposition.

Strong communication, interpersonal and consultative skills.

Comfortable working independently in a distributed and remote environment.

Open to travel domestically for customer meetings.

Comfortable using tools such as CRM for process management and reporting.

Fluency in English and German (native) speaker is mandatory for this role.

Benefits

28 days excluding public holidays and statutory holidays.

Company lunch provided for when employee is in the office.

Monthly Train card Subscription.

Company‑paid travel insurance for business purposes.

Opportunity to work with a global team and contribute to the growth of a leading technology company.

It is important for the applicant to hold a national or EU passport, have a valid work authorization and be within commutable distance. The successful candidate will be subjected to background verification in compliance with the national legislation and market standards.

Join Zoho Corporation Europe today and be part of a company that is revolutionising the way businesses operate.

Together, let's shape the future of business software!

Keywords

Account Management, SaaS, German Speaking, Consultative Selling