Sales Manager

Channel Factory; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading marketing technology company is seeking a Sales Manager in Düsseldorf to enhance relationships with media agencies and drive revenue growth. The ideal candidate should possess 2-4 years of digital advertising sales experience and an understanding of video marketing. Responsibilities include leading sales efforts, managing client relationships, and ensuring effective execution of campaigns. Strong analytical skills and an ability to work autonomously in a dynamic environment are essential for success in this role.

Leistungen

Dynamic work environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 2-4 years of digital ad sales experience towards agencies, preferably in YouTube/video.
• Ability to lead, collaborate, and work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Lead and drive the local Sales effort.
• Market Channel Factory products to media agencies and clients.
• Manage the entire sales cycle from prospecting to closing deals.

Kenntnisse

Digital ad sales experience

Strong agency relationships

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Tools

Salesforce

DV360

AdWords

MS Office

Jobbeschreibung

Sales Manager, Germany

Channel Factory provides intelligent marketing solutions for the next generation of contextual safety, suitability, and performance for brands and agencies. Our platform helps marketers implement, automate, and scale their marketing programs across the world's largest video library, YouTube, and emerging growth channels. We sit at the intersection of marketing and suitability and have a mission of enabling the world's top brands to consciously connect with the right audience in the right context, maximizing suitability and contextual performance.

Channel Factory embodies a strong culture that values diversity, collaboration, and results. Our bias towards execution balances critical thinking, analysis, and pragmatic problem solving. We expect a lot from one another and value our thoughtful and intellectually curious company culture.

About The Role

We are looking for a highly motivated Sales Manager based in Hamburg or Dusseldorf with a passion for video marketing and execution while consistently striving to exceed the expectations of clients, team members, and co-workers.

The candidate is responsible for building and maintaining relationships mainly with media agencies, generating new business and driving revenue in a fast paced and rapidly changing industry. The candidate is a self-starter who possesses outstanding digital Sales experience and is passionate about digital media and innovation.

The Sales manager is dynamic, strategic, and analytical with experience within the video marketing sphere - on and off YouTube. They are also passionate about learning even more about video marketing offerings, digital media and capabilities of YouTube and off-YouTube platforms. Through meticulous attention to detail, they can manage multiple complex projects with ease - whether they call for organizational skills, statistical analysis, or business acumen - and is always ready and excited to put in the extra work.

We're a fast-growing team with our HQ in Stockholm. Are you ready for an exciting journey in the German market?

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive the local Sales effort.
• Market Channel Factory products media agencies and clients.
• Provide the buyers with the right tools & knowledge to advocate our service.
• Responsible for creating the sales strategy and executing it into growth opportunities and revenue together with the Management team.
• Manage the day-to-day work with Account Management team.
• Lead the way and take ownership of agencies and partnerships.
• Finds new sales opportunities through networking and develops long term partnerships mainly with media agencies and direct clients
• Manages the entire sales cycle from prospecting a new client and presenting Channel Factory's products and services to closing the deal
• Provides actionable insights and solutions to agencies based on their video advertising goals and Channel Factory's capabilities; negotiates costs and terms to secure win-win partnerships
• Takes full responsibility for agency partners: How do we expand the agency partnership? Which Channel Factory products meet their requirements best? What clients and budgets do they have? Who are key contacts?
• Educates agencies on why Brand Safety and Brand Suitability on YouTube are important and why Channel Factory's technology is superior to other options
• Forecasts, tracks, and reports sales performance including budget, timelines, probability to close etc
• Collaborates with internal Channel Factory teams (Client Solutions, AdOps and international sales teams) to oversee proper execution of campaigns and ensure alignment with the clients' campaign objectives
• Reporting to TITLE

Requirements & Qualifications

ALT 1

• Minimum 2-4 years of digital ad sales experience towards agencies (YouTube/video experience is a plus)
• Strong agency and brand relationships
• Knowledge of market research, sales, and negotiating principles
• Established relationships with agencies and brand side teams
• Ability to lead, collaborate and work autonomously in a fast-paced entrepreneurial team environment
• Effective problem-solving skills, specifically the ability to assess situations, evaluate options, make decisions, draw conclusions, and exercise judgment
• Possess understanding and ability to analyze clients' business marketing objectives, brand or ROI goals, media buying cycles, metrics for success, etc.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional communication/presentation skills
• Hold a level of knowledge regarding the different systems, DV360, AdWords, Salesforce, MS Office etc.
• Above all, possess the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, and ethics

About Channel Factory

Founded in 2010, Channel Factory is an award-winning marketing technology company that helps top global brands and agencies maximize YouTube advertising. Recognized as a technology innovator by Cynopsis and one of the fastest-growing companies by Inc., Channel Factory has served over three hundred of the Fortune 500 in delivering scalable, brand-safe, contextually aligned YouTube advertising software and services. By tapping into the deepest proprietary data pool on the market, the company enables highly customized, contextually aware, and dynamically optimized campaigns and provides industry-leading performance for a portfolio of clients across all industries.