Senior Sales Executive

UKG; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 75,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is hiring for a sales role in Germany focused on end-to-end new business sales of our Cloud solutions to mid-sized to large enterprises. Fluent German is required, and the role covers outbound prospecting through closing. Occasional travel to customers and other offices is expected.

The base salary range is €75,000 - €84,000 per year, with potential for commissions and stock-based rewards. If you’re driven, customer-focused, and capable of shaping strategic outcomes, apply today.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in end-to-end sales, ideally within software sales.
• An excellent telephone manner and good communication skills are essential, together with a friendly and flexible approach.
• You must have good business and financial acumen and be able to lead on a strategic vision. As well as trusted relationship management skills
• Self-motivated and determined mindset.
• Able to fit into a working atmosphere that is very much geared towards teamwork
• New business/hunter mentality.
• Fluent German language skills

Responsibilities

• Outbound prospection and transforming leads into productive business outcomes; manage and close existing deals while cultivating, qualifying and developing new opportunities.
• Communicate UKG value proposition via phone, web interaction selling, e-mail communication and face to face meetings.
• Identify critical business issues and align UKG values accordingly.
• Effectively manage relevant stakeholders throughout all stages of the sales cycle.
• Articulate the value of UKG solutions in relation to business challenges.
• Manage multiple concurrent sales cycles within customer, tying them all together with strategic vision and focus.
• This role would include occasional travel to customers and other company offices.

Skills

End-to-end sales

Software sales

Telephone manner

Communication skills

Cold calling

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

German language

New business hunter

Job description

Why UKG:

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

About the Role

An exciting new opportunity has arisen in UKG to drive end to end new business sales of our Cloud solutions. Selling to businesses with between 200 -> 2500 employees, with a sales cycle of around 3-12 months, the role would cover all aspects of the sales cycle from outbound prospecting and inbound enquiries to customer negotiation and deal closing. Fluent German language skills is a must.

Responsibilities include

• Outbound prospection and transforming leads into productive business outcomes; manage and close existing deals while cultivating, qualifying and developing new opportunities.
• Communicate UKG value proposition via phone, web interaction selling, e-mail communication and face to face meetings.
• Identify critical business issues and align UKG values accordingly.
• Effectively manage relevant stakeholders throughout all stages of the sales cycle.
• Articulate the value of UKG solutions in relation to business challenges.
• Manage multiple concurrent sales cycles within customer, tying them all together with strategic vision and focus.
• This role would include occasional travel to customers and other company offices.

About You

• 3+ years’ experience in end-to-end sales, ideally within software sales
• An excellent telephone manner and good communication skills are essential, together with a friendly and flexible approach. Confidence in cold and prospecting activities and warm calling.
• You must have good business and financial acumen and be able to lead on a strategic vision. As well as trusted relationship management skills
• Self-motivated and determined mindset.
• Able to fit into a working atmosphere that is very much geared towards teamwork
• New business/hunter mentality.
• Fluent German language skills

Company Overview

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.

Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process

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The base salary range for this position is €75,000 - €84,000 annually, with the opportunity to significantly increase total earnings through a performance-based incentive compensation plan. The plan may provide for the payment of commissions and restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. The base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and work location. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits

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