Sales Director - Installed Base

Ifs1; Paris; Sur place; EUR 120 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

IFS seeks a Sales Director Installed Base France to lead a high-performing team and drive revenue across Software License, Cloud Subscriptions, and services. You will develop account plans, nurture executive relationships, and align resources to deliver value to customers.

The role requires strategic leadership, deep B2B enterprise sales experience, and the ability to recruit and coach a team, manage complex opportunities, and partner with Marketing and Partners to maximize pipeline.

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent professional qualifications.
• At least five years track record as a sales leader in complex B2B.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong account planning and pipeline management.

Responsabilités

• Lead and motivate a high-performing sales team to drive revenue in France.
• Develop and execute account plans to meet quota and growth.
• Manage pipeline, forecast, and closing of new and existing business.
• Build executive relationships with C-level customers and partners.
• Recruit, onboard and develop sales talent to exceed targets.

Connaissances

Leadership

Account management

Strategic sales planning

Prospecting & closing

Stakeholder management

Formation

University degree or equivalent

Outils

CRM software

Description du poste

The Sales Director Installed Base France primary responsibilities include leading and motivating a high performing team whose priorities include prospecting, qualifying, selling and closing new business to existing and net new customers with high potential. The Sales Director brings a Point of View to the Customer engagement; uses all resources to solve customer problems with appropriate IFS products and Services. The Sales Director has accountability for increasing revenue of all IFS solutions through Software License, Cloud Subscription Revenue and Customer Engagement and retention activities.

Account and Customer Relationship Management, Sales and Software License and Cloud Subscription Revenue as well as generating revenue through partners

• Annual Revenue - Achieve / exceed quota targets.
• C-Level access - ability to access C-Levels, involving IFS Executive Sponsors.
• Sales strategies - Develops effective and specific account plans to ensure revenue target delivery and sustainable growth. Develop relationships in new and existing customers and leverage to drive strategy through organization.
• Political acumen - ability to understand Customer's powermap, internal and external influencers.
• Trusted advisor - Establishes strong management and Cxx relationships based on knowledge of customer requirements and commitment to value (value of counsel and expertise, the value of solutions, the value of implementation expertise). Builds a foundation on which to harvest future business opportunities and accurate account information and coaching.
• Customer Acumen - Actively understand each customer's technology footprint, strategic growth plans, technology strategy and competitive landscape. Review and analyze public information (e.g. new executive appointments, earnings statements, press releases) for the company and its competitors to remain updated on key industry trends and issues impacting the prospect.
• Territory and Account Leadership - Lead designated territory, including accounts, account relationships, prospect profiling, and sales cycles. Encourage all accounts to become IFS references.
• Business Planning - Develop and deliver comprehensive business plan to address customer and prospects priorities and pain points. Utilize benchmarking and ROI data to support the customer's decision process.

Demand Generation, Pipeline and Opportunity Management

• Pipeline planning - Follow a disciplined approach to maintaining a rolling pipeline. Keep pipeline current and moving up the pipeline curve.
• Pipeline partnerships - Leverage support organizations including Marketing, inside sales, Partners to funnel pipeline into the assigned territory.
• Leverage IFS Solutions - Be proficient in and bring all IFS offers to bear on sales pursuits including Industry Solutions, LOB solutions (ERP, EOI, Enterprise Asset Management and MRO) and technology solutions (Business Analytics, Mobility, Technology, et. al)
• Advance and close sales opportunities - through the successful execution of the sales strategy and roadmap.
• Support all IFS promotions and events in the territory

Sales Excellence

• Sell value based on business process knowledge.
• Define and position IFS Unique Business Value to address Customer requirement and v's competitors.
• Qualify opportunity (business driver, compelling event), competition, power map and decision process.
• Involve and maintain a Partner Ecosystem to secure business.
• Create, maintain and leverage the Customer Account Plan to expose, share and develop IFS vision for the customer, both inside IFS as well as with partners and ultimately with the customer.
• Maintain White Space analysis and execution of initiatives (up sell and cross sell) on customer base.
• Orchestrate resources: deploy appropriate teams to execute winning sales.
• Utilize best practice sales models.
• Understand IFS' competition and effectively position solutions against them.
• Manage a team to operate based on a CRM system with accurate customer and pipeline information. Support in sales process efficiency and create execution excellence.

People Leadership

• Drive long term employee success with a focus on coaching, development, and building a high-performance team
• Full ownership for recruiting, onboarding and training new team members
• Position the team to grow successfully beyond its current targets, increasing the revenue of the team year on year.
• Displays passion on the job: act as a role model for the team, show authentic behavior, demonstrate best practices and encourage team members to grow and overachieve, ensuring successes are shared and celebrated
• Develops salesperson competence and capability, working in partnership with the Academy to continuously improve internal programs
• Pro-actively addresses any performance issues, working in partnership with Country HR

University degree, or equivalent professional qualifications, in a field relevant for the functional area or responsibility.

At least a five years track record as a sales leader in complex B2B