This role will act as a coordinator for all Vanadis activities across the region with accountability for ensuring an in-depth understanding of the current pipeline, active customers, and planned installations.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement strategies by analyzing markets, competitors, and trends relevant to business growth.
- Define differentiating solutions and elements for impactful sales positioning in key markets.
- Build and maintain relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) for strategic positioning and influence under a business partnership model.
- Propose new or improved sales arguments for key end-market segments and collaborate with marketing on value propositions and content.
- Manage the Voice of Customer (VOC) process for EMEAI in key markets.
- Support business planning, performance metrics, and reporting to ensure alignment with business goals.
- Facilitate internal communication and sharing of industry trends among stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
- Provide insights and recommendations for segment products and solutions to the Pricing Leader.
- Partner with Solution Marketing to propose growth activities within each end-market, influencing sales with strategic focus and business development initiatives.
- Support the growth of the customer base and identify new customer opportunities, including new account expansion initiatives.
- Enhance PKI (Product Knowledge Index) equity through regional branding initiatives.
- Drive revenue growth and sales excellence in assigned segments, including new customer acquisition and partnership activities with KOLs.
Requested Competences
- Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent; Master’s or PhD is a plus.
- Business Skills: Motivation for sales, negotiation skills, and results orientation.
- Market and Customer Knowledge: Building relationships, managing profitability, presentation skills.
- Leadership: Ethical attitude, integrity, influencing skills, proactive mindset, responsibility, ownership, and team management.
- Global Leadership: Foster teamwork and collaboration across PKI organizations.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills, talent development, coaching, and management.
- Financial Acumen: Forecasting, understanding balance sheets and cash flow.
- Business Acumen: Market, product, customer strategies, and selling skills.
- Customer Advocacy: Define and promote value-added solutions.
- Product Knowledge: Deep understanding of PKI products, services, and end-market strategies.
- Market Intelligence: Competitor analysis and market knowledge.
- Strategic Planning: Set and exceed growth plans through organizational design.
- Change Management: Adaptability, leading major change projects, championing new ideas.