Senior Sales Manager

DXC Technology Malaysia Sdn Bhd.; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services company in Malaysia is seeking a Sales Manager to lead complex IT solutions sales, focusing on large local and international deals. The ideal candidate will have 10-15 years in IT services, proven leadership in sales, and experience in Big Data or AI. Responsibilities include leading deal teams, negotiating proposals, and ensuring resource coordination. This role demands a strong industry network and strategic planning skills.

Qualifications

• 10 to 15+ years in IT service sales.
• Experience with Big Data, AI & Analytics is preferred.
• Managed 3-5 large managed services or applications deals.

Responsibilities

• Leads deal teams and represents the company to the customer.
• Responsible for assembling resources to win large deals.
• Develops deal timeline and ensures milestones are met.
• Leads negotiations for complex deals.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Strategic Planning

Sales Expertise

IT Industry Knowledge

Education

University or bachelor's degree

Advanced degree or MBA

Job description

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Responsible for selling full DXC Tech Stack to customers in Malaysia and assigned geographic territory or industry within Malaysia. Leads deal pursuit by focusing on new business or up‑selling within the accounts and securing new accounts. Requires a solid understanding of the Product and Services portfolio and the Deal Pursuit process allowing them to evaluate the customer business case and develop a compelling sales message substantiating the services value proposition. Works with all levels of the account and may manage a very large pursuit team. Works on deals that are typically very large and require complex consultative customer proposals, as well as tailoring strategy and solutions to meet the needs of the customer. These jobs focus on selling to customers, typically through work that occurs outside the company offices.

Responsibilities

• Leads deal teams and represents the company to the customer for deals.
• Responsible for assembling all required resources/skills to develop a proposal, pursue, and win large local and international deals.
• Coordinates all deal team efforts.
• Assists in opportunity qualification and risk assessment.
• Responsible for validating/endorsing the technical solution for the deal. Works with delivery to ensure that the solution design can be properly delivered.
• Develops deal timeline and ensures that the pursuit team meets deal milestones and deadlines.
• Leads pursuit team in developing and substantiating a winning value proposition that meets the needs of the customer, including analyzing critical business drivers and risks.
• Lead negotiations for large complex local and international deals.
• Proactively manages all resource requirements throughout deal pursuit.
• Helps in the transition of deal leadership to permanently assigned management to ensure seamless asset transfer, personnel transfer, technology, and process adoption.

Education And Experience Required

• Typically 10 to 15+ years in a complex IT service business environment sales, and exposure to Big Data, AI & Analytics is preferred.
• University or bachelor's degree; advanced or MBA preferred.
• Demonstrate broad knowledge of corporate policies, products, markets, and processes, and an understanding of business management principles and practices.
• Demonstrate mastery of state-of-the-art technical, functional, or business knowledge.
• Demonstrate managerial and planning skills.
• Managed successfully at least 3-5 large managed services or applications, security, and analytics deals.

Knowledge And Skills

• Unique and comprehensive industry knowledge in multiple key industry IT domains, both internal and external to the company.
• Capable of working with client to develop their high-level IT strategy and roadmap.
• Capable of entering into a dialogue about value exchange for pricing innovation or where the company is not the low-cost provider.
• Has extensive experience in developing and maintaining a strong industry network of partners and customers.

Application Questions

• What’s your expected monthly basic salary?
• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Malaysia?
• How many years of business management experience do you have?
• Which of the following types of qualifications do you have?
• How many years’ experience do you have as a sales manager?
• Do you have experience in a sales role?