Sales Director – ERP Solutions
Position Summary
MSC Consulting is seeking a high-performing and commercially driven Sales Director – ERP Solutions to lead the growth of our ERP and business applications business.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for revenue growth, sales strategy, team performance, pipeline development, key account growth, strategic partnerships, and market expansion.
The Sales Director will lead the ERP sales organisation with a strong focus on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and related solutions, including cloud ERP, AI, automation, analytics, Power Platform, integration, managed services, and digital transformation.
The role requires a leader who can set strategy, build a high-performance sales team, develop new markets, personally lead strategic deals, and create a predictable and scalable sales engine.
Key Responsibilities
1. Sales Strategy & Business Growth
- Develop and execute the overall ERP sales strategy in line with MSC Consulting's business objectives.
- Own the company's annual and quarterly ERP sales targets.
Drive growth across:New customer acquisition
Existing customer expansionERP implementation services
Cloud subscriptions
Managed services
Support contractsAI and automation solutions
Business applications and add-on solutions
- Identify new verticals, customer segments, market opportunities, and strategic accounts.
- Develop go-to-market strategies for new solutions and services.
- Establish a scalable and repeatable sales model capable of supporting long-term business growth.
- Work with management to define pricing, packaging, commercial strategy, and market positioning.
2. Revenue & Commercial Ownership
The Sales Director will be accountable for overall sales performance and commercial outcomes.
Responsibilities include:
- Delivering annual sales revenue and gross profit targets.
- Managing sales performance against budget.
- Maintaining healthy deal margins.
- Driving recurring revenue growth.
- Reviewing commercial terms for strategic opportunities.
- Negotiating key contracts and major deals.
- Ensuring sales commitments are commercially viable and operationally deliverable.
- Managing discounts and pricing within approved authority levels.
- Identifying revenue risks and implementing corrective action plans.
The Sales Director is expected to balance revenue growth, profitability, customer value, and long-term business sustainability.
3. Sales Team Leadership
4. Pipeline Development & Forecasting
- Build and maintain sufficient qualified pipeline to support revenue targets.
- Establish minimum pipeline coverage expectations across the sales team.
- Ensure opportunities are accurately recorded and maintained in CRM.
Monitor:Pipeline value
Pipeline coverage
Sales stage progression
Opportunity ageing
Conversion rates
Deal velocity
Win/loss ratios
- Ensure sales opportunities are properly qualified before significant pre-sales resources are committed.
- Provide management with accurate weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts.
- Identify forecast risks early and take appropriate action.
Sales forecasting must be based on evidence, customer engagement, commercial readiness, and realistic probability of closure.
5. Enterprise & Consultative Selling
6. Microsoft Dynamics 365 & ERP Solution Sales
Drive sales across MSC Consulting's solution portfolio, including:
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- ERP implementation and consulting
- Dynamics 365 upgrades and cloud migration
- Microsoft Power Platform
- Power BI
- Workflow automation
- AI-powered business solutions
- ERP integration
- Industry solutions
- Mobile business applications
- Managed services
- Support and maintenance services
- Business process automation
- Custom ERP extensions and applications
The Sales Director should maintain a strong understanding of the ERP market, competitive landscape, customer trends, and emerging technologies.
7. Strategic Account Management
- Develop and maintain executive-level relationships with key customers.
- Identify expansion opportunities within existing customer accounts.
- Develop account growth plans for strategic customers.
Increase customer lifetime value through:Additional modules
User expansionERP upgrades
Cloud migrationAutomationAI solutions
Managed services
Support services
- Monitor customer satisfaction and commercial relationships.
- Support the resolution of major commercial or relationship issues.
- Reduce customer attrition and increase long-term account value.
8. Partner & Ecosystem Development
9. Sales Governance & Process
10. Cross-Functional Leadership
Work closely with:
- Pre-Sales
- Functional Consulting
- Technical Consulting
- Project Delivery
- Customer Support
- Marketing
- Finance
- Operations
- Senior Management
The Sales Director must ensure strong alignment between what is sold, priced, committed, delivered, and supported.
Key Performance Indicators
Performance will be measured using both financial and operational KPIs.
Revenue Performance
- Annual sales revenue achievement
- Gross profit achievement
- New business revenue
- Existing customer growth
- Recurring revenue growth
Pipeline Performance
- Minimum qualified pipeline coverage
- Pipeline growth
- Opportunity conversion rate
- Sales cycle duration
- Average deal value
Forecasting
- Monthly and quarterly forecast accuracy
- Forecast-to-actual sales performance
- Pipeline quality
Customer Acquisition
- New customers acquired
- Strategic accounts won
- New industry sectors penetrated
Account Development
- Upsell and cross-sell revenue
- Customer retention
- Customer lifetime value
- Strategic account growth
Team Performance
- Percentage of sales team achieving quota
- Sales productivity per salesperson
- Team pipeline contribution
- Sales activity and conversion effectiveness
Recommended KPI Expectations
Subject to annual business planning, typical expectations may include:
- 100%+ annual sales target achievement
- Minimum 3× qualified pipeline coverage
- Quarterly forecast accuracy of 85–90% or above
- Achievement of agreed gross margin targets
- Growth in recurring revenue
- Increase in average deal value
- Consistent new customer acquisition
- Majority of sales team achieving individual targets
Requirements
Experience
- Minimum 10 years of B2B sales experience in ERP, enterprise software, SaaS, technology, or business applications.
- Minimum 5 years of sales leadership experience.
- Proven track record of consistently achieving substantial sales targets.
- Demonstrated experience managing enterprise ERP or complex solution sales.
- Strong experience managing multi-stakeholder and consultative sales cycles.
- Experience negotiating high-value commercial agreements.
- Experience selling to senior executives and business owners.
Experience with the following is highly advantageous:
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Dynamics 365
- SAP
- Oracle
- NetSuite
- Sage
- Acumatica
- Other ERP or enterprise software platforms
Competencies
The successful candidate should demonstrate:
- Strong commercial judgment
- Strategic thinking
- Sales leadership
- People management
- Consultative selling
- Enterprise account management
- Negotiation
- Executive communication
- Forecasting discipline
- Pipeline management
- Customer relationship management
- Business acumen
- Financial awareness
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Stakeholder management
The candidate must be comfortable discussing customer processes in areas such as:
- Finance
- Sales
- Purchasing
- Inventory
- Distribution
- Manufacturing
- Projects
- Warehousing
- Operations
- Reporting and analytics
Leadership Attributes
- Takes ownership of results.
- Is highly accountable and target-driven.
- Leads from the front.
- Is willing to personally engage in strategic deals.
- Makes decisions based on facts and commercial impact.
- Coaches rather than simply manages.
- Builds strong customer and partner relationships.
- Is disciplined with pipeline and forecasting.
- Creates urgency without sacrificing quality.
- Works collaboratively with consulting and delivery teams.
- Understands that successful selling includes protecting delivery quality and profitability.
- Can build a scalable sales organisation, not just close individual deals.
Reports To: CEO / COO
Direct Reports may include:
- Sales Managers
- Business Development Managers
- Account Managers
- Sales Executives
- Inside Sales / Lead Generation Team