Account Executive, SC SaaS Retail – EST Region US

RELEX Solutions; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supply chain software provider is seeking a Remote Account Executive with at least 5 years of success in retail technology sales. This role demands a strong ability to build customer relationships, exceed sales goals, and effectively negotiate contracts. Join a passionate team dedicated to providing innovative solutions that enhance retail operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise retail technology sales.
• Demonstrated track record of over-achieving $3M+ quotas.
• Strong skills in negotiation and contract closing.

Responsibilities

• Meet and exceed sales quotas for contracts/revenue.
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of new business opportunities.
• Manage all aspects of the sales cycle, including solution development.

Skills

Enterprise retail technology sales experience

Negotiation skills

Customer relationship management

Value-based selling

Communication skills

Tools

Salesforce.com

Job description

Account Executive, SC SaaS Retail – EST Region US

Account Executive, Retail East – Supply Chain SaaS @ RELEX Solutions

Reports to: Vice President of Sales, North America

Job purpose: Driving new logos across a territory

Employment type: Permanent, full-time

Locations: Must be located in the EST time zone of the United States – 100% REMOTE

Company Overview

RELEX Solutions is an award-winning software company dedicated to helping retail businesses become more competitive through accurate forecasting and replenishment, profitable use of retail space, impact pricing and promotions and optimized workforce planning. Our SaaS solutions enable unified retail planning across retail’s core processes: supply chain, merchandising, and store operations.

Our solutions help retailers plan better, sell more and waste less — however fast the market changes. Through our retail expertise, innovative technology and agility, we build strong, enduring, award-winning partnerships with our customers. That’s why we’re trusted by hundreds of leading brands.

We’re currently a team of 2,500+ employees working globally from offices in the US (Atlanta), UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain and our headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. We work in small teams where everyone’s input is valued. We’re passionate about what we do, we like putting our skills to the test and we make sure we enjoy the journey — because life is supposed to be fun!

Key responsibilities

• Successful Sales Achievement: Meet and exceed individual quarterly and annual quotas for contracts/revenue.
• Prospecting: Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of new business opportunities in order to meet quarterly and annual targets, including access to and alignment with the customer C-levels.
• Sales Pipeline Management: Maintain an accurate Salesforce.com pipeline of all opportunities, white-space, contacts and account history and provide appropriate communication.
• Value-Based Selling: Deliver an engaging value-based sales methodology and drive meaningful customer value for all respective stakeholders, including presenting the vision to the C-levels.
• Ethical Selling: Maybe this should go without saying, but RELEX is strongly centered around selling what we can deliver. It is at the core of our principles, and one reason we are roughly 100% customer referenceable.
• Sales Cycle Management: Manage all aspects of the sales cycle including solution development, deal term negotiation and contract closing process for new business opportunities within the territory.
• Negotiation: Negotiate contracts and agreements to ensure that appropriate expectations are being established, communicated and documented.
• Team Focus: Work collaboratively with internal teams to maintain 100% customer satisfaction, ensuring opportunities for additional business growth.

Key requirements

• Experience: 5+ years of successful enterprise retail technology sales experience in the tier one and two retail market ($500M and larger), especially in grocery, convenience, DIY, and specialty retail (non-fashion, continuous assortment).
• Successful Track Record: Demonstrable experience at complex selling to the business, and the C-level. Repeated success at over-achieving $3M+ quotas.
• Self-Starter: You must be independent, resourceful, adaptable, and achievement-oriented. The most successful sellers are entrepreneurial and develop their territory into a functioning business.
• Team Player: Open-minded, hands-on, team-oriented and down to earth communicator. Good experience interacting with inside sales, pre-sales, alliances and sales operations in a manner that creates the best outcomes for customers and the company.
• Customer-Focused: RELEX is customer satisfaction-obsessed, so the candidate needs to demonstrate that they build and maintain positive long-term, win-win relationships with clients.
• Value Seller: Must possess a value-selling DNA and a strong background utilizing value-selling tools. RELEX customers experience high ROI, and we align our solution and sales model to this.
• Good Communicator: Excellent communications skills demonstrated in customer interactions, proposals and sales communications, internal updates and sales operations reporting in Salesforce.com.
• Expert Negotiator: Good experience leading SaaS and Services contract negotiations with C-levels, technical teams and legal teams on new deals. Excellent at building predictable closing strategies that are aligned with the client.

RELEX Solutions create cutting-edge supply chain and retail planning software. Within our platforms, we have the power and potential to increase adaptability, efficiency, and sustainability in the Retail, CPG, and Manufacturing value chain. Our impact is tangible; from sustainability and eliminating waste to delighting customers and delivering great tailored tech solutions, we’re curious and passionate challenge-seekers creating the future of Retail, CPG, and Manufacturing today.

Being part of RELEX means being heard, feeling valued and knowing that you can be yourself because you belong. We believe in actions, not words, regarding diverse hiring and employment practices. We take DE&I seriously. We champion and benefit from global diversity. We’re creating and evolving our culture to welcome everyone and value every idea.

We are a global community of different cultures, voices, and experiences. We celebrate what makes us unique and connect through what we share, in an authentic and safe environment. Together we shape the future, and each other.