Client Development Executive - Travel

Sutherland; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital transformation company seeks a Client Development Executive to drive new client relationships within the Travel sector. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing large, complex account sales and developing strategic engagements that enhance client satisfaction and revenue growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in new logo business development.
• Deep Travel domain expertise.
• Ability to craft transformative roadmaps for clients.

Responsibilities

• Drive new client relationships and organic growth.
• Generate $3-5M of annual revenue with new accounts.
• Manage client relationships from deal conception to closing.

Skills

Business Development

Relationship Building

Sales Strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

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About Us

Sutherland is a digital transformation company focused on delivering exceptional experience for both customers and employees

Company Description

About Us

Sutherland is a digital transformation company focused on delivering exceptional experience for both customers and employees

We work with clients across industries, including Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment, and Technology, as well as Travel, Hospitality and Logistics. Our digital backbone spans 144 countries around the world, with 61 delivery centers across 19 countries, handling over 43 million transactions a month for approximately 70 clients. We are a team of 38,000 global professionals, operationally effective, culturally meshed, and committed to our clients and to one another. We call it One Sutherland.

Job Description

Sutherland Global’ s Travel, Transportation, Hospitality & Retail (TTHL) practice is seeking a dynamic Client Development Executive to spearhead our growth and sell the full suite of Sutherland’s transformative business services and solutions into new logo organizations within the Retail space.

The CDE is responsible for selling Sutherland offerings to new logo Travel accounts where Sutherland presently has no relationships. The CDE drives new logo revenues through relationship development, quality delivery and execution of all engagement that drive organic growth and strong relationships.

An ideal CDE is passionate about developing and driving new client relationships and can successfully interact with senior executive level clients. This individual manages new revenue development and can lead complex multi-dimensional engagements that combine digital, consulting, and large technology deployments. This person is a high-energy leader with the ability to grow client relationships through presenting new strategies and innovative ideas.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Direct business development and sales activities with new relationships within a set of base accounts
• Build new business with 3-5 Travel base accounts, generating $3-5M of revenue annually
• Establish and maintain consultative sales relationships within each prospective client organization and constantly look to meet new buyers within our clients’ organization
• Identify opportunities to offer value through our new strategic services
• Thoroughly understand the client’s business, both strategic and tactical, including themes and underlying issues, and align Sutherland’s current and future capabilities to create client opportunities and solve business problems
• Sell across the suite of services, including digital transformation, IT, customer engagement, and business process transformation services
• Leverage the Travel domain expertise, technical, digital and operational knowledge to create demand and persuade prospective clients through the development and presentation of compelling value propositions and purchasing rationales
• Accountable for the client relationship from deal conception to closing
• Use financial acumen to position a value proposition for the client, as well as financial soundness for the organization, making the client confident in their choice to grow with Sutherland
  
  

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in new logo business development for $3-5M ACV entry point accounts; proven track record of achieving multimillion-dollar sales targets
• Deep and broad Travel domain expertise and industry experience
• Proven track record of building relationships of trust with new clients at the highest levels in an organization, as well as expanding beyond the initial client to grow the company’s footprint and secure winning client references
• Can craft a story around digital transformation, IT, customer engagement and business process transformation services in the context of the client’s business strategy. Must be able to develop a transformative roadmap for the client that addresses their complex problems and needs
• Experience assessing large complex global organizations, identifying, prioritizing and pursuing large TAM fields of play with transformative digitally enabled domain-led, outcome-based business process and/or business process as a service (BPAAS) solutions
• Experience selling across multiple towers of an organization; including CEO, COO, CIO, CDO, CMO, CFO, CPO organizations
• Business Process and/or IT Services sector expertise with applied experience selling solutions centered around customer experience, finance & accounting, AI/ML solutions and IT services
• Industry sector expertise with a deep understanding of core business functions and technologies; and the ability to assess a current state versus a future state business architecture, while building a value proposition and business case to transform and deliver client business outcomes
• Commercial experience, acumen and creativity in helping clients shift from per unit cost pricing models to outcome-based transactional and TCO based models
• Experience in building and executing an individual sales plan, which includes revenue forecasting, strategic account planning with action plan
• Experience leveraging strategic selling and account planning tools, such as Korn Ferry Blue and Gold Sheets
• Knowledge and understanding of the analyst and advisor community.
• An orchestrator who inspires, coordinates and leads global, matrixed deal structuring teams in multiple deal types, including TCO, multi-tower, digital, consulting, managed services, etc.
• Confident communicator and active listener with top tier skills in “telling the story” and facilitating conversation
• Strong references from key stakeholders (influencers, buyers) with global players
  
  

Education: Bachelor’s degree, MBA

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Administrative EEO Records are kept in a Confidential File and are not part of your Application for Employment or Personnel file.

Please note: Your cooperation is voluntary. Inclusion or exclusion of any data will not affect any employment decision

Additional Information

All your infAt times, government agencies require periodic reports from employers on the sex, ethnicity, handicap, veteran and other protected status of employees. The purpose of this Administrative EEO Record is for statistical analysis only and is used to comply with government record keeping, reporting, and other legal requirements. Periodic reports are made to the government on the following information. The completion of the Administrative EEO record is optional. If you choose to volunteer the requested information, please note that all

Administrative EEO Records are kept in a Confidential File and are not part of your Application for Employment or Personnel file.

Please note: Your cooperation is voluntary. Inclusion or exclusion of any data will not affect any employment decision and information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

EEOC and Veteran Documentation

During employment, employees are treated without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or handicap, or any other legally protected status.

At times, government agencies require periodic reports from employers on the sex, ethnicity, handicap, veteran and other protected status of employees. The purpose of this Administrative EEO Record is for statistical analysis only and is used to comply with government record keeping, reporting, and other legal requirements. Periodic reports are made to the government on the following information. The completion of the Administrative EEO record is optional. If you choose to volunteer the requested information, please note that all

Administrative EEO Records are kept in a Confidential File and are not part of your Application for Employment or Personnel file.

Please note: YOUR COOPERATION IS VOLUNTARY. INCLUSION OR EXCLUSION OF ANY DATA WILL NOT AFFECT ANY EMPLOYMENT DECISION.

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