Inside Sales Client Manager

NTT; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services innovator in Johannesburg is seeking a Skilled Inside Sales Client Manager to manage relationships and drive sales within assigned accounts. The ideal candidate will have solid inside sales experience, with a focus on understanding client needs and maximizing retention. A High School Diploma or equivalent is required, along with proven sales and client engagement skills. This role is on-site and offers a dynamic working environment. Join us to help clients innovate and transform for success.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in a similar role.
• Experience negotiating with clients and vendors.
• Experience analyzing commercial information.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow relationships within assigned accounts.
• Drive client satisfaction throughout the buying process.
• Identify sales opportunities and up-sell solutions.

Skills

Sales business acumen

Sales client engagement and management

Sales solution skills

Sales pursuit

Education

Relevant High School Diploma or Certification

Job description

Make an impact with NTT DATA
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Your day at NTT DATA
The Skilled Inside Sales Client Manager has solid inside sales experience. This is a transactional role that is focused on current clients with theopportunity to engagethrough programmaticuse cases and digitalchannels to acquire theirtechnology needs .

The Skilled Inside Sales Client Manager mines for new sales opportunities within an assigned account list.

The Skilled Inside Sales Client Manager uses a proactive and systematic approach to working through the assigned account list which is done by leveraging company tools and methodologies to understand the client’s implicit and explicit needs. Key responsibilities:

• Manages and grows relationships and drives expansion and renewals across all solutions (foundational solutions primary) within assigned accounts.
• Minimizes churn and maximizes retention in assigned accounts.
• Drives client satisfaction throughout the entire lifecycle of the clients’ buying process.
• Generates demand by assisting clients to identify current needs, and then effectively articulate how the company can add value through our services and solutions.
• Uses company sales tools and methodology to effectively manage accounts, opportunities, pipelines, and forecasts.
• Presents new and additional offerings to clients.
• Communicates quotes, provides supportive sales documentation and obtains a sales order where there is an opportunity to close a sale.
• Builds relationships with clients and displays an interest in and knowledge of the client environment.
• Identifies opportunities for up-selling of solutions and services and displays superior telephone etiquette.
• Identifies sales opportunities by managing and growing revenue and expansion across solutions areas in the assigned accounts in segment 4.
• Complies with and adheres to pre-identified governance and compliance standards as outlined by the company and escalates identified problems for investigation and resolution.
• Adheres to Finance standards and procedures to reduce costs and report associated risk.

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Sales business acumen. The skills supporting successful selling through organizational and business outcome mindset. Success will require focusing on planning, leveraging tools and data, and concentrating on the company's business requirements. Developing the skills to understand the client’s business (including commercial and financial aspects) in order to bring value to them from the company's portfolio of services.
• Sales client engagement and management. The skills used to effectively manage and analyze the client throughout the client lifecycle, with the goal of improving client relationships and driving sales growth. Success will require a detailed understanding of client needs, effective sales planning, and building trust, all while managing to client expectations. Developing the skills required to know the client, building effective and lasting relationships with them, and being seen as a trusted advisor.
• Sales solution skills. The knowledge of the company's offerings, client applications, use cases, and market trends and the skill to apply them to the individual client and prospect situations that positions the sales team member as an expert client advisor. Success will require the ability to link company offerings, including high-value services to a specific client and prospect needs and outcomes.
• Sales pursuit. The skills and knowledge that enable a sales team member to create success by identifying and advancing opportunities at assigned prospects and clients. Success will require both individual ownership as well as accountability for coordinating internal and external resources in order to close sales opportunities.

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Relevant High School Diploma or Certification.

Required experience:

• Solid experience in a similar role in a similar environment.
• Solid sales and client engagement experience.
• Solid experience negotiating with clients and vendor.
• Solid experience analyzing commercial information.

Workplace type:

On-site Working

About NTT DATA
NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure, and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo.

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