Strategic Account Director

6 days ago


الرياض, Saudi Arabia SAP Full time

**We help the world run better**

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

**Key Responsibilities & Tasks**

The Account _D_irector's primary responsibilities include prospecting, qualifying, selling and closing new business to existing and net new customers. The Account director brings a Point of View to the Customer engagement; uses all resources to solve customer problems with appropriate SAP products.
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Account and Customer Relationship Management, Sales and Software License and Cloud Subscription Revenue.**

1.1. Annual Revenue - Achieve / exceed quota targets

1.2. Sales strategies
- Align SAP Cloud /SaaS solutions with the customer's strategic objectives - Develops best practice account plans to ensure revenue target delivery and sustainable growth. Develop relationships in new and existing customers and leverage to drive complex strategy through complex and global organizations.

1.3. Trusted advisor - Establishes strong management and Cxx relationships based on knowledge of customer requirements and commitment to value (value of counsel and expertise, value of solutions, value of implementation expertise). Builds a foundation on which to harvest future business opportunities and accurate account information and coaching.

1.4. Customer Acumen - Actively understand each customer's technology footprint, strategic growth plans, technology strategy and competitive landscape. Review public information (e.g. new executive appointments, earnings statements, press releases) for the company and its competitors to remain updated on key industry trends and issues impacting the prospect.

1.5. Territory and Account Leadership - Lead designated territory, including accounts, account relationships, prospect profiling, and sales cycles. Encourage all accounts to become SAP references.

1.6. Business Planning - Develop and deliver comprehensive business plan to address customer and prospects priorities and pain points. Utilize VE, benchmarking and ROI data to support the customer's decision process.

1.7. ability to lead 2E2 complex transactions and initiatives with customer

**2. Demand Generation, Pipeline and Opportunity Management**

2.1. Pipeline planning - Follow a disciplined approach to maintaining a rolling pipeline. Keep pipeline current and moving up the pipeline curve.

2.2. Pipeline partnerships - Leverage support organizations including Marketing, Inside sales, Partners and channels to funnel pipeline into the assigned territory.

2.3. Leverage SAP Solutions - Be proficient in and bring all SAP offers to bear on sales pursuits including Industry Solutions, LOB solutions (CRM, SCM, HCM, SRM et. al) and technology solutions (Business Analytics, Mobility, Database and Technology, et. al). Demonstrate early adoption of all new solutions and strategies.

2.4. Advance and close sales opportunities - through the successful execution of the sales strategy and roadmap. Negotiate early and against a win/win strategy for SAP and its customers.

2.5. Support all SAP promotions and events in the territory - take an active, sales leadership role in SAP events.

**3. Sales Excellence**

3.1. Build and share best practice sales and negotiation skills.

3.2. Sell value.

3.3. Maintain White Space analysis and execution of initiatives (up sell and cross sell) on customer base.

3.4. Orchestrate resources: deploy appropriate teams to execute winning sales. Create OneSAP.

3.5. Utilize best practice sales models.

3.6. Understand SAP's competition and effectively position solutions against them.

3.7. Maintain CRM system with accurate customer and pipeline information.

3.8. Maintain and Manage Complex deals

**Experience & Educational Requirements**
- 15-20 years of experience in sales of complex business software / IT solutions
- Exceptional experience in lead role of a team selling environment.
- Demonstrated success with large transactions and lengthy sales campaigns in a fast-paced, consultative and competitive market.
- Exceptional contractual and negotiation skills.
- Business level English: Fluent
- Local language: Fluent, Business Level
- Oil &Gas Industry Knowledge

**Skills you’ll use**:
**Advanced**Professional Skills**

Deep Customer Orientation

Excellent Effective Communication

Establishing Trust

Collaboration

Results Orientation Driven

Team Lead

**Tech Industry & SAP General Skills**

Software as a Service (SaaS), PAAS and IAAS

Artificial Intelligence

Process Improvement

Technology Innovati



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