THE ROLE
IGEL is looking for an upbeat, focused, and well-organized individual to join our Sales Team selling our software solutions. The Account & Partner Manager, Southern Europe (m / f / d) will identify & qualify customer inquiries, advise customers and help bring sales projects to a close. You maintain contact with customers and partners on the phone, by e-mail and at events. In addition, you are responsible to qualify, onboard and enable new partners and collaborate with IGEL’s trusted distribution partners.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Drive new business through inbound lead follow-up and account-based outbound efforts
- Full incremental quota responsibility for the customer segment 0-1000 employees
- Apply an understanding of IGEL software, sales methodology, processes and prospecting techniques and customer base to sell to end users
- Achieve sales targets and demonstrate progress towards achieving account strategies with field counterparts
- Close deals and collaborate with your territory to hit monthly quotas
- Establish relationships with field sales, presales engineers, advanced services team and renewals and onboarding specialists to maximize full potential of every opportunity
- Build and maintain relationships with partners and resellers to identify and close new business
- Establish relationships with key channel partners and our IGEL Ready partners to create pipeline and collaborate on existing opportunities
- Maintain active engagement with potential customers through creative follow-up to increase interest
- Provide accurate forecasting
- Input accurate and timely forecasts as well as opportunity updates in the IGEL CRM system for management visibility in territory pipeline
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS :
Bachelor's degree or a combination of vocational training and work experienceTwo to three years of successful B2B sales experience in inside sales or similar environment, sales experience in a software environment would be idealPhone cold calling experience preferredExperience in a high tech, indirect sales and procurement environment is preferredEffective interpersonal and organizational skillsHigh-energy, passionate, self-starter with a strong desire to ultimately move into enterprise salesDesire to work in a fast-paced environmentExceptional verbal and written communication skills in French and English