New Business Sales & Account Management – Software solutions recruitment
Allegro is a leading provider of energy trading and risk management (“ETRM”) software solutions. Allegro provides transparency and efficiencies across the front, middle, and back offices, by leveraging advanced technologies like Service-Oriented Architecture (“SOA”), grid computing, .NET, and Web Services.
With more than 27 years of steady growth and deep industry knowledge, Allegro is here to stay. Our ETRM software solutions support some of the largest energy and trading companies worldwide, encompassing all energy commodities. Allegro equips customers with the right tools to solve daily challenges. Allegro is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and serves customers worldwide with offices in Calgary, Houston, London, Singapore, Sydney and Zurich.
Allegro seeks to hire an experienced Senior Account Executive / Software Sales Executive in Zurich or London. The Senior Account Executive (SAE) participates in a team-selling environment, providing the Customer with a primary point of contact within Allegro. In this capacity, the SAE will assume the ownership role for their assigned accounts and drive the identification and qualification of opportunities while executing account strategy and generating license, support and services revenues. In addition, the SAE will facilitate and maintain successful relationships with customers, which will be measured by their reference ability, customer satisfaction levels, increased revenue levels and overall account penetration. This senior sales person will be selling Allegro's products and services in to European territories. Challenges of the position include:
- Identify, pursue and close new sales opportunities through the successful execution of Customer Experience Management (CEM).
- Position Allegro to win new business within the account by developing, communicating and driving effective selling strategies that are based on valid, customer-specific value propositions.
- Routinely discuss and communicate opportunity plan sales strategy with other members of the virtual account team, as well as Allegro field and corporate management.
- Maintain an accurate and documented pipeline of opportunities (prospects and suspects) within Allegro CRM and provide appropriate communication of such to Allegro management.
- Provide Allegro sales management with accurate and timely sales forecasts within Allegro CRM to ensure proper visibility of new business within Allegro to optimize effective resource planning throughout the Allegro organization.
- Continuously gather knowledge of competitors and how to effectively position Allegro solutions against them.
- Leverage and effectively communicate Allegro’s solutions within the accounts to broaden Allegro’s presence and create new opportunities.
Qualifications for consideration:
- An enthusiastic self-starter with proven problem solving skills.
- Fluency in German, French or any other languages spoken in central Europe would be a decided advantage
- Proven track record selling complex software solutions (trading platforms, risk management software)
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Dynamic presentation skills and the ability to train others.
- Experience in information technology market (software, hardware, services)
- Specific ENERGY experience in Central Europe would be a decided advantage
- Experience in lead sales role within team selling environment within enterprise software market is required
- Exposure to virtual account team selling environment.
- General familiarity with consultative selling training methodologies.