Belgium / Account Manager
The function:
You will report to the Sales Director Belgium who's heading a small but energetic team of strikers, willing to go that one step further to meet the customers' expectations and get the deal closed.
The Belgian sales-team is supported by different corporate departments (marketing, pre-sales, legal, ...), and by a local sales support organization.
Main purpose of the role:
- You act as a responsible and mature professional to close the deal within the forecasted period by carefully managing the entire pipe-line.
- You hand over a new deal in a structured manner to the delivery organisation, and monitor closely the customer satisfaction throughout the implementation phase.
- You build a relationship based on trust with the principal decision makers within the customer list and work on a long relationship.
- You are a devote ambassador of the sales-team and its customers within the entire Porthus organization.
- You are available for and communicate with colleagues in order to achieve knowledge sharing where appropriate with the goal to serve better our customers.
- You inform the marketing and product management department on market trends and competitive information.
- You represent Porthus at events and seminars, organised together with and at the premises of your customer.
- Your targets are well defined and your salary is largely function of your achievements. As a consequence, the variable part is inspiring ...
- You ensure proactive forecasting based on detailed activity reporting via MS-CRM.
Required skills and experience:
- Ideally university graduate.
- Trilingual in Dutch / French / English.
- Successful ICT solutions sales experience (managed services & software).
- Experience in (large) deal structuring and negotiation of contracts.
- Complemented with a good general understanding or affinity with Supply Chain solutions & processes.
- Knowledge of specific target industry / vertical market is considered as an advantage (e.g. Automotive, Pharma, Chemical, Logistics, Food, Energy, Textile, etc.).
- You are very keen on personal organization and have excellent presentation skills.
Competencies required:
- Teamwork -Ability to work in a virtual team with pre-sales, business analysts and partners.
- Continuous learning - Ability to understand the customer needs and build industry knowledge.
- Drive for results - Achieve objectives by identifying opportunities and building a pipeline.
- Impact & influence - Ability to advise the customer, involve partners and steer Porthus resources. You will coordinate pre-sales activities and play a key role in handing-over the deal to our delivery organization.
- Networking & relationship building - Establish contacts at events and seminars and identify the decision makers within the customer network.
- Bias for action / initiative - Actively searches for actions/initiatives to grow the business at existing customers and prospects.
- Strategic business focus - Make value propositions to the customer and define an account & opportunity plan for accounts and prospects within the industry.
Our offer:
- A young organization, founded and headquartered in Belgium.
- A rapidly growing company in an international environment
- Possibility to develop your talents in various disciplines
- An environment where you have the possibility to take responsibility
and make things happen
To Apply:
Send your CV and application letter to:
PORTHUS NV.
Katrien Op de Beeck
Duwijckstraat 17
2500 Lier
e-mail: katrien.opdebeeck@porthus.com