Sales Origination – Senior Manager

We are:

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People in the Sales career track play a key role working as part of our account team to grow pipeline and sales by originating, identifying, managing, and closing sales opportunities across a range of Accenture Cloud offerings, including cloud strategy, cloud-native development, migration & modernization, and cloud managed services. They progress by deepening sales skills, developing new skills, and evolve into more complex sales roles on larger opportunities.

Sales professionals drive the sales process and outcomes on a dedicated basis, growing a profitable pipeline and/or backlog of sales, through deal origination, sales negotiations, and closure.

You are:

Sales Execution professionals involve multiple activities like targeting the right clients, grow quality pipeline, win profitable deals, and manage sales activities with the objective of creating mutually beneficial, trust-based relationships that create value.

Sales Pursuit and Closure professionals represent individuals who handle and close opportunities, using deep sales process, industry knowledge, and offering expertise, through the establishment of a win strategy, ongoing qualification, coordinating all required internal approvals, identification of required resources, management of the solution/proposition development, management of client interactions during the sales process and facilitating the negotiations and closing activities. Develop relationships with key buyers and decision-makers at new and/or existing clients; protect and grow the business. Act as point of contact for resolution and escalation of all key items with the client and internal POC’s/decision makers.

The work:

• Provides solutions to complex business problems for area(s) of responsibility where analysis of situations requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives.

• Involved in setting strategic direction to establish near-term goals for area of responsibility.

• Interacts with senior management levels at a client and/or within Accenture, which involves negotiating or influencing on significant matters.

• Has latitude in decision-making and figuring out objectives and approaches to critical assignments.

• Decisions have a lasting impact on the area of responsibility with the potential to impact outside area of responsibility.

• Manages large teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture.

• Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 25 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here's what you need:

• Minimum of 8 years Originating, Shaping & Closing complex front office transformation solutions (Marketing, Commerce, Sales, Customer Service) for a major global consulting firm or boutique consulting firm

• Minimum of 5 years shaping, solutioning, and negotiating large complex, creative, and innovative deals

• Minimum of 2 years experience in direct sales with quota of $10M.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience).

Bonus points if you have experience in:

• Knowledge of the marketplace and delivery of Salesforce solutions

• Driving high-value Multi-Tower Deals

• Experience with senior executive client relationship building and relationship management.

• Experience in managing and navigating Salesforce enterprise sales teams.

About Accenture

We work with one shared purpose: to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Every day, more than 775,000 of us help our stakeholders continuously reinvent. Together, we drive positive change and deliver value to our clients, partners, shareholders, communities, and each other.We believe that delivering value requires innovation, and innovation thrives in an inclusive and diverse environment. We actively foster a workplace free from bias, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and is respected and empowered to do their best work.At Accenture, we see well-being holistically, supporting our people’s physical, mental, and financial health. We also provide opportunities to keep skills relevant through certifications, learning, and diverse work experiences. We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the World’s Best Workplaces™.Join Accenture to work at the heart of change.

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