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Avanade

Digital transformation, cloud, and IT consulting.

New Business Sales Manager - Consumer Goods & Retail

Account ExecutiveUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeBerlin, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Several years of experience in new business sales, solution sales, business development, or consultative B2B sales.
  • Demonstrated success building and closing complex new-business opportunities.
  • Experience selling consulting, technology, or transformation solutions.
  • Strong understanding of the consumer goods and/or retail industry.
  • Experience developing value propositions, business cases, and executive-level pitches.
  • Confidence negotiating at C-level.
  • Experience with CRM systems, forecasting, and pipeline management.
  • Very good German and English language skills.
  • Entrepreneurial thinking and a strong results orientation.
  • Strong closing ability and a hunter mentality.
  • Ability to translate complex customer requirements into compelling business solutions.
  • Communication and storytelling skills, and confidence engaging with decision-makers.
  • Structured working style and a high degree of ownership.
  • Team orientation and enjoyment of working in international, interdisciplinary environments.

Responsibilities

  • Develop qualified leads and demand situations into viable new-business opportunities.
  • Identify new business potential at companies in the consumer goods and retail industries and position Avanade as a strategic transformation partner.
  • Own the full sales cycle, from opportunity qualification through proposal development, negotiation, and contract close.
  • Build a sustainable pipeline and ensure its continuous development.
  • Analyze prospective customers’ business challenges, transformation drivers, and strategic objectives.
  • Develop compelling value propositions, business cases, and customer-specific solution scenarios with subject-matter experts.
  • Conduct advisory and sales conversations with management and C-level stakeholders, connecting business and technology perspectives.
  • Position the Avanade portfolio to meet specific customer needs, particularly in cloud, data and artificial intelligence, business applications, customer experience, and modern workplace.
  • Coordinate interdisciplinary deal teams across sales, solutions, delivery, commercial, and industry expertise.
  • Ensure a clear deal strategy, consistent value story, and effective competitive differentiation.
  • Use professional networks and the Microsoft, Accenture, and Avanade ecosystems to identify new business opportunities.
  • Maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
  • Reliably document opportunities, activities, and forecasts in the customer relationship management system.
  • Achieve agreed revenue and bookings targets, acquire new customers, develop a strong sales pipeline, maintain forecast accuracy and opportunity conversion, and close complex new-business deals.

About the Company

Avanade

Digital transformation, cloud, and IT consulting.

Avanade helps large organizations move to digital operations using Microsoft-based solutions. It combines consulting, implementation, and managed services to deliver digital transformation, cloud migration, and optimized business processes. Its offerings are built around the Microsoft ecosystem, with partnerships with Microsoft and Accenture enabling tailored, enterprise-grade deployments. Avanade differentiates itself by aligning technology delivery with business outcomes for enterprise and public sector clients, focusing on long-term service contracts and customized design-led experiences. The company's goal is to drive efficiency, improve customer experiences, and support sustainable growth for clients through technology-enabled transformation.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Seattle, WA
Founded
2000

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