Mid-Market Account Executive, Amazon Business - Québec Vertical
DESCRIPTION
Account Executives are responsible for building and managing their book of business leveraging solution-selling, traditional and digital prospecting tactics, and supporting long-term strategic customer relationships. The primary areas of responsibility include prospecting, expert knowledge of features and products to create a personalized solution for each institution (feature adoption), and developing relationships with buying decision makers across functional areas such as Information Technology, Facilities, and more.
Account Executives will ensure recommended solutions meet our customer’s procurement needs and will recommend approaches and alternatives that fit their environment, including but not limited to contracting and competitive requirements unique to public institutions, eProcurement integration, advanced payment, and automated reconciliation processes. The candidate will work closely with customers to manage deployment and ensure that our solutions are successfully adopted.
The ideal candidate will have relevant consultative sales experience, a proven track record of meeting and exceeding goals and revenue targets and speak French fluently (bilingual).
Key job responsibilities
Owns all facets of the account management process for accounts within the assigned territory.
• Assumes ownership of the pipeline and exerts influence over the demand generation sourcing process.
• Meets or exceeds targets for prospecting and acquiring new customers, as well as managing customer accounts.
• Engages with customers up to the VP/SVP level, including roles such as CPO and Head of Indirect Procurement.
• Demonstrates the ability to articulate, discuss, and contribute to the customer's procurement strategy and key focal points.
• Capable of successfully concluding customer negotiations involving various stakeholders.
• Is familiar with Procurement Business Processes ("Purchase-to-Pay").
• Has knowledge of ERP systems (Coupa, SAP, Oracle, MSFT), e-Procurement Systems, and other solutions (Single-sign-on, e-invoicing).
•Prepares strategic account plans and written narratives for internal executives and stakeholders
•Drives periodic innovation aimed at enhancing customer satisfaction.
•Collaborates closely with professional services, marketing, merchandising, business development, customer service, and other key internal Amazon stakeholders.
About the team
Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion dollar global business. At Amazon Business, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech and retail in the B2B space developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations reimagine buying. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Join us in building and celebrating the value of Amazon Business to buyers and sellers of all sizes, unlocking our potential worldwide.
With the recent launch of Amazon Business in Canada, we are expanding our North American sales team to make buying even easier for Canadian business customers across all verticals. Companies can now easily manage their procurement needs and purchase supplies through Amazon Business and Business Prime.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 3+ years of sales or marketing work (like e-commerce, retail technology, SaaS) or equivalent experience
- Bilingual Proficiency required (English and French)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of inside sales experience
- Knowledge of procurement and source to pay methods at small and medium businesses
- Experience influencing at all levels within an organization, particularly at the executive level
- Experience exceeding sales targets using a consultative, solutions-focused approach or equivalent
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