Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2009
We are looking for a National Sales Manager, covering Public Sector, for a global leader in Management and Technology Consulting .
Key Tasks & Responsibilities:
The candidate operates as the key person to develop the Romanian Public Service Market. He/she will be coordinated at a global level and will act locally as the key interface with the market. He/she has a long and proven experience in managing the sales cycle in public sector for international companies in IT and or Consulting Services and/or for Romanian big players in the same field. He/she will lead local technical resources in preparing proposal and closing contract according to company's commercial strategies and supervisor’s instructions.
Key responsibilities may include:
- Plan and prioritise company's sales in Romania, activities and customer/prospect contact - especially managing personal time and productivity
- Plan and manage the business portfolio/territory/business with a particular according to an agreed market development strategy
- Manage product/service mix, pricing and margins according to copany’s policies and supervisor’s guidelines.
- Identify public tenders addressable for company according to our offerings and strategies.
- Support the international structure and local offices in responding to public RFP.
- He/She uses his technical back ground to support sales team and to interact with clients.
- Develop new customers through appropriate propositions and ethical sales methods, and relevant internal liaison, to optimise quality of service, business growth, and customer and satisfaction.
- Use customer and prospect contact activities tools and systems, and update relevant information held in these systems.
- Plan/carry out/support local marketing activities to agreed budgets and timescales, and integrate personal sales efforts with other organized marketing activities
- Respond to and follow up sales enquiries using appropriate methods (e.g. SAP).
- Monitor and report on market and competitor activities and provide relevant reports and information.
- Record, analyze, report and administer according to systems and requirements.
- Communicate, liaise, and negotiate internally and externally using appropriate methods to facilitate the development of profitable business and sustainable relationships.
- Attend and present at external customer meetings and internal meetings with other company functions necessary to perform duties and aid business development.
- Attend training and to develop relevant knowledge, techniques and skills.
Experience and Required skills
- 5 yy Degree in Engineering or Economics
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Public Sector for international IT and / or consulting companies and / or for Romanian big players
- Proven commercial skills in the sales cycle for Public Sectors clients (amount of the projects in € )
- Proven industry and technical skills to shape opportunity and develop proposal
- Deep knowledge of Public Sector procurement process (public tenders, administrative law, litigations, etc)
- Proven relational skills with public agents
- Fluent in English
- Attitude for team working
Additional skills:
Perceived by the PS market as a business operator
Familiarity with planning and reporting tools (ERP)
Familiarity with internal and authorization procedures typical of international companies
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