Sr Manager, Area Sales; Energyt

Position: Sr Manager, Area Sales (Energyt)
The driving force behind our success has always been the people of Aspen Tech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways - from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

The Sr Manager, Area Sales is responsible for meeting revenue goals within assigned accounts in the Energy industry within North America. This position directly manages a team of Sales Account Managers, reports to the VP, Regional Sales and works out of the Houston, Texas office.

Your Impact

Manage a group of experienced Account Managers who are geographically dispersed. This includes:

* Recruiting and hiring as required.

* Training and coaching.

* Performance Management, including dismissals, if appropriate.

* Train and coach Sales Account Managers in all aspects of the sales process and sales methodology, account management, company resource coordination, and administration.

* Provide accurate and timely sales forecasts for executive management.

* Maintain sales expenses within allocated budget.

* Coordinate with Global Account Sales Management to ensure proper account coordination and penetration in assigned accounts and sales quota achievement on a team basis.

* Coordinate with business unit management and staff to ensure proper pricing of proposed solutions and development of new campaigns.

* Coordinate opportunities with solution partners as required.

What You'll Need

* Bachelor's degree required. Business or Chemical Engineering degree is preferred

* Minimum 10 years selling enterprise software and engineering solutions required

* Chemicals market preferred

* 3 years of direct sales management experience preferred with the ability to lead, motivate, and manage sales professionals

* Familiarity with process modeling software products and services, advance process control / real time optimization, manufacturing execution systems and planning and scheduling solutions preferred.

* Executive presence and demeanor with consultative/execution relationship building selling skills a must.

* Demonstrated record of success in direct sales role

* Ability to successfully interact with C-Suite executives of clients.

* Ability to perform in a highly stressful, result-focused, environment.

* Requires 50% travel per calendar year, including overnight travel

* This position requires flexibility in work hours