Senior Account Executive - Commercial

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The Commercial sales team is hiring a Senior Account Executive to assist customers and prospects in shaping their data and AI strategies and modernizing their solutions.

The role involves a proven understanding of business challenges, presenting SAS solutions, and building relationships with key accounts in the Commercial Services market with an initial focus on Travel & Transportation –across the BE/NL region. The focus will be on driving growth in the sector by leveraging existing relationships and creating new ones. This position offers a chance for an experienced sales professional to drive strategic enterprise accounts.

You will drive successful outcomes, learn from industry leaders, and make a lasting impact by turning complex challenges into meaningful solutions.

The role can be hybrid based from our offices in either Belgium (Tervuren), Netherlands (Huizen) or UK (London) and may require traveling as per business needs.

• Be responsible for achievement of total software revenue target and management business objectives.
• Engage with targeted customers and prospect accounts to position SAS solutions.
• Develop strategies to modernize customer engagement for strategic clients.
• Build and maintain relationships, influencing long-term strategies and engaging with C-level decision-makers.
• Provide expertise in industry, business, and marketing technology to close deals in your assigned territory.
• Support lead-generation activities and integrate strategies into account plans, qualifying based on business and technical fit.
• Develop opportunities and create compelling proposals to communicate the value of SAS solutions, collaborating with internal teams
• Support the closure of complex sales and assist with pricing and licensing negotiations.

• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

• 8 years+ of experience in selling complex SaaS software solutions and services to both business and IT stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in opening new logos and developing Enterprise accounts.
• Demonstrated experience in account mapping and in navigating in complex ecosystem.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate territory dynamics and develop a sales plan; ability to communicate technical and business concepts and relate them to SAS applications and user needs; ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of SaaS complex solution sales ideally with an awareness of data analytics, AI and Generative AI trends.

• Experience in areas like Customer Engagement, Data & AI Productivity and Decisioning, Risk Management, Revenue Assurance, Supply Chain Analytics or Cloud Optimization preferred.

• Fluent in Dutch and English.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

• Sales Planning:
  Develops and executes strategic sales plans to achieve revenue targets and drive business growth.
• Customer Centricity:
  Prioritizes customer needs and delivers tailored solutions that enhance satisfaction and loyalty.
• Relationship Building:
  Cultivates…