Sales Manager
Sprzedaż
Sales Manager
Poznań
Rodzaj pracy
Pełny etat
Doświadczenie
Staż/Junior
Forma zatrudnienia
B2B
Tryb pracy
Praca stacjonarna
Wymagane umiejętności
Opis stanowiska
Rekrutacja zdalna
Hi from Apptension, Poland-based quality software craftsmen who mix outstanding tech skills with a solid dose of creativity. We partner with the world’s leading brands, disruptive start-ups, and ingenious investors coding their ideas into reality!
We flavor our client’s projects with the secret sauce which, taking dozens of awards they received into consideration, the industry finds delicious. But don’t take our word for it - join us and see for yourself what the Apptension vibe is all about.
Now, we’re looking for a brilliant Sales Manager to join our team.
What is this position about?
- Build pipeline from leads armed by our Sales Specialist, Marketing counterparts, as well as activities you will be leading yourself that aim at recognizing the right situations, places and people within our network and turning them into leads
- End-to-end ownership over the process of responding to the RFPs: securing the resources and coordinating the work of your colleagues in terms of getting accurate estimations and technical approach. You will be responsible for the final offer and will have to make sure that Apptension’s approach is competitive, of high quality, and feasible
- Making a call on the best approach to a given situation when you should provide early-stage proposals independently, based on previous experience or with minimal consultation from other team members in order to efficiently steer the initial conversation with a lead in the right direction before engaging more resources
- Back-office coordination of the contracts and formal documentation (NDAs, contracts, SOWs), terms negotiations with new accounts and coordinating legal consultation if needed
- Coordination with colleagues from the Office team in matters like invoicing that may require communication between Apptension and the client
- Using and improving the existing measures to ensure client’s positive experience and happiness at every stage of the project cycle
- Direct collaboration with Apptension project teams and client’s representatives to ensure clients vision and needs are met along the way, mitigate potential conflicts or help in solving them if already present
- Identifying and pursuing upsell opportunities with your accounts
- Managing and supporting less experienced colleagues within the growing sales team, filing in the role of a team lead
- Supporting the Head of the department in implementing the sales strategy by executing plans at the team level
- Taking a lead role in recognising and implementing small improvements within the department.
We value proactive approach and strong working ethics. Here’s a list of the skills that we would like you to have:
- min. 2 - 3 years of experience working in sales for a an IT company, with a sales process similar in nature to that at a software house or technology consulting company
- practical experience of working at different stages of the sales pipeline - lead generation, lead qualification, offering, account management - strong understanding of how to successfully move leads between those stages
- experience with consultative, value-based selling and a proven track record of exceeding your quota
- love for chasing opportunities that may not be immediately obvious or clearly structured when first emerge but require initiative and drive to be pursued
- understanding of how to determine the ‘ideal client’ and ability to recognise situations that are not worth a full time investment
- experience in conducting discovery calls and gathering clients requirements
- proven track record of closing deals - strong understanding of what makes a good offer and how to get client’s ‘sign off’
- working with targets (monthly, quarterly, etc.) a good track record of accomplishing them and understanding of how those targets must translate into your daily work
- experience of collaborating with project and technical teams in responding to clients’ requirements - owning and leading this process even though you may not have a full technical knowledge
- understanding and ability to manage multiple layers of the sales process, especially those less obvious but interlinked with our daily work e.g. resource availability, technical feasibility and profitability
- experience of coordinating and negotiating contracts understanding of basic legal requirements
- understanding the need for efficiency within the sales process and what is the good practice to achieve it
- theoretical knowledge of different methodologie, practices and standards in software development that helps you to claim an expert position with clients
- some experience of managing or supervising other team members
- impressive written and verbal communication skills ability to translate communication into an actionable plans
- interpersonal skills and versatility of using them - ability to recognise situations where you may need to claim an assertive position, be more persuasive or lenient
- excellent command of written and spoken English (C1).
Things that will help you stand out from the other candidates:
- ability to operate in an unstructured, self-starting environment
- experience of working within the sales team that was going through a major transition
- some understanding of financial forecasting and how it should translate into sales team priorities and everyday work
- some experience of building internal processes or improving the existing ones
- experience with an OKR-like system or another goal-oriented methodology
- experience of managing teams
- experience selling highly technical products/services and/or selling to technical persons (CTO, Head of Product, (Technical) Founders)
The Apptension Vibe is our favorite perk: we’re really into laughs, high fives and comfy clothes.
Other benefits include:
Other benefits include:
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salary:
UoP: 4500 - 7200 PLN net
B2B: 7500 - 12000 PLN net + VAT - flexible form of employment
- flexible working hours
- work in well-oiled Scrum teams; we enjoy spending time together not only in the office
- possibility of working remotely or from an office conveniently located in the center of Poznań
- sports card
- private health insurance
- co-financed trainings and conferences
- internal crowdfunding - each month our employees receive their own budget they can use to execute different ideas - our Wishlist was awarded with an "EB Kreator 2016" prize for the best internal employer branding campaign
- a wide choice of beverages and fresh fruits
- a well-equipped chill room with PlayStation and board games
- team retreats
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