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Lumen ACCOUNT DIRECTOR II in Japan
About Lumen
Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.
We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.
The Role
Lumen is looking for a motivated sales individual within Japan to support the growth of the Cloud business. With the right credentials/certification from the Hyperscalers with capabilities across a wide range of cloud technologies, the key objectives for the position are:
Grow the Cloud business in the designated geographical territory by unearthing new opportunities through new logo acquisitions.
Collaborate with our partner ecosystem for increased sales, brand awareness and market share to drive pipeline.
Feedback and collaborate with the Hyperscalersteam to develop / refine service offerings to cater to market demand and requirements.
The Main Responsibilities
Develops and manages relationships with acquired customers HQ and/or decision making executives in Japan. Develops action plans to cross-sell and up-sell accounts to increase overall total customer spend with the company.
Identifying and winning NEW high value and strategic enterprise customers to achieve targets
Identifies, bids on, negotiates, and closes new sales opportunities in order to meet and exceed established sales and revenue quotas. Provides comprehensive account plans and strategies to win new business from new accounts.
Demonstrates knowledge of the company’s entire offerings especially in cloud domain
Provides accurate and detailed weekly forecast funnel of identified and proposed opportunities in order to meet or exceed sales quota requirements.
Provides input to sales management about trends and changes taking place within the customer’s organization and makes recommendations about future courses of action necessary of the company towards improving its position with the customer.
What We Look For in a Candidate
Experience 7-10 years sales experience in Cloud services business
Ability to prioritize with good time management skills.
To establish a sales portfolio plan that set-out the strategy to achieve your key performance metrics and build a sustainable pipeline over the next 12-24 months. To develop and maintain in depth knowledge of the Prospects business and technology environment and drivers.
Ability to open doors with Senior Executives/CXO in the Japan market
Applying business and commercial fundamentals and success criteria to inform planning and decision making
Experience with Salesforce.com preferred. Demonstrated strong communication, written, and formal presentation skills as well as proficiency in selling to the close.
Self-motivated, pro-active, results-oriented professional with an ability to work with minimum direction.
Proficient in MS office products: Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Compensation
What to Expect Next
Requisition #: 341182
Background Screening
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Disclaimer
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