About the Role
The Customer Success Executive is a strategic consultant responsible for developing and maintaining long-term customer relationships as the leader of the account team. This position requires a deep understanding of SPS Commerce products and the ability to build strong relationships with upper management and executives.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain new executive relationships and leverage into driving and leading discussions.
- Increase customer lifetime value by monitoring customer trading partner onboarding, additions, and adoption.
- Align with customers to understand their business goals and objectives, creating and managing plans for how SPS and customer achieve value.
- Ensure on-time delivery of products or services per sales contract.
- Provide product feedback to management or development teams.
- Own up to 15 accounts in portfolio at any given time with a mix of enterprise and multiproduct accounts.
- Lead change management for the customer and for SPS.
- Communicate effectively with multiple levels of organization both at the customer as well as within SPS.
- Act as the go-to person at SPS and the Customer organization for general status and updates.
- Advocate for best practices with the customer and overcome resistance to process changes.
- Establish a deep knowledge of organization's products and services and customers' business goals and objectives.
- Lead by influence, coaching and guiding other team members in decision-making.
- Act as an advanced individual contributor and informal leader across the organization.
Requirements
- A minimum of 10 years of related experience in retail or account management with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proven success interfacing with and aligning at an Executive level.
- Excellent organizational skills and written/oral communication skills, initiative, vision, and enthusiasm.
- Capabilities to drive informal coaching and leadership from across the account team and organization.
- Demonstrated success analyzing complex situations, defining key objectives, and developing strategies and action plans.
- Strong background in negotiating contract business terms and understanding terms and conditions.
- Proven ability to engage and interact with internal teams to drive the process of resolving issues using forward-thinking, out of the box solutions.
- Excellent planning and project management capabilities.
- Must have an entrepreneurial outlook and be able to influence future direction of the company through use of trend analysis and hands on experience.
Skills
- SPS Commerce products
- Relationship building
- Executive communication
- Project management
- Negotiation
- Trend analysis
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10 years related experience
- 6 years related experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
- MBA
Salary/Compensations
- $94,200 - $141,300 CAD
Benefits
- Annual incentive program
- Comprehensive benefits package supporting health, well-being, and financial security
About the Company
- SPS Commerce is a leading provider of cloud-based supply chain management solutions, serving a global network of retail trading partners.
- We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment where innovation and continuous improvement are highly valued.
- SPS Commerce powers connections that drive the world of commerce forward.
- Our success depends on making strong decisions, fostering innovation, delivering unparalleled customer solutions, and driving outstanding business performance.
Equal Opportunity
- We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring everyone feels accepted, valued, and empowered to make a meaningful impact.
- We are committed to affirmative action and equal opportunity in all aspects of employment.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
