About the Role
The Director of Signature Accounts will enhance customer relationships and drive business growth, achieving revenue targets and establishing long-term partnerships to elevate customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of sales professionals dedicated to the largest customers in the Americas.
- Develop account plans and build a protect-and-grow strategy for largest customers.
- Represent Orange at the executive level with customer leadership for all assigned accounts.
- Foster the development of new business opportunities within existing customer accounts.
- Guide the sales team to deepen account positioning beyond traditional IT offerings.
- Protect and renew largest customer assets within the Americas.
- Oversee and mentor a team of sales professionals to ensure performance targets are met and team development is prioritized.
- Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback.
- Implement training programs to enhance team's sales strategies and customer engagement techniques.
- Achieve established revenue and order targets and identify new business opportunities within assigned accounts.
- Monitor financial performance metrics to ensure profitability and viability of client contracts.
- Develop budgets and forecasts to allocate resources effectively within the sales team.
- Maintain sales pipeline accuracy within systems like Customer Links/Salesforce.
- Ensure forecasting accuracy to facilitate strategic planning and resource allocation.
- Collaborate with other departments to align business goals and optimize overall organizational effectiveness.
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
- Experience managing large multinational customers with complex global contracts.
- Previous management experience is preferred but not required.
- Bring open mindedness, ability to handle pressure, leading with courage and empathy, assertiveness and communicate effectively.
Skills
- Creating and executing strategic business plans
- Leading large multinational customers within the IT/Telecommunications sector
- Managing complex global contracts
- Utilizing technology and tools to streamline operations
- Data analysis to forecast sales and assess performance metrics
- Business acumen
- Clear communication
- Effective presentation skills
- Leadership qualities
- Sales forecasting
- Team leadership
- Operational analysis and reporting
- Client relationship management
Location
- Americas
Work Type
- Hybrid ways of working
Experience Level
- 10+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or Telecommunications
Benefits
- Global Opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Possibility to combine work from office and home
- Training programs
- Upskilling/reskilling opportunities
- Internal growth and mobility opportunities
- Health and well-being programs
- Diversity & inclusion initiatives
- CSR and employee connect events
- Employee Referral Program
- Change Maker Awards
About the Company
- Orange Business is a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing customers to focus on strategic initiatives.
- We offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.
- With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
Equal Opportunity
- Encourage diversity within teams because it is a strength for the collective and a vector of innovation.
- Orange Group is a disabled-friendly company and equal opportunity employer: don't hesitate to tell us about your specific needs.
- Regardless of your age, gender identity, race, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sexual orientation, marital status, neuroatypia, disability, veteran status or appearance.
