The Role
Manage multiple or medium-sized customer accounts, drive new business with consultative selling, coordinate sales and pre-sales teams, contribute to pricing and contract negotiations, lead deal teams, solve complex problems, and influence strategic decisions within assigned accounts or portfolios.
Summary Generated by Built In
Family Description
Sales Strategy, Operations & Support (SS) contains the support of sales organisation through main building blocks.i) Creation and driving of business sales strategy as well as identification and understanding of the drivers of short and long-term business performance. Provision of appropriate sales support to facilitate sales excellence.ii) Supports development of sales opportunities and offers and ensures timely delivery of high quality offers. Contains analysis, setting, and monitoring of prices and conditions in alignment with the overall business strategy.iii) Comprises positioning and selling of Nokia's solutions to customers in coordination with sales and presales teams with an inclusive customer engagement plan.
Subfamily Description
Sales Engagement & Solutioning (SES) comprises the identification of new businesses focusing on future technologies and the setting of sales strategies to develop new business opportunities. Contains driving of Nokia's solutions across business groups, positions and selling of Nokia's solutions to customers in coordination with sales and / or presales teams through a consultative selling approach. Covers delivery of business consulting services (tactical & strategic business cases) with an inclusive customer engagement plan to maximise Nokia's portfolio adoption
Responsibilities
• Accountable for multiple customers or a single medium customer across multiple portfolios or specific portfolio, carrying independent sales targets.
• Identifies and develops new business opportunities, in collaboration with pre-sales experts.
• Constantly interacts with key stakeholders within customers, understanding their objectives, challenges and remit to increase own effectiveness.
• Coordinates activities among sales, pre-sales and other functions based on in-depth organisational understanding (Mode of Operations, processes, etc) and relevant market knowledge, in order to meet business objectives.
• Participates in pricing strategies and contract negotiations and actively provides useful input.
• Contributes to the LoA process from business and commercial perspective.
• Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes and services.
• Contributes to strategic decisions within own defined scope (account, portfolio, geography, etc).
• Solves complex problems based on sophisticated analytical thought and complex judgment.
• Acts as a professional leader for staff / workteam / taskforces, often the most senior and recognised sales professional in a team, who serves as best practice resource.
• May lead cross-functional deal team with manageable risks and resource requirements.
QualificationsImpact
Impact is short-term through individual and team contributions. Scope is primarily within own subject area in a function/unit. Actions and errors impact on program, project or function. Provides measurable input into new products, processes, standards or operational plans in support of the organisation's business strategies, with some impact on business unit/ function overall results.
Scope & Contribution
Individual Contributor: Operates autonomously in own subject area. Can analyze, develop and implement concepts and solutions as a subject matter expert. Increased awareness of and involvement outside of own subject area. Distills big picture. Makes decisions about and prioritizes own work. Managerial/Supervisory: Clear managerial responsibilities for people. Typically first level of solid line management. Interprets policies. Ensures existing plans are put into operation. Executes and/or oversees processes to meet customer needs. Responsible for analysis, design & development of policies, plans, programs.
Innovation
Carries out specialised activities/projects according to general direction. Influences others to support decisions. Works mostly independently. Analyze situations or data that requires review of relevant factors. Solutions can often be checked and proved. Demonstrates success in multiple roles and is adaptable to manage complex changing business environments.
Communication
Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function and teams, and typically has responsibilities for communicating with parties external to the organisation, which may include customers or vendors.Works to influence others to accept job function’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches.Has cross-cultural knowledge and global mindset Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organisation. May conduct briefings with senior leaders within the job function. May at times be required to negotiate regarding operational issues.
Knowledge & Experience
Management Experience / Achieved well-advanced skills of a specific professional discipline combining deep knowledge of theory and organisational practice or expertise. Recognised expert in their field (depth & breadth). Typically requires 5-8 years extensive relevant experience and/or a graduate / postgraduate equivalent degree.
Sales Strategy, Operations & Support (SS) contains the support of sales organisation through main building blocks.i) Creation and driving of business sales strategy as well as identification and understanding of the drivers of short and long-term business performance. Provision of appropriate sales support to facilitate sales excellence.ii) Supports development of sales opportunities and offers and ensures timely delivery of high quality offers. Contains analysis, setting, and monitoring of prices and conditions in alignment with the overall business strategy.iii) Comprises positioning and selling of Nokia's solutions to customers in coordination with sales and presales teams with an inclusive customer engagement plan.
Subfamily Description
Sales Engagement & Solutioning (SES) comprises the identification of new businesses focusing on future technologies and the setting of sales strategies to develop new business opportunities. Contains driving of Nokia's solutions across business groups, positions and selling of Nokia's solutions to customers in coordination with sales and / or presales teams through a consultative selling approach. Covers delivery of business consulting services (tactical & strategic business cases) with an inclusive customer engagement plan to maximise Nokia's portfolio adoption
Responsibilities
• Accountable for multiple customers or a single medium customer across multiple portfolios or specific portfolio, carrying independent sales targets.
• Identifies and develops new business opportunities, in collaboration with pre-sales experts.
• Constantly interacts with key stakeholders within customers, understanding their objectives, challenges and remit to increase own effectiveness.
• Coordinates activities among sales, pre-sales and other functions based on in-depth organisational understanding (Mode of Operations, processes, etc) and relevant market knowledge, in order to meet business objectives.
• Participates in pricing strategies and contract negotiations and actively provides useful input.
• Contributes to the LoA process from business and commercial perspective.
• Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes and services.
• Contributes to strategic decisions within own defined scope (account, portfolio, geography, etc).
• Solves complex problems based on sophisticated analytical thought and complex judgment.
• Acts as a professional leader for staff / workteam / taskforces, often the most senior and recognised sales professional in a team, who serves as best practice resource.
• May lead cross-functional deal team with manageable risks and resource requirements.
QualificationsImpact
Impact is short-term through individual and team contributions. Scope is primarily within own subject area in a function/unit. Actions and errors impact on program, project or function. Provides measurable input into new products, processes, standards or operational plans in support of the organisation's business strategies, with some impact on business unit/ function overall results.
Scope & Contribution
Individual Contributor: Operates autonomously in own subject area. Can analyze, develop and implement concepts and solutions as a subject matter expert. Increased awareness of and involvement outside of own subject area. Distills big picture. Makes decisions about and prioritizes own work. Managerial/Supervisory: Clear managerial responsibilities for people. Typically first level of solid line management. Interprets policies. Ensures existing plans are put into operation. Executes and/or oversees processes to meet customer needs. Responsible for analysis, design & development of policies, plans, programs.
Innovation
Carries out specialised activities/projects according to general direction. Influences others to support decisions. Works mostly independently. Analyze situations or data that requires review of relevant factors. Solutions can often be checked and proved. Demonstrates success in multiple roles and is adaptable to manage complex changing business environments.
Communication
Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function and teams, and typically has responsibilities for communicating with parties external to the organisation, which may include customers or vendors.Works to influence others to accept job function’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches.Has cross-cultural knowledge and global mindset Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organisation. May conduct briefings with senior leaders within the job function. May at times be required to negotiate regarding operational issues.
Knowledge & Experience
Management Experience / Achieved well-advanced skills of a specific professional discipline combining deep knowledge of theory and organisational practice or expertise. Recognised expert in their field (depth & breadth). Typically requires 5-8 years extensive relevant experience and/or a graduate / postgraduate equivalent degree.
Skills Required
- 5-8 years of extensive relevant experience
- Graduate or postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
- Experience in account management or sales with consultative selling
- Ability to coordinate with pre-sales and cross-functional teams
- Experience participating in pricing strategy and contract negotiations
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional deal teams
- Strong stakeholder management and executive-level communication skills
- Analytical problem-solving skills and judgment for complex issues
Nokia Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nokia and has not been reviewed or approved by Nokia.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity programs include a global employee share purchase plan with company matching and multi‑year share awards. These mechanisms broaden participation and tie rewards to long‑term outcomes.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes major medical plans with supplementary options such as vision, legal services, and care navigation. The range of offerings indicates comprehensive support for medical needs.
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Parental & Family Support — A global policy grants paid leave for new parents regardless of gender and provides structured return‑to‑work support. Company‑paid life insurance further strengthens family protection across regions.
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