Senior Account Manager- SAS

• Portfolio Scope
  •    Commercial security and enterprise access-control solutions, with particular focus on Lenel and the broader SAS portfolio.
  •    Hospitality access and locking solutions, with particular focus on Onity and relevant connected guest and property security applications.
  •    Video surveillance, intrusion detection, perimeter protection, and complementary security devices, software and integrations.
  •    Integrated security platforms, lifecycle services, modernization and connected-building use cases that expand SAS penetration across Algeria and Francophone Africa.
  Key Responsibilities
  Growth & demand creation
• Own SAS growth across Algeria and Francophone Africa, delivering annual revenue, gross-margin, pipeline and forecast objectives while increasing market share in commercial security, Lenel and Onity.
• Build senior relationships with consultants, specifiers and end users; create demand, influence specifications early and translate customer security and operational needs into qualified SAS opportunities
• Lead country, account and vertical plans, whitespace analysis, installed-base conversion, cross-sell, upgrades and competitive displacement programs with the explicit objective of gaining SAS market share.
• Develop opportunity strategies for major pursuits, including stakeholder mapping, value propositions, win themes, commercial positioning, and close plans.
  Channel & strategic account management
• Strengthen and expand the partner network across Algeria and Francophone Africa, acting as the primary business contact for priority integrators, distributors and selected strategic accounts.
• Develop joint annual business plans with priority partners covering market coverage, Lenel and Onity capability, enablement, certifications, demand generation, pipeline creation and quarterly business reviews.
• Increase partner productivity and geographic coverage through recruitment where needed, French-language enablement, pipeline reviews, training, demonstrations, joint consultant and end-user engagement, and targeted market-development campaigns.
• Use market intelligence and partner performance data to identify coverage gaps and recommend partner expansion, rationalization or capability investment by country and vertical across Francophone Africa.
  Solution selling & customer influence
• Develop sustained relationships with security leaders, facility and IT stakeholders, consultants, engineers, developers, hotel operators, procurement teams and major end users across Algeria and Francophone Africa.
  •    Influence consultant specifications and end-user solution architectures at an early stage, positioning integrated SAS solutions and driving preference for Lenel, Onity and the wider commercial security portfolio.
• Coordinate technical discovery, demonstrations, proof-of-concept activity, solution design, proposal development, and executive presentations.
• Negotiate pricing and contractual terms within company policy, protecting value, profitability, compliance, and execution quality.
  Operating rhythm & cross-functional leadership
• Maintain accurate CRM account plans, opportunities, activities, close dates, risks, and next actions; lead routine pipeline and forecast reviews.
• Provide a detailed demand signal to supply-chain and demand-planning teams, highlighting large projects, schedule changes, and exceptional demand.
• Bring structured Voice of Customer and competitive intelligence to offering management and engineering, including integration needs, product feedback, and prioritized NPI requests.
• Coordinate with marketing, presales, customer success, service, legal, finance, and operations to remove obstacles and deliver a consistent customer experience
• Represent the SAS business at customer events, industry associations, trade shows, partner meetings, and training sessions.
   

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
         Growth & demand creation

• Own SAS growth across Algeria and Francophone Africa, delivering annual revenue, gross-margin, pipeline and forecast objectives while increasing market share in commercial security, Lenel and Onity.
• Build senior relationships with consultants, specifiers and end users; create demand, influence specifications early and translate customer security and operational needs into qualified SAS opportunities
• Lead country, account and vertical plans, whitespace analysis, installed-base conversion, cross-sell, upgrades and competitive displacement programs with the explicit objective of gaining SAS market share.

• Develop opportunity strategies for major pursuits, including stakeholder mapping, value propositions, win themes, commercial positioning, and close plans.

  Channel & strategic account management

• Strengthen and expand the partner network across Algeria and Francophone Africa, acting as the primary business contact for priority integrators, distributors and selected strategic accounts.
• Develop joint annual business plans with priority partners covering market coverage, Lenel and Onity capability, enablement, certifications, demand generation, pipeline creation and quarterly business reviews.
• Increase partner productivity and geographic coverage through recruitment where needed, French-language enablement, pipeline reviews, training, demonstrations, joint consultant and end-user engagement, and targeted market-development campaigns.

• Use market intelligence and partner performance data to identify coverage gaps and recommend partner expansion, rationalization or capability investment by country and vertical across Francophone Africa.
   

  Solution selling & customer influence

• Develop sustained relationships with security leaders, facility and IT stakeholders, consultants, engineers, developers, hotel operators, procurement teams and major end users across Algeria and Francophone Africa.
  •    Influence consultant specifications and end-user solution architectures at an early stage, positioning integrated SAS solutions and driving preference for Lenel, Onity and the wider commercial security portfolio.
• Coordinate technical discovery, demonstrations, proof-of-concept activity, solution design, proposal development, and executive presentations.

• Negotiate pricing and contractual terms within company policy, protecting value, profitability, compliance, and execution quality.

  Operating rhythm & cross-functional leadership

• Maintain accurate CRM account plans, opportunities, activities, close dates, risks, and next actions; lead routine pipeline and forecast reviews.
• Provide a detailed demand signal to supply-chain and demand-planning teams, highlighting large projects, schedule changes, and exceptional demand.
• Bring structured Voice of Customer and competitive intelligence to offering management and engineering, including integration needs, product feedback, and prioritized NPI requests.
• Coordinate with marketing, presales, customer success, service, legal, finance, and operations to remove obstacles and deliver a consistent customer experience
• Represent the SAS business at customer events, industry associations, trade shows, partner meetings, and training sessions.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
•    Bachelor's degree, or equivalent relevant commercial and industry experience.
•    Minimum five years of sales, account management, business development, or channel-management experience in security, building technologies, or a related technical industry.
•    Demonstrated record of achieving revenue and profitability targets through complex, multi-stakeholder solution sales.
•    Working proficiency with CRM, forecasting, presentation, spreadsheet, and standard productivity tools.
•    Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel up to 50%, domestically and internationally, as business needs require.
Preferred Experience & Capabilities
•    Strong commercial-security experience, ideally including enterprise access control and hospitality locking solutions; familiarity with Lenel and Onity is highly valued.
•    Understanding of enterprise security architectures, system integration, networking fundamentals, cybersecurity considerations, and open protocols or APIs.
•    Demonstrated ability to build influential relationships with consultants, specifiers, end users, system integrators, distributors, contractors and technology partners across 
 

Algeria and diverse Francophone African markets.
•    Ability to create value-based proposals, business cases, executive presentations, and clear technical-commercial narratives.
•    Strong negotiation, communication and stakeholder-management skills across cultures and organizational levels; professional fluency in French and English is required, while Arabic is highly valued for Algeria and North Africa.
•    Ability to lead through influence in a matrixed environment and maintain accountability across long, complex sales cycles.
•    Knowledge of relevant codes, standards, data-privacy expectations, and future industry mandates within the assigned market.
Leadership Behaviors
•    Customer-first: begins with the customer’s security, operational, and business outcomes.
•    Growth-minded: seeks whitespace, challenges assumptions, and converts insight into action.
•    Commercially disciplined: balances growth, margin, risk, forecast integrity, and execution quality.
•    Collaborative: aligns partners and internal teams around a clear pursuit and account strategy.
•    Accountable: follows through on commitments, escalates early, and communicates with transparency.
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