The Role
Own Switzerland territory for new-business acquisition: build pipeline, manage full sales cycle, collaborate with digital sales and partner resellers, prospect strategically, close complex, high-value deals, and execute market expansion initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In
Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.
Why join Coupa?
🔹 Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.
🔹 Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.
🔹 Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.
Learn more on Life at Coupa blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working at Coupa.
What You’ll Do
- Territory Ownership: Drive sales activities in Switzerland, fully focused on acquiring new business with no responsibility for existing customer management.
- Pipeline Development & Sales Execution: Build and maintain a robust sales pipeline, taking ownership of the entire sales cycle from prospecting to closing.
- Collaboration with Digital Sales & Partner Resellers: Work closely with the Digital Sales Team and Partner Resellers to drive joint sales motions, optimize engagement strategies, and ensure effective execution of go-to-market initiatives.
- Strategic Prospecting & Lead Generation: Identify new opportunities, proactively engage with potential customers, and develop strategies to establish Coupa’s presence in the market.
- High-Value Deal Closing: Engage with multiple stakeholders across departments and levels to navigate complex sales cycles and drive high-value engagements.
- Market Expansion: Identify and execute strategies to expand Coupa’s footprint in Switzerland, leveraging both direct and partner-led sales approaches.
What You Will Bring to Coupa
- Proven track record in enterprise software sales, with a focus on new business acquisition in Switzerland
- Strong understanding of spend management, procurement, or financial SaaS solutions.
- Experience working with partner resellers and digital sales teams to drive new customer acquisition.
- Exceptional ability to manage complex sales cycles, engage with multiple stakeholders, and close high-value deals.
- Executive presence, self-motivation, and a results-driven approach.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a strong sense of ownership.
- Fluency in German and English required.
- Willingness to travel as needed.
- Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.
Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.
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Skills Required
- Proven track record in enterprise software sales focused on new business acquisition in Switzerland.
- Strong understanding of spend management, procurement, or financial SaaS solutions.
- Experience working with partner resellers and digital sales teams to drive new customer acquisition.
- Ability to manage complex sales cycles, engage multiple stakeholders, and close high-value deals.
- Executive presence, self-motivation, and results-driven approach.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with strong ownership.
- Fluency in German and English.
- Willingness to travel as needed.
What the Team is Saying
Aditya Maheshwari
Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud
Alex Moon
Operations Analyst, Order Management
Jose Miguel Jimenez
Procurement
Jessica Fonseca
Technical Support Specialist
Daniela Aristizábal
Associate Planning & Operations Analyst
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The Company
What We Do
Coupa is a global technology company that helps businesses run smarter by connecting all the ways they spend money — from procurement and expenses to payments and supply chain decisions — in one intelligent platform. In simple terms, Coupa gives organizations the visibility and control they need to make better financial choices, reduce waste, and drive real impact. It’s where technology meets purpose: helping companies manage their resources more responsibly while creating a positive ripple across their people, partners, and the planet.
Why Work With Us
At Coupa, we prioritize an inclusive and empathetic workplace where every voice is valued. Our teams are proactive and accountable, ensuring we collaborate effectively to achieve our goals. The foundation of our culture rests on our people; we believe in fostering an environment that encourages innovation and curiosity.
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