Sr Sales Account Manager

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The RoleThe Sr Sales Account Manager role is directly responsible for generating revenue growth through the sale of AspenTech software solutions and professional services. This a customer facing role that requires self- motivated individuals with excellent business, industry, and sales knowledge. The Sr Sales Account Manager will use consultative skills to position AspenTech software and services solutions with our customers and to renew and grow our business. The Sr Sales Account Manager will manage assigned accounts and opportunities maximizing revenue growth and deepening our relationships with customers.
The Senior Sales Account Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining business within Energy industry assigned customer accounts, including consultative upselling of solutions and services. As an individual contributor, you will lead cross-functional teams to formulate client strategies, manage client solutions, and close on strategic client opportunities.
The right candidate will be focused on maximizing and increasing the value delivered by AspenTech solutions to our clients by positioning AspenTech’s comprehensive software portfolio and implementation services of world leading Engineering, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management, and Asset Performance Management solutions.

Your Impact

• Developing business within an assigned region and upselling consulting services directly to assigned customer accounts. 
• Work with cross-functional teams to formulate client strategies, manage clients and bring to closure strategic client opportunities.
• Account and relationship development and management, at all levels in the customer organization.
• Articulate solution business value to customers and leads solution development efforts that best address customer needs whilst coordinating the involvement of all necessary company personnel including support, service and management resources in order to meet account performance objectives and customers' expectations.
• Demonstrate understanding of the customer's business priorities and initiatives. Discuss relevant trends and priorities integrating industry knowledge and solution knowledge.
• Have complete understanding of current usage of AspenTech software applications, white space and competitive software usage within the Account.
• Overall strategic account plan, Opportunity Winning Plan, Competitive Displacement Plan and Pipeline Development Plan.
• Respond to RFPs, Bid preparation, follow-up, negotiation and closing of sales.
• Provide sales and executive management with account updates, sales forecasts, etc.
• Achieve quarterly and annual sales quota.
• Accurately forecast deals for the quarter and future quarters.    

What You'll Need

Qualifications:

• Proven software sales experience or industry experience in a consultative selling role. 
• Strategic sales thinker - must be able to see how existing customer solutions can be repeated and leveraged within an industry sector. 
• Demonstrated track record in solution sales with multi-year achievement against personal quota. 
• Ability to actively prospect new business relationships within existing accounts. 
• Proficient at establishing and cultivating "C" level consultative relationships. 
• Significant experience leading multimillion dollar sales campaigns. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 
• Self-discipline and motivation with the ability to set goals that exceed the expectations of the company or manager. 
• Travel is expected 50% of time 

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