Account Executive

Snowflake Snowflake · Data AI · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Sales

Account Executive responsible for building client relationships within Mid Market businesses in Belgium, focusing on prospecting, developing, and closing business. The role involves managing the sales process, understanding client IT roadmaps, and driving the Snowflake solution. Requires experience in field sales, new business generation, and managing complex sales processes, preferably in data or cloud technology.

What you'd actually do

  1. Achieve sales quotas for allocated, prospective accounts and on a quarterly and annual basis by developing a sales strategy in the allocated territory
  2. Develop marketing plans with the marketing team to drive revenue growth.
  3. Be the trusted advisor to the customer by understanding their existing and future IT roadmap to drive the Snowflake solution within the marketplace.
  4. Prospect qualification and the development of new sales opportunities.
  5. Arrange and conduct initial Executive and CxO discussions and positioning meetings.

Skills

Required

  • field sales experience
  • new business generation
  • manage, develop, and close new client relationships
  • driving consistent activity, pipeline development and quota achievement
  • determining customer requirements
  • presenting appropriate solutions
  • presentation skills
  • listening skills
  • organization and contact management capabilities
  • Executive level relationship management
  • understand the "bigger picture" and the business drivers around IT

Nice to have

  • Experience implementing MEDDPICC
  • selling software or cloud based applications
  • Professional proficiency in French

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of field sales experience preferred with an emphasis on data or cloud related technology
  • 2+ year’s experience generating new business accounts
  • Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new client relationships
  • A track record of success in driving consistent activity, pipeline development and quota achievement
  • Experience determining customer requirements and presenting appropriate solutions