Named Account Sales Executive (evergreen)

Autodesk Autodesk · Enterprise · Tokyo, Japan

Autodesk is seeking a Named Account Sales Executive to nurture and expand business relationships within major global accounts, surpassing financial targets and aligning with corporate goals. The role involves cultivating strategic relationships, developing account business plans, providing accurate sales forecasts, orchestrating resources, and contributing to broader sales strategies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Cultivate impactful and profound connections with important executives within the account. Translate customer challenges and opportunities into distinct value propositions, ensuring that the Autodesk team delivers tangible business advantages to our valued clients.
  2. Develop an Account Business Plan, leading strategic plans that align with client goals. This encompasses expanding our opportunity pipeline within accounts, orchestrating well-planned interactions to improve outcomes, and elevating Autodesk's role from a mere vendor to a trusted advisor.
  3. Provide, precise, and comprehensive forecasts that empower informed decision-making. Leverage chosen sales processes and methodologies to maximize efficiency. Deliver internal insights, including operational reviews and valuable customer perspectives. Craft both internal and external presentations with finesse.
  4. Coordinate, influence, and orchestrate all requisite resources for account and opportunity development. Showcase your ability to assemble and inspire a global or virtual team, drawing from sales, support, and consulting domains. Cultivate collaborative relationships spanning multiple departments, including finance, operations, and divisions.
  5. Extend your impact beyond the confines of your assigned accounts and territory. Participate in primary teams, infuse ideas into our business, and contribute to the development of sales tools and strategies that propel Autodesk's growth and evolution.

Skills

Required

  • Enterprise sales experience
  • Direct sales experience
  • Software industry sales
  • Major account management
  • Sales quota achievement
  • On-premise, SaaS, or hybrid software solutions sales
  • Executive-level engagement
  • Relationship-based sales
  • C-suite sales targeting
  • Team selling
  • Leadership skills
  • Business acumen
  • Integrity
  • Resilience

Nice to have

  • Global/virtual team building
  • Cross-departmental collaboration

What the JD emphasized

  • More than 10 years of enterprise sales or direct sales experience in the software industry.
  • Experience managing major accounts with a history of achieving sales quotas, whether with on-premise, SaaS, or hybrid software solutions, while engaging with executive-level partners in a competitive market.
  • Demonstrated experience in relationship-based software sales targeting the C-suite.