Microsft Nigeria Recruits Fresh Graduate and Experienced Sales Services Executives

Microsoft Nigeria - You have unique experiences, skills and passions - and we believe you can bring them all to Microsoft for a rich, rewarding career and lifestyle that will surprise you with its breadth and potential.

Just imagine the excitement and satisfaction of what you can do, where you can go, and the difference you can make with the resources of Microsoft behind you.

We are recruiting for the positions of:

Job Title: Services Executive

Job ID: 817707-97903
Location: Lagos, NG
Division: Services & Support

Details
Individuals in Professional Services Sales are responsible for increasing the Services business in their assigned accounts by consistently meeting customer requirements and by ensuring the deployment/adoption and productive use of Microsoft technologies.
They establish relationships, develop account strategies and plans, and manage a pipeline of Services opportunities while overseeing solution deployment and support.
Success is measured by satisfied customers, long-term revenue potential in the account, and achievement of the annual quota.

The Services Executive (TSE) is the end to end Services account relationship owner for 4 -15 key Microsoft customers in Major and Corporate (CFAM) accounts and:

• Is the single point of contact for all Services in their assigned accounts (internally with EPG and externally with customers/partners)
• Advises customer Business and Technology Decision Makers (BDM/TDM) how to best realize the value of their Microsoft technology investment through strategic business alignment, innovation, implementation, productive use and support.
• Is responsible for strategy, planning, marketing/positioning, crafting and selling our entire services portfolio (advisor, consulting and support) across assigned account/s or territory.
• Is accountable for attaining the agreed invoiced revenue quota for Product Groups (PGs) 1,2 and 3 in assigned account/s
• Oversees the delivery of all contracted services to ensure account team alignment, customer connection and high overall satisfaction

Skills
To be considered for this role, candidates must have extensive experience with selling:

• IT Solutions
• IT Implementations
• IT Services

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree/equivalent (required) or MBA degree (preferred)
• Professional Services Sales, Software/Solution/Product Sales, Customer Relationship Management, Business Development, IT Consultation, Enterprise Architecture Planning, Project Management, IT Solution Development, IT Solution Delivery and Implementation, IT Service Delivery, Operations and Support.

Cadres
Career Stage 3: requires 1-3 years of related experience
Career Stage 4 requires 3-5 years of related experience
Career Stage 5 requires 5-8 years of related experience

Competencies:
Building Customer Partner Relationships, Confidence, Cross-Boundary Collaboration, Drive for Results, Impact and Influence, Interpersonal Awareness, Product & Technology Expertise, Strategic Sales Planning, Team Leadership, Value Selling

Training and certification

• Sales: Sales Management, Account Management, Account Based Marketing, Complex Sales training (e.g., Miller Hyman, Spin, Michael Bosworth, Holden, TAS - Target Account Selling, etc.), Sales Methodologies (equivalent to MSSP), Sales tools - Account Planning, Customer Relationship and Opportunity Management (e.g. Siebel, GSX or other), Complex Deal structuring (e.g. QADC)
• Business: Territory Planning, Business development, Negotiation, Financial analysis, Pipeline Management
• Information Technology: IT Governance (e.g. COBIT), Enterprise Architecture fundamentals, methods and concepts (e.g. Zachman framework, OMG’s model driven Architecture framework etc.), Business process management, IT Implementation (e.g. CMM and CMMI),
• Delivery: IT Service delivery and support management (e.g. ITIL Foundation), Project Management fundamentals (e.g. PMI, Six Sigma)

Application Closing Date
22nd March, 2013

Method of Application
Qualified and Interested candidates should
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