Sales Manager Opportunity At Amex GBT
Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and through their work can make an impact on our industry. We're here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued. Sales Managers are responsible for the generation of new sales acquisition of SME businesses. This is an individual contributor role. The successful candidate must have knowledge in technology tools and a keen ability to deliver client specific solutions. Responsible for delivering integrated, customized travel management to help corporations manage and improve their travel investment. You will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key internal stakeholders, partners, along with building and developing senior-level client contacts.
What You'll Do :
- Aggressive prospecting and documentation
- Executive presence and exceptional relationship management and consultative sales to C-Level executives
- Ability to conduct deep discovery with CFOs, procurement leaders & corporate travel managers to provide customized solutions, proposals, presentations and technology demos that articulate how GBT can meet the prospect's long-term travel management needs
- Understanding a P&L, financial acumen in order to articulate cost of program benefits
- Active development and management of pipeline to achieve goals and targets, and the ability to articulate needs and solutions to internal partners and leaders to grow your business
- A strong understanding of the travel management landscape and deep knowledge and delivery of the power of the GBT value proposition
- Effectively identifies client needs to configure solutions that address client requirements and deliver value
- Develop deep knowledge of and sell core GBT products and solutions by crafting and delivering compelling and relevant presentations, demonstrating the value of partnering with GBT LLC, and highlighting key pillars of the value proposition aligned to the prospects goals
What We're Looking For :
History of exceeding sales targets in a SaaS and / or travel consultative environmentDrive new sales from prospective clients within a given territory and spend segmentAdvanced proficiency with pipeline management, with a CRM experience, preferably SalesforceDemonstrates a competitive, positive, driven attitude, quickly adapts to different situations, and recovers from setbacksRazor-sharp focus on prospecting, presenting, contracting, and ensuring implementation of accounts, and managing new signings through the first 13 months of activationTenaciously networks to establish, maintain, and expand business relationships and referral sources, including cold contactsDocuments and communicates the Return On Investment (ROI) of proposed solutions, identifying unanticipated positive outcomes or benefitGains a commitment from the prospect to move forward by asking for the business and successfully managing objectionsOvercomes objections and resistance to proposed solutions with key prospect decision makers and mobilizes them to actionApplies innovative and compelling rationale to overcome complex prospect barriers, enabling mutually-beneficial outcomesSell with integrity and appropriately track prospect data to ensure a coordinated and consistent client experience, in alignment with compliance and internal partner business requirementsUp to 50% travel required within territoryLocation : Chicago, Illinois, United StatesThe US national base salary range for this position is from $88,200.00 - $163,800.00The #TeamGBT Experience :
Flexible benefits tailored to each country and start the day you doTravel perks : get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentalsDevelop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platformWe strive to champion inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBTAll applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender, pregnancy, race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law