Account Executive

Account Executive

We are looking for an experienced Account Executive to manage clients through our sales cycle to a successful opportunity close and drive sustainable growth by networking, cold calling or other means of generating interest from / and forging strong relationships with potential clients.

For more than 30 years, Chevin have been developing and delivering innovative software solutions for the global fleet management industry. Our products and services are used by internationally recognized companies such as Cox Automotive, Canadian National Railway, Deloitte and Accenture, through to not-for-profit organizations, global freight businesses, regional and local government. We have built a powerful platform that allows businesses to efficiently manage the complete lifecycle of a fleet, streamlining processes, improving performance and ensuring compliance. Using the latest technology, we deliver a modularized suite to manage everything from vehicles and assets, all the way to people, drivers, and technicians.

Our focus has always been to entice and empower the best talent globally and support them to do great things. Creativity solving problems, passion for driving customer experience and value, and a pride in our work drives constant innovation. Our trusted teams embrace a positive mindset and demonstrate the high levels of accountability which are key to helping us scale and realize our goal of delivering exceptional employee and customer experience. We have clear business objectives that filter down to individual goals, so that everyone in the business is clear on what they need to do to contribute effectively. We believe this makes Chevin an empowering place to do your best work.

The primary purpose of the Account Executive role is to manage the full SaaS new business sales cycle from prospecting and qualification of marketing leads, through discovery, requirements gathering and product demos, to developing and presenting proposals and negotiating to close deals which are consistent with the business strategy and deliver the sales quota.

Key responsibilities include :

• Ensure sufficient quantity and quality of leads to support the pipeline, including the identification and qualification of prospects, key decision makers and influencers, via direct outbound prospecting, inbound lead follow up, working with marketing, customer success and partners.
• Build, develop and manage a sales pipeline of opportunities which are consistent with the business strategy and support the achievement of the sales quota.
• Manage and maintain full, accurate and up to date information of all sales activities in the CRM system, including key contacts, actions, next steps, sales stage, proposal documents, etc.
• Manage opportunities and pipeline to support accurate forecasting on monthly, quarterly and rolling 12-monthly basis.
• Follow the agreed sales methodology / process and ensure achievement of sales quota and other sales KPIs / OKRs.
• Develop and maintain a good understanding of products and services to support the management of the end-to-end sales process, including delivering product demos and linking customer pains / needs to product benefits.
• Research and understand the market, including competitors.
• Conduct sales meetings / presentations to build credibility, understand prospect needs and drive the sales process.
• Orchestrate discovery sessions with the prospect, with appropriate pre-sales / technical support, to understand current processes, challenges and requirements.
• Review findings of discovery sessions and agree structure and scope of follow up meetings to include further product demonstrations of key areas of product focusing on customer pains and benefits.
• Create and deliver compelling closing presentation and commercial proposal, to key stakeholders and decision makers.
• Follow up with prospect, negotiating and closing on commercials terms, scope of works, technical requirements and license agreement, ensuring completion of internal processes which support the raising of the invoice and the start of the implementation.
• Obtain a press release and an agreement for a case study.
• Ensure all documentation and processes are complete to support a smooth handover to the Professional Services Team.
• Attend business meetings with prospects throughout the sales cycle and attend events to represent the company and generate leads.

Essential skills and experience include :

Highly desirable skills and experience include :

Worker Type : Regular

Number of Openings Available : 1