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Blue Yonder, a leading supply chain software company, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Client Partner to join our Sales team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving Professional Services bookings and revenue and ensuring successful implementations of Blue Yonder's solutions with several of our major customers. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about sales, building customer relationships, helping customers achieve successful outcomes, and driving revenue.
Job Responsibility
Be regarded as the Trusted Advisor on implementing Blue Yonder's Supply Chain planning and execution solutions
Own the overall Services Sales strategy for your assigned territory of accounts, partnering with Blue Yonder SaaS Sales, Presales, Strategic Advisory and others to ensure cross-organization alignment
Engage directly with your customer base, walking the halls, developing Trusted Advisor relationships, positioning BY Software solutions and services, and supporting Request for Proposals (RFPs) for new sales opportunities
Collaborate with all internal Blue Yonder business functions to develop and maintain an effective sales strategy, and ensuring efficiency during the sales cycle to drive profitable outcomes for Blue Yonder
Provide insights and support to the Sales Leadership and/or Customer Executive during a sales cycle
Develop implementation plans and effort estimates based on our recommended best practices, as well as writing and delivering business proposals and detailed Statements of Work
Work closely with the customers in discovery sessions and ongoing follow-up discussions to ensure clear, unambiguous definition of scope and deliverables for the software implementation by the delivery teams
Facilitate Services workshops for prospective customers highlighting the value of Blue Yonder's services
Establish relationships with the key decision makers to negotiate services contracts and facilitate successful sales outcomes
Work with Customer Success and marketing to develop collateral for implementation approaches and promote Blue Yonder events and trade shows
Develop template plans and services sales collateral, and help ramp up other team members and new hires on the team
Work with Partners where applicable to identify opportunities and create demand through lead generation activities, product & services launch campaigns, and targeted account selling strategies
Requirements
Combination of 10 years' relevant experience either positioning implementation services in support of Software Sales / evaluating need for implementation services (as a customer/partner) / previous experience in a formal sales / account management role
Relevant or equivalent work experience implementing BY portfolio supply chain solutions
Exposure to industry specific business / planning processes for Retail Softlines and/or Hardlines
Exposure to new AI/ML based Solutions is preferred
Ability to thrive in an extremely fast-paced, high-pressure, high-visibility role and handle multiple priorities
Superior analytical skills, technical aptitude and attention to detail
Current experience in a high growth enterprise software company, with SaaS/Cloud business models
Strong leadership skills and ability to influence desired outcomes
Strong communication, reporting and presentation skills to large groups of people and customer C-Suite
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple priorities
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with customers and partners
Able to travel as required
minimum 25% travel expected
Nice to have
Exposure to new AI/ML based Solutions is preferred
Exposure to BY's AI/ML based solutions (or similar industry solutions) would be preferred
preferred background in Retail Softlines & Hardlines