• Application Deadline:
• Position: Strategic Account Manager, Colo/Cloud/Data Centers


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development 
  

What will you be doing?

• Manage the relationship with large, strategic Accounts (up to 10 for MEA) for Vertiv in a long-term perspective, represent the company in front of the Account at CEO/CIO/CFO level.


• Drive/Manage/Ensure and Develop the Sales and Profitability of the business with the Accounts towards defined short and long-term targets through Distribution channels (contractors, consultants, country distributors) and/or through the country organizations.


• Secure Vertiv is the Account’s preferred partner for the entire Product and Service (where applicable) portfolio of Vertiv.

What will your average day look like?

• Responsible for the longer-term building and maintenance of relationships with the Account sand the resulting Customer Satisfaction.


• Continuously informs Account of new product developments that might be applicable in their business segment and investigates and identifies short and longer-term solutions.


• Manages negotiations with the Account centrally, actively participates, supports and coordinates country Sales Teams/ Distributors in local bids and negotiations until closure of an opportunity.


• Interprets internal/external business issues; makes changes to own and others’ work to meet these.


• Drives the Marketing and sales of Vertiv products, services and solutions together with the countries and other channels, by regular visits and meetings.


• Responsible to create, follow up and report the Account Strategy and Activity Plan.


• Responsible for Sales & Profitability level to the Account in MEA and is therefore responsible for pricing and their consistency in the region.


• Actively coordinate the local Vertiv LoB resources &distributor managers in charge of the local Account/ Distributor.


• Actively participate in the construction and follow-up of marketing/activity plans toward the market segment.


• Contributes to the monitoring of the market, identify new business opportunities and propose and drive Action Plans.


• Establish a relationship with 3rd parties(consultants & Uptime)


• Any other duties as deemed appropriate by your line manager.

What are we looking for?

Mandatory

• Bachelor’s degree in management or similar


• Minimum 10 years proven records in management of Sales Account in International environment.


• Electromechanical / IT qualification a bonus

Pre-requisites

• Fluent in English