Brand Sales Manager

sales plan to drive revenue growth within the automation portfolio for large conglomerates and banks

• Collaborate with the extended coverage and consulting teams to create compelling value propositions tailored to client needs

• Own and deliver monthly, quarterly and annual sale targets

Customer and stakeholder engagement:

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across clients, including c-suite executives to position IBM as a truster advisor.

• Represent the Automation portfolio at industry events, client engagements and strategic discussions

Collaboration and cross Functional leadership:

• Work closely with IBM's extended ecosystem including consulting, technical, product, ecosystem teams to maximize pipeline efficiency and deal closures

• Ensure seamless collaboration with coverage teams to maximize efficiency and deal closures

Pipeline Management and Reporting:

• Ensure accurate forecasting, pipeline management and reporting of sales activities

• Leverage insights and analytics to identify trends, adjust strategies, and capitalize on new opportunities

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 20 years of experience selling software or applications software.

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in selling Automation Solutions like - (cloud, integration tools, container, Application performance management, Aiops, Finops, application modernization, API)

• Experience working with partners in complex implementation projects, including global system integrators and packaged software vendors.

• People Management Experience Preferred

• Ability to work with sales engineers and customer's technical leads to understand existing software estate Identify Business pain points and build business cases for proposed solution.

• Experience with Complex Solution selling and commercial and legal negotiations skills working with procurement, legal, and business teams.

• Ability to leverage C-level relationships with executives.

Preferred technical and professional experience

NA

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