Enterprise Account Executive in Manchester

ANS Group are a 750+ team of technology specialists and business experts, who, according to our customers ‘get things done’. We are on a mission to make the world’s best cloud and digital services available for all. Openness, ambition, honesty and passion drive us every day. We believe every organisation, large or small, has the right to realise their dreams and think bigger. We give all organisations access to the best digital transformation technology, people, and processes.

ANS takes the world’s best cloud, security, data and business app technology, preconfigure and automate it specifically for the needs of our customers. In this way, we enable digital transformation projects that are streamlined, simplified and cost effective while meeting stringent security and compliance needs. ANS are experiencing another record breaking year and have been voted Microsoft Services Partner of the Year with deep and trusted relationships with our Microsoft colleagues.

We are looking to build and grow our Commercial Enterprise sales team and have opportunities for both Enterprise and Senior Enterprise Sales Executives across our Retail, Financial Services, Professional Services and ISV/Digital Native industry teams.

What will you do?

• Identify new name accounts through self-generation activities including marketing, referrals, social media in addition to working with the existing marketing team whose responsibility is to generate sales ready leads (SQL) for the sales team.
• Identify growth opportunities within your small set of customers.
• Work closely with internal and external partners, ANS marketing, other ANS Sales teams & Microsoft to maximise the ANS product set into their accounts.
• Manage the end-to-end sales cycle through CRM including working with our presale’s solution architects in both new logos and your existing customers.
• Manage a small set of enterprise and mid-market accounts within the vertical or sector.
• Oversee the delivery throughout the project and own the commercial relationship.
• Ensure a smooth transition into delivery and then a smooth transition into Service Delivery.
• Provide a single point of contact, engagement plans ANS product and service penetration Matrix for each account - baselines, opportunities.
• Work closely with the CSM and CSA including attending Service Reviews, QBRs, project updates, project boards to ensure a fantastic CX.
• Facilitate the renewals with the CSM, CSA & renewals team.
• Fully understand the landscape and people, identify share of wallet across our services.
• Own all the actions.
• Work with MSFT account teams on both new logo and existing accounts.

What will you bring to the role?

• High degree of motivation, goal-oriented, high-energy, and highly focused.
• Proven successful sales experience with a proven track record of quota over achievement, direct sales experience preferred.
• Experience in a solution sales environment preferably in IT, services, and managed projects and through to support.
• Possess a strong understanding of the software market, either of the Hosted Applications, managed hosted, software solutions, CRM, SaaS, electronic office products sectors, or one closely related where customer service is of paramount importance.
• Significant track record of developing routes to the Enterprise & Mid-Market place and driving exceptional sales performance.
• Thrive in high energy, fast paced, challenging environment.
• A proven track record of new business acquisition - likes the thrill of new business, recognition from contributing.
• Fast on feet, quick learner, comfortable with minimal resources and wearing several hats through the sales process.
• Proven business to business sales experience.
• Classically sales trained with a reputable organisation e.g., Meddic or similar, Spin, TAS, Huthwaite, Major Account Selling.

What’s in it for you?

ANS are one of the leading Microsoft Partners within Azure, D365, Power Platform and Data; nominated in the winners category for the best Microsoft UK Partner and a Microsoft Strategic Partner for Power Platform. You will be joining a team with a wealth of experience, along with the opportunity and exposure to work on great projects using the latest technologies to help our customers become more productive and move towards being a data driven organisation.