Account Manager, Legal - IL/MO
Thomson Reuters VenturesAccount Manager
This position is responsible for developing account plans for new and/or existing small to mid-sized corporate accounts in an assigned territory. Prospects new customers and new business at existing customers and close full solution sales to corporate customers.
Products: Legal Content & Software - https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/legal
Location: Must reside within territory, territory includes IL and MO.
About the Role:
In this opportunity as Account Manager, you will
Prospecting: Prospecting is a must. Actively seek out new business opportunities with both new and existing customers to build a strong sales pipeline. Keep your sales pipeline clean and up to date, aiming for 3-4 times coverage of your sales targets on a monthly and quarterly basis.
Account Management: Focused on companies with revenues of less than $500M, leading the entire sales process through account planning, to include initial contact, account planning, deal closing to renewal.
Sales Goals: Meet or exceed your revenue targets.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with other teams within the organization to tailor our solutions to address the customer needs.
Relationship Building: Establish and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders, understanding their challenges and demonstrating how our solutions can address them.
Salesforce Maintenance: Regularly update our CRM system (salesforce.com) to maintain accurate records of your sales activities and to provide reliable sales forecasts.
Engage in direct client meetings either in person or via platforms like MS Teams.
About You:
You're a fit for the role of Account Manager, if you have:
College degree preferred with a minimum of 4 years direct field sales experience (sales experience in the corporate sector preferred) with proven, exemplary track record of sales quota over achievement.
Proven ability to sell complex software solutions to small and medium companies (Less than $500M in revenue), using a consultative and value-based approach.
Experience with high velocity sales, as well as land and expand approach; Experience selling to C-level executives applying a solution selling approach and the ability to identify business challenges and impact to their business if they don’t solve their challenges.
Skilled in leading detailed sales processes involving various stakeholders.
Enthusiastic about prospecting and able to manage the entire sales cycle independently from initiation to closure.
Ability to develop and execute an account plan.
Able to work from home office and travel to customer locations.
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What’s in it For You?
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