Director Enterprise Sales
Company. What we are building:
Skupos drives revenue growth across all segments of the convenience retail industry through technology that connects both retailers and brands to their shoppers. With a focus on independent stores and small chains which make up nearly 80% of the market, the Skupos platform enables both retailers and brands to compete through better understanding and serving their customers. Founded in 2016, a growing network of 14,000+ customers across all 50 states rely on Skupos to boost sales volume and increase their customer base.
Role. An overview of the opportunity:
As the Regional Director of Enterprise Sales you will drive our enterprise sales adoption and report directly to the VP of Sales. You will leverage relationships with CPG executives and develop new relationships with business leaders to understand their unique company challenges and to influence their perspective of Skupos Enterprise solutions. You will do this with deep industry understanding, communicating the business value of our platform to drive value.
You will help drive our Enterprise market penetration with overall responsibility for building broad product adoption in the Midwest Region. The Regional Director of Enterprise Sales will require both strategic and day-to-day leadership to continue to grow our platform adoption. Responsibilities include selling to the largest CPG accounts, expanding partners, and collaborating cross-functionally across Product, Operations, Marketing and Engineering to drive sales growth.
Responsibilities. Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead and manage the entire Enterprise sales-cycle in the Midwest Region (organizational planning, execution, and closing key CPG accounts)
- Influence the companies sales methodology and drive best practices on selling, forecasting, and account management within large key accounts.
- Continuously design, build and execute Go-to-Market Enterprise strategies for the region in collaboration with cross-functional leadership.
- Strong leadership - Scaling best sales practices across the organization and driving our key account strategy overall.
- Drive and own business metrics, sales forecasting, functional review meetings, deal review, customer account reviews, weekly team meetings and periodic company-wide kick offs.
- Travel within the Midwest Region and/or U.S.could be expected (up to 50% post-Covid)
Experience. Candidates should have:
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 10 years of enterprise sales experience in quota carrying sales and strategic account management
- Minimum of 10 years of success selling data and enterprise software into consumer packaged goods (CPG) with a focus in the areas of Brand Marketing, Market Research, Category Management, Shopper, & Consumer Insights
- Must have extensive knowledge / Experience selling enterprise solutions (SaaS)
- Must have data sales experience; proven ability of data enterprise sales to CPG companies a plus
- Knowledge of SaaS business models and B2B channel structures
- Proven track record of significant over-quota achievement and demonstrated career stability / growth
- Understanding of household panel data (Nielsen and/or IRI)
- Deep understanding of Salesforce CRM a plus
Skills & Experience. We are looking for:
- Driven, entrepreneurial spirit
- Comfortable working in hyper-paced, startup environment
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality results in a timely manner, including consecutively exceeding past sales quotas
- Deep understanding of multiple facets of consumer products with prior experience selling into marketing, shopper and/or consumer insights a plus
- Deep knowledge base of the sales process with the ability to engage senior level executives in strategic meetings to ensure top down alignment a plus
- Skilled at building and managing customer relationships
- Strong oral, written, and presentation skills
Benefits. What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Discretionary time off (DTO)
- Wellness stipend
- And more!
A Note on Covid...
We are fortunate to continue to grow during this unfortunate time. Our top priority is to ensure the health and safety of both our current and future Skupeeps.
As of July, our physical office spaces have reopened on a voluntary basis. Our Skuad members are allowed onsite if they are fully vaccinated (2 weeks past final vaccine dose). That being said, we will continue to manage our interview process virtually, don't be surprised if children or pets make an appearance.
We deeply care about you as our candidate, so let the People Team know if there’s anything we can do to make your interview process go more smoothly - we are in your corner!