Corporate Account Management – General Profile

'The Account Manager establishes strategic partnerships within the assigned accounts / geographies starting with key executives and applies leadership, facilitation and collaboration skills with the regional strategic account team members, Business Line sales specialist and sales leaders to:

• Develop and execute against the annual account sales plan objectives (volume, budget, resources) to support the IHS Markit strategy for the brand, products / solutions and customer including:
• Utilizing a top-down sales approach and continually working with key executives to ensure that all customer business objectives are understood and mapped to IHS Markit solutions.
• Identify, develop and maintain key C-Level relationships at all key accounts.
• Achieving or exceeding new sales target assigned by Sales Management.
• Assist in the timely renewals (all products) and account retention.
• Source key strategic deals and facilitate stage development.
• Improve competitive positioning and displace any competitors.
• Optimize revenue and customer satisfaction within assigned account(s).
• Creates and monitors lead generation action plans within defined segments to grow new business through maximizing upsell and cross sell opportunities.
• Provides "Insight" to customer decision making through industry, business and extensive product knowledge.
• Able to clearly articulate the IHS Markit value proposition.

Principle Accountabilities and Competencies

• Works on issues where analysis of customer situations requires an in- depth industry / business / product or services knowledge.
• Has accomplished level of understanding of Energy industry, business, financials, products and services - may help develop others understanding; may be recognized as an expert in one area.
• Complexity is high (territory / account, products / services, may serve as a team lead - recognized as an accomplished sales professional.
• Influences the thinking of others and frequently interacts with senior and executive management.
• Plans own territory or account approach and manages own resources according to operational strategy. Frequently interacts with executive management.

Knowledge and Skills

• Has accomplished level industry, products and services knowledge - possesses the ability to connect this knowledge and expertise to business issues, operational strategies, and results.
• Has accomplished and broad understanding of value proposition and sales process.
• Has accomplished level industry expertise and networks.
• Language skills where appropriate.

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