Senior Field Sales Executive - Remote R0046524

Senior Field Sales Executive - Remote R0046524 USA | Wolters Kluwer

Job Description  

The Senior Field Sales Executive is a quota-carrying team member responsible for selling a set of CS offerings to customer stakeholders within their book of accounts. Assigned to a specific set of accounts, the Senior Field Sales Executive will drive new sales at new customers as well as cross-sell opportunities at existing customers. The Senior Field Sales Executive is responsible for working directly with customers to understand their needs, identify relevant CS products to address these needs, communicate the value proposition of such products, and facilitate all activities to complete a deal (pricing, quote, contract, etc.). The Senior Field Sales Executive will build internal relationships and work alongside Technical Sales, Customer Success, and Sales Support to identify, pursue, and close deals. Senior Field Sales Executives are accountable to achieve quota, adhere to defined processes and policies, and develop or maintain customer relationships. 

REMOTE:  This is a USA - Remote role that reports directly to the Director, Financial Services Sales and works under the leadership of the Vice President, Financial Services. This role is a part of BU – FCC | CS | Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Inc.

Required Job Qualifications (minimum):   

• Travel:  requirement approximately 20%.
• 7 years’ of direct B2B sales experience with a proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales targets
• Experience selling into the Financial Services industry.
• Industry experience and customer contacts; build or elevate brand presence in the specialty lending industry (e.g., on boards, relationships with associations)
• Experience using Salesforce.com as CRM.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an emphasis on relationship building
• Cross-sell offerings across platforms with support from additional sales teams
• Apply consultative selling approach to identify and recommend products to fit customer needs
• Accomplished negotiation skills and able to navigate complex purchasing processes
• Drive, conscientiousness, and perseverance to conduct outbound sales contacts daily.
• Communicate effectively in both face-to-face and virtual selling environments with senior executive stakeholders
• Sales experience and understanding of the lead-to-order process within lending or compliance industries
• Team effectively with other internal teams including Technical Sales, Customer Success, Sales Support, Finance, and Legal stakeholders
• Passion and ability to learn new CS offerings quickly
• Highly goal oriented, focused on achieving / exceeding expected results
• Stay organized and manage multiple priorities at once across multiple customer accounts

Preferred Job Qualifications:   

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work experience.   
• Analytical background with the ability to think critically and analyze data to identify trends and opportunity areas
• Industry knowledge of financial services or specialty lending institutions and applicable workflows
• Experience in the financial services, or lending compliance industries
• Experience in a high growth, fast paced, or specialized product environment

Essential Duties and Responsibilities   

• Develop a strong understanding of the needs of accounts and create account plans for how to meet those demands
• Manage relationships and serve as trusted advisor to (senior executive) stakeholders at existing customers and develop new relationships with potential customer stakeholders
• Develop, maintain, and apply consultative knowledge of CS products to identify products best-fit to meet customer needs; collaborate with the Technical Sales team for deep knowledge and technical understanding 
• Effectively prioritize and respond to inbound leads or customer requests for information
• Leverage SFDC data and collaboration with other sales team members to identify, pursue, and close opportunities to cross-sell at existing customers, or create business with new customers; Support Customer Success on renewals or up-sells, as needed
• Maintain a clean and accurate pipeline in CRM
• Understand and articulate value propositions of CS offerings; collaborate with product managers or Technical Sales as needed to source deep technical expertise
• Adhere to defined sales methodology and sales processes including steps to configure, price, quote products and services, draft, negotiate and close contracts
• Deliver against individual quotas
• Support product road mapping by sharing customer insights that help shape the prioritization of key product enhancements
• Work with Technical Sales, Customer Success, and Sales Support to identify, pursue, and close opportunities for Compliance Solutions products at customer accounts; build internal relationships and develop collaborative team among these functions to effectively serve assigned book of accounts
• Assist Service with escalated customer issues, as needed (e.g., payment, supply issues)
• Develop knowledge of industry specific trends, regulations, and associations to elevate industry expertise or brand presence

Additional Information:   
Wolters Kluwer offers great benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available - https://www.mywolterskluwerbenefits.com/index.html   
  
  
Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare, tax and accounting, financial and corporate compliance, legal and regulatory, and corporate performance and ESG sectors. We help our customers make important decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.  Wolters Kluwer reported 2022 annual revenues of €5.5 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide. We are headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.   
   

·         Ranked by Forbes Magazine as among America’s Best Large Employers for 2022 - #84.   

·         Wolters Kluwer secures 2nd place in Newsweek's Most Trustworthy Companies List 2023   

·         CEO Nancy McKinstry ranked 16th by Harvard Business Review of the best performing CEOs in the World.   

·         WK #1 for gender equality in the workplace in the Netherlands & #47 worldwide for 2023.   

     
  
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by most people assigned to this job.  They’re not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and requirements. The job description provided is subject to revision and modification at any time.  |  

Compensation:

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.