DESCRIPTION:

Acolad is the global leader in content and language solutions. Its mission is to support companies in every industry to scale across markets and enable growth through cutting-edge technology and localization expertise. Established in 1993, the group is present in 23 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia, with over 1.800 employees supported by a network of +20.000 linguists around the world.
At Acolad, every position is key to our global growth: we know that we will only succeed if our people succeed.
Joining Acolad means a unique opportunity for professional development through a collaborative global environment that promotes talent and creativity. We are continuously looking for new talent (like you!) to support our mission to drive growth and innovation across some of the world’s leading brands.
We are revolutionizing the localization industry with enterprise-grade SaaS solutions that enable businesses to deliver local content anywhere efficiently. Our mission is to harness cutting-edge AI technology to create innovative, user-centric products that redefine how content localization is managed and delivered.
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REQUIREMENTS:

• Min. 2-3 years sales experience in a quota carrying role within the language service industry
• Proven track record of handling a 7-figure account portfolio with a solid demonstrable quota achievement
• German Native speaker or at least business fluent in German(min. C1 level in verbal / written communication)
• Based in Germany (ideally in Southern Germany e.g. Baden-Württemberg or Bavaria)
• Comfortable working autonomously in a remote setup

MAIN PURPOSE:

Achieve revenue and growth targets at an assigned customer portfolio of strategic accounts as well as profitability and customer satisfaction goals. Be a role model in hunting within the existing accounts and identifying up- and cross-sell opportunities. After proven success the candidate will have the opportunity to support and coach all team members on upsell and cross-sell topics.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing key customer contacts. Create and grow new ones throughout the account to achieve efficient levels of customer intimacy and support business growth and financial objectives (Revenue, Gross Margin).
• Collaborate with Sales, Global Account Directors and Solution Management on business opportunities. Acting as a link between the customer and the internal delivery/production teams; being the advocate of the client in our organization
• Develop and maintain Strategic Account Plans and manage an on-going pipeline of revenue and activity for the Account Managers portfolios.
• Developing and implementing sales and account growth strategies for your named key accounts in cooperation with the HoAM while being responsible for positioning all Acolad solutions & services with help from product specialists.
• Executing the targets and KPIs of your Accounts (in close cooperation with HoAM). Working together with the HoAM and production teams to create growth in accounts and to ensure customer life-time value is maximally utilized.
• Forecasting account sales and monitoring account pipeline in Salesforce.
• Visit clients on-site on a regular basis (quarterly / half-yearly) to represent Acolad and identify further account expansion opportunities