Sales Director - Egypt

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are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life - such
as energy, infrastructure, chemicals and minerals - safely, efficiently and
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Job Description

Position: Sales Director - Egypt

Previous experience: Successful track record of leading sales teams in selling
complex, high value B2B software into one or more of the following industries:
food and beverage, discrete, transportation, process, energy, pharma or
utilities.

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Employment type: Full-time regular

We are searching for an experienced Sales Leader to help us establish a new
region. You would need to have a proven track record in leading a sales team,
specifically in selling high value, complex B2B Enterprise Software solutions.
Ideally within Industrial or Critical Operations domains.

The job

The Regional Sales Director is responsible for overseeing the relationships
and interactions with new and existing customers of the company in a
particular geographical area, spanning across several countries. Establishing,
maintaining, and expanding customer base, servicing the needs of existing
customers and increasing business opportunities through various routes to
market.
The Regional Sales Director is also responsible for monitoring team's
performance and motivating them to reach targets, collecting customer feedback
and market research as well as preparing and submitting reports to senior
management and keeping up to date with products and competitors and general
market trends.

Duties & Responsibilities
The specific responsibilities include:
* Directly manage a team of experienced Account Managers covering all accounts in the assigned territory.
* Promote AVEVA software products and services by managing a team calling on all existing and prospective customers in the territory.
* Develop and manage the account team through frequent and direct engagement of the team, individually and collectively, with a strong emphasis on establishing expectations and priorities to ensure individual and team success.
* Coach individual Account Managers on effective use of CRM, achieving goals which include software license sales, maintaining an active and healthy pipeline, and managing all aspects of their accounts such that on-going maintenance and services revenues are collected.
* Assist Account Managers with the development and on-going maintenance of overall Territory plans as well as individual Account Plans.
* Ensure that individuals effectively utilize a wealth of centralized company resources available to help them to be successful.
* Engage directly with customers, both existing and new, ensuring that AVEVA develops and maintains a broad and deep set of relationships, upon which our success is dependent.
* Establish and maintain relationships and develop sponsorship with key management and decision makers within the customer organization.
* Working with the VP of the Theater and the Director of Marketing, coordinate marketing and business development activities for the region such as industry events and regional seminars.
* Expedite resolution of key customer complaints and problems. Assure that customers are provided/satisfied with complex technical application assistance.
* Leverage AVEVA global alliances (e.g., Microsoft, SAP, IBM, Accenture) and local partner relationships that can positively influence the purchase of AVEVA products and services on projects in territory and worldwide.
* Develop and maintain a sufficient knowledge of AVEVA's core industries (Utilities, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Metals & Mining, Paper, and Life Sciences) and stay current with their trends and issues to effectively align and apply AVEVA's technologies to meet customer's business goals.
* Maintain personal knowledge and skill levels with AVEVA products and sales support applications according to guidelines established by AVEVA through recurrent annual training within the Company or designated external resources.
* Submit expense reports and practice financial management consistent with company guidelines and using company systems.
Qualifications & Experience
* Engineering degree in Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical or related field
* Industry knowledge pertinent to the territory (e.g. in one or more industries: Utilities, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Metals & Mining, Paper, Life Sciences)
* ‎8+ years direct sales experience - specifically within complex, B2B Enterprise Software.
* ‎7+ years sales management experience

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive
background check before they start employment. Background checks will be
conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws,
include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification,
proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit
check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal
data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary
employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where
all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and
the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.

Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our
customers to engineer a better world.