Description:
You’ll work within the organization who are responsible for the entire range of S&P Dow Jones Indices’ products and/or services. Activities may also encompass the development and management of business strategies and initiatives to stimulate customer demand for products and services and related support activities associated with these efforts.
May also include the management of telemarketing initiatives and activities by external organizations.
Creates and nurtures high level strategic relationships and promotes thought leadership to customers.
Develops strategies and approaches for driving revenue growth for market specific sales segments.
Aligns sales strategy with that of S&P Dow Jones Indices’’ most important client base.
The Impact
- Assist in leading the sales and revenue results of Saudi Arabia
- Has huge positive impacts for local marketing activities including improvement of our brand recognition
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Proactively manage complex negotiations of commercial and contractual deals for new sales opportunities to meet and exceed sales objectives within Saudi Arabia
- Identifies product and market trends and ensures that sales teams are knowledgeable and conversant in them
- Maintain constant contact with existing clients to ensure that their needs are met and continuously add value to users
- Together with the client services team processing requests for data snapshots. The snapshot process is technical, time sensitive and admin intensive requiring attention to detail and proactive follow-up with both IP and data sales
- Extensive knowledge and use of our CRM tool (Salesforce), as well as contract and billing databases will be required
- Contract creation, sales order entry, and progression to completion
- Following up with invoicing and accounts payable issues
- Support manager and develops high level strategic relationships and promotes S&P Dow Jones indices thought leadership to customers
Functional And Business Knowledge
- Has deep knowledge of the industry and awareness of market trends
- Has deep understanding of how indexes are used within the investment management process and investment product creation. This requires knowledge of end-customer (asset owners, plan sponsors, governmental agencies, and retail investors) needs and trends