Director, Business & Solutions (APAC)

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute strategic plans to achieve sales targets.
• Create and communicate sales goals and ensure C-level executives are informed on the progress of those goals.
• Build and maintain long-lasting, strong relationships with customers while partnering with them to better understand their business objectives and needs.
• Understand industry-specific trends and landscapes.
• Effectively communicate value propositions through presentations and proposals.
• Report on forces that shift strategic directions of accounts and tactical budgets.
• Identify, assess and resolve complex business issues and propose alternative solutions.
• Identify and manage issues and risks and act as an escalation point within the account.
• Manage and monitor account level risk dollar and budget; control costs to ensure maximum achievement of revenue and margin.
• Manage risk and impact of change requests and assist with service request of variation order negotiation.

Requirements:

• Has at least 8 years of working experience in IT Services (not purely IT Infra services, not hardware, not product license) in Singapore with more than 6 years or more in leadership position.
• Experience of managing large deal, large customer up to 12 million USD.
• Experience working for large IT Services companies
• Process broad business acumen and deep IT industry knowledge, and to use this knowledge to develop client relationships.
• Track record of interacting and building relationship with CXO level client contacts.
• Proven ability to drive the sales process from start to finish
• Proven ability to articulate the distinct aspects of services and products
• Knowledge of how to develop client-focused, differentiated and achievable solutions
• Understanding of how to position services against competitors
• Excellent written, verbal, listening, negotiation and presentation skills