What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director -Retail Domain ( Client Partner) position at Spot Your Leaders & Consulting?
Director/Client Partner – Retail and CPG
Location - NJ, NyC, Dallas Chicago
As a Client Partner , your primary responsibility is to develop and maintain strong relationships with clients across different industries. Your role is to be a trusted advisor to clients, working closely with them to understand their business needs, identify opportunities for growth, understand their challenges / pain points, and provide solutions that meet their requirements.
Deepening Client / Partner engagements & executing business expansion is at the core this role with a strategy to successfully scaling our offerings and executing business expansion plans. Sensing new business opportunities and building new sales pipelines with a strong mandate to drive profitable growth and footprint expansion.
Some of your key duties and responsibilities include:
• Extensive experience managing Retails clients
• Good understanding of enterprise application and retail IT landscape. Digital Commerce
experience will be a plus.
• Developing and executing strategies to expand existing relationships.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop solutions that meet client needs,
including software development, data analytics, cloud computing, application services
and digital transformation.
• Managing the overall client relationship, including ensuring client satisfaction,
identifying opportunities for upselling and cross-selling, and managing any issues or
concerns that arise.
• Providing oversight for all services provided by the company to the client.
• Providing thought leadership and industry expertise to clients, including staying up to
date with the latest trends and innovations in technology.
• Collaborating with internal teams to develop and deliver proposals, presentations, and
other client-facing materials.
• Managing the financial aspects of client relationships, including forecasting, budgeting,
and managing margins.
• Developing and maintaining a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and key
players in the IT services industry.
• Participating in industry events, conferences, and other activities to build your personal
brand and network within the technology sector.
Qualification:
15 years of successful experience selling IT services and Digital services. This role will
be focusing on offering the next generation solutions across Retail and CPG.
• Strong understanding of the IT services industry and be able to effectively communicate
complex technical concepts to clients.
• Strong business acumen with Retail IT landscape understanding. Digital commerce
experience will be preferred.
• Ability to hunt as well as farm in existing accounts.
• The individual will be a proven, successful, savvy sales executive.
• He/ She will have a high energy level, excellent communication skills and able to garner
immediate respect and acceptance based on experience, intelligence, and interpersonal
skills.
• Comprehensive understanding of targeted industry business environments, issues and
the trends affecting technology spend.
• Hands-on executive who will successfully assimilate into the corporate culture and
become involved as a member of the high-performing team.
• Has strong deal closing abilities.
• Proven track record of establishing strong, executive level customer relationships.
• Business acumen and financial (P&L) skills/metrics driven.
• Proven experience managing large global teams both from technology and delivery
perspective.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Ability to adapt to changing client needs and market conditions.
• Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills.