Total 3 job vacancies by NielsenIQ

Key Activities

• Deliver Sales / Revenue based on Sales Pipeline & Key focus industries 
• Continuously build strong pipeline through continuous engagement with clients
• Create demand and provide relevant products / solutions that answer client's business questions / opportunities
• Work on a strategy to winback lapsed client
• Contribute to the short-term strategies and business plans for the growth of the business unit based on global and regional direction
• Work together with global / regional sales account manager to ensure all key financial metrics are met
• Help to build company's positive image

Financial Management

• Achieve key financial metrics: revenue, profitability and cash collection, as well as other related business development objectives
• Ensure proper pricing and contracts are applied according to company's policies and guidelines
• Understand the company's financial guidelines such as forecast and pipeline management
• Use sales technology and digital tools to do work efficiently by recording prospects, forecast pipeline and convert sales
• Monitor the actual financial performance against budget/forecast and ensure the implementation of actions that will lead to the achievement of the targets

Research Design and Proposal Development

• Prepare a proper proposal that align with client's needs and relevant to answer client's objectives
• Conduct proposal presentation

Project Management

• Ensure deliverables from Client Success Manager (CSM) team is according to the right scope agreed with client.

Client Management

• Serve as a Point of Contact at the client (SPOC): overall management of client contact,
• Communicates and consults regularly with client on top-level-management

NIQ/GFK’s CMI Sales team is focused on growing revenue, finding new business opportunities and market penetration.

Sales is NIQ GFK’s growth engine which is instrumental for the company’s success.

So where do you fit here?

You will drive the overall new business sales & renewals for CMI business for the accounts in your scope; you will secure a sustainable sales pipeline developing new revenue opportunities while maintaining close customer relationships for existing accounts.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales, renewals and overall growth of business, securing sustainable and long-term pipeline, revenue opportunities, while keeping an accurate forecasting and maintain customer relationships (both senior and mid-level)
• Develop a strategic understanding of customer's industry/ business/ markets/ clusters.
• Partner with Customer Success (Research consultancy and delivery team) and other relevant functions (e.g. Retail Measurement, Retailer + Tech & Durables Account Leaders) to define strategic Account Plans and JBPs and remove roadblocks for smooth sales operations.
• Drive strategic action plan to tackle Voice of the Customer feedback.
• Work together with our sales teams, enhancing your skills and improving your experiences together as a team.
• Seek strategic expansion of customer network and strategic alliances to unlock new budget holders.
• Ensure proactive alignment of NIQ GFK’s CMI value proposition to customers' needs and trends.

You are a high-performing deal maker with a growth mindset of revenue targets. You know how to build and promote strong long-lasting client relationships. You’re energized by accelerating sales, uncovering opportunities, and exceeding individual targets while bringing the best out of your colleagues through collaborative learning and joint pitches when needed. A deep understanding of the market landscape, our CMI products, and our processes is at the forefront of your mind. You know that collaboration amongst teams and active listening of clients is critical to meet goals and grow. You strengthen our relationship with customers and unlock opportunities for growth. Selling, understanding our customers and their contexts, effective negotiation and growth mindset drive your work.

About the Role

• Developing sales strategies for customers across the Consumer/Analytics product set.
• Engaging with key specialist stakeholders, exploring new relationships and unlocking new budget holders for Consumer/Analytics products.
• Identifying opportunities to cross-sell Consumer/Analytics solutions to existing measurement customers.
• Collaborating with Account Development Leads during the account planning process to develop renewal strategies for Consumer / Analytics solutions.

Role Description

• Drives or supports overall sales strategy for specialist product set. Drives technical solution wins for specialist products.

Account strategy & Management

• Contribute to the annual CEM Client Alignment process, develop specialist product elements of the joint client business plan, and participate in account planning and sales strategy for specialist products in collaboration with Global/Regional/Local ADs and CS.
• Support Global/Regional/Local ADs in building local customer relationships and unlocking Consumer/Analytics product set stakeholders.
• Relay ongoing VoC from Consumer/Analytics sales pitches, and feedback from relationships with specialist stakeholders.
• Own prospecting and identification of selling opportunities for Consumer/Analytics product set; Support Global/Regional/Local ADs in pre-planning for contract renewal.

Driving and closing the sale

• Build Consumer/Analytics proposals as part of cross-sell effort or broader contract renewal, align stakeholders and gain support, and create and deliver technical client presentations in collaboration with Product Specialists.
• Develop and execute pricing strategy and lead negotiation process for Consumer/Analytics product set.
• Support Global/Regional/Local AD in finalization of contract execution at renewal; lead contract execution for Consumer/Analytics product set outside of annual/master contract renewals.
• Onboard Customer Success team following Consumer/Analytics sales.

Your Growth

This role is in a dynamic market in a fast-paced environment and at the core of what NielsenIQ does. Though you should possess the following skill set you will also learn to further hone your influencing skills as well as learn to work and navigate  a matrix structure. Through this role you will be exposed to all levels of leadership. Within NielsenIQ we have a number of development programmes at all levels of seniority, for both soft and hard skills, mentoring programmes and on-the-job training.