Strategic Account Manager
Posting Date : 06 Mar 2025 | Close Date :04 Jun 2025


Job Title: Strategic Account Manager

Location: KL/Penang

Tenure: Permanenet

Headcount: 1

Summary:

You will be an individual contributor responsible for driving sales growth across Southeast Asia, with a focus on company products and solutions in targeted industries. This role involves building long-term client relationships, achieving sales targets, and delivering value-driven technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Sales Performance: Drive revenue growth by developing new business and maintaining strong relationships with existing clients.
  • Industry Expertise: Maintain a deep understanding of the industry landscape, business challenges, and the unique needs of accounts.
  • Complex Sales Leadership: Lead client interactions in complex sales processes through collaboration with stakeholders and colleagues.
  • Value Proposition: Deliver compelling presentations on technical solutions, clearly articulating our value propositions.
  • Territory Management: Plan, execute, and manage account strategies and resources.

Specific Duties:

  • Sell Technology Solutions and Content Services across SEA, directly or through channel partners.
  • Maintain and grow the renewal revenue stream.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor by understanding customers’ future engineering and product management initiatives.
  • Develop and manage sales opportunities, from prospect qualification to closing deals and ensuring recurring revenue.
  • Lead high-level discussions with C-level executives to position as the preferred solution.
  • Execute strategies with EPC/Consulting Partners to generate pipeline opportunities.
  • Continuously analyse the competitive landscape to refine sales strategies and improve win rates.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to properly position complex solutions for clients.
  • Provide feedback to management, consultants, and product teams to drive product improvement.

Required Education:

  • University degree (bachelor’s or equivalent) in Engineering or combination of education and experience.

Experience:

  • Proven track record in Major Account development and relationship building.
  • Consistent achievement of revenue goals.
  • Knowledge in ERP/EAM, PLM/PDM, CAD/CAM, or other engineering-related software is preferred.
  • Expertise in Challenger Sales methodology and understanding of complex sales cycles.
  • Strong network in targeted industries such as Oil and Gas, HiTech Manufacturing, Automotive, Pharmaceuticals, Aerospace, and Defence.

Other skills:

  • A strong commercial mindset. Prior experience selling to, speaking to, or interacting with personas in Engineering field is an advantage. A genuine interest in and ability to learn about workflows and personas, developing the industry specific knowledge necessary to have credible diagnostic conversations.
  • Strong communication, organization, presentation, and negotiation skills. Confidence in meetings, presentations and dealing with prospects and customers remotely and in person.
  • Creative thinking and problem solving to drive solutions that address client needs with the company solutions.

Travel:

  • Occasional international travels required, while domestic travel for business as required.
 


Sub Specialization : Engineering;Others
Type of Employment : Permanent
Minimum Experience : 4 Years
Work Location : Kuala Lumpur