Sales Executive

Kronos Incorporated empowers organizations around the world to effectively manage their workforce. At Kronos, we are experts who are solely focused on delivering software and services that enable organizations to reduce costs, increase productivity, improve employee satisfaction, and ultimately enhance the level of service they provide. Kronos serves customers in more than 60 countries through its network of offices, subsidiaries, and distributors. Widely recognized as a market and thought leader in managing the workforce, Kronos has unrivaled reach with more than 30 million people using a Kronos solution every day.
Kronos customers include enterprises large and small from nearly every imaginable industry sector. Tens of thousands of organizations in diverse industries worldwide including retailers, healthcare institutions, manufacturers, services organizations, transportation and distribution companies, airlines, government entities, and educational institutions overwhelmingly choose Kronos. Kronos is a privately held company and was founded in 1977.

SALES EXECUTIVE - Multiple Locations (US)

RESPONSIBILITIES

This position requires the ability to successfully prospect for new sales opportunities across various vertical markets. Additionally, one must be competent in developing and executing a winning sales strategy. This includes developing new prospect opportunities and expanding Kronos’ presence with our current customer base. The successful candidate should be able to use consultative selling skills to clearly understand customers’ business requirements and recommend the Kronos solutions that will solve their business issues. Collaborative team selling experience desirable. Experience selling into the following industries, Specialty selling into the following market segments is a plus; Manufacturing, Public Sector, Retail, or Healthcare.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts cold calls, prospects and qualifies account opportunities;

• Develops pipeline of new opportunities while closing existing opportunities

• Identifies and creates business needs with senior executive decision makers

• Creates and communicates the value of Kronos solution with prospects and clients

• Builds relationships at all levels within organizations

• Closes opportunities

• Develops a detailed territory plan

• Develops individual account strategies to effectively penetrate accounts

• Develops thorough understanding of each account’s industry and business

• Acts as a resource for multiple industries

Uses understanding of internal processes and resources to effectively execute the sale
 

Communication:

• For all levels (executive, management, and operational),

• Able to clearly present information through the spoken or written word;

• Read and interpret complex information;

• Probe customers to uncover hidden information;

• Listen well, Influence & Persuasion:

• Able to convince others in both positive or negative circumstances;

• Use tact when expressing ideas or opinions;

• Present new ideas to decision makers;

• Adapt presentations to suit a particular audience; respond to objections successfully.

Initiative:

• Able to bring about great results from ordinary circumstances;

• Prepare for problems or opportunities in advance;

• Transform leads into productive business outcomes;

• Undertake additional responsibilities and respond to situations as they arise without supervision.

Negotiating:

• Able to obtain agreement from multiple parties throughout all stages of the sales cycle;

• Earn trust;

• Use good timing and carefully calculated strategies when bargaining;

• Communicate high value of services over the competition;

• Identify hidden agendas that might interfere with resolution of terms.

Planning, Prioritizing, and Goal Setting:

• Able to prepare for emerging customer needs;

• Manage and close existing deals while cultivating new opportunities;

• Determine project urgency in a meaningful and practical way;

• Use goals to guide actions and create and execute detailed action plans.

Reading the System/Political Advantage:

• Able to identify key people to bring about change;

• Understand underlying political dynamics;

• Develop a network of contacts and target specific influential people to reach goals;

• Be aware of significant contributing factors to manage change.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred.

• Experience with Power Base Selling Methodology or similar program desired.

• 5-7 years with proven experience selling software solutions at the C level in the mid-market space.

• Experience selling HR and Payroll application-oriented software and or systems strongly preferred.

• Consistently exceeded a $1 Million + quota.