Strategic Sales Executive - Sodexo

Unit Description

Sales Executives are the force that drive continued revenue growth at our company. With a cross functional deal team, you will work together to understand prospective client needs and develop solutions to deliver maximum value for clients’ outsourcing investment. If you have a curious mind, are an initiative-taker and always looking to learn and improve, this could be an excellent fit for you.

Sodexo and the US healthcare outsourcing market is continuing to grow. We are actively looking to identify top talent to grow our sales team with our business.

This is a remote opportunity that is based anywhere in New Jersey or Pennsylvania with the preferred candidate residing in the Philadelphia area. Due to the high travel requirements ranging from 40-70%, living near a major airport is essential.

Examples capabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Demonstrates ownership and autonomy for territory management and continuous learning and development.
• Strong leadership and people skills to influence a wide range of team members and decisions in a fast-paced, high change, high-intensity, deadline-oriented matrixed work environment.
• Prepares and presents customized solutions and financial value to prospective clients and lead the negotiation on customized, complex contracts.
• Utilizes sales technology/CRM to optimize outreach to clients and to track and manage all sales activities and pipeline opportunities.
• Skilled at consultative selling. Must be able to prioritize relationships, foster open dialogue, and focus on the client to deliver impactful solutions to the client’s needs. Be able to open doors, solution sell, negotiate and close. Executive presence is necessary.
• Conducts in-depth discovery meetings to understand clients’ key business processes and how Sodexo can the maximum value.
• Develops and executes a successful go to market and sales process including.
  • Segmenting territory and account list with methodical prioritization
  • Creating proposals based on client dialogue and insight to deliver value to the client while maintaining company profitability.
  • Developing and leading sales presentations
  • Designing contracts and negotiating terms and conditions including complex Scopes of Work and Service Level Agreements
  • Partnering effectively with cross functional team members with a team-selling approach

The successful candidate will have:

• • Extensive healthcare business experience and financial acumen; ability to understand and speak intelligently about fundamental business processes within a range of services.
  • Demonstrated success in selling.
  • Offers solutions and loves adding value.
  • Enjoys meeting new people and building long-term relationships.
  • Strong digital acumen: leverages and embraces sales technology including SalesForce, Chorus, Clari, Amplify, and Outreach
  • Highly effective organizational and project management skills and experience leading team selling.
  • Willing to be coached and mentored.
  • Excellent communication skills

Sodexo offers a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K and access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs.   Not the job for you?At Sodexo, we offer Sales positions to support sales in Corporate, Schools, Campus, Government and Agencies, Healthcare, Personal and Home Health, Senior Living, Sports and Leisure, and Benefits and Reward Services across the United States. Continue your search for Sales jobs.Working for Sodexo:Our desire to be a leader in each of the industries where we work affords our employees the opportunity to bring on new clients in numerous areas – and continue to grow their careers in almost any direction. At Sodexo, it’s possible to have multiple careers all while working for the same company.Sodexo fosters a culture committed to the growth of individuals through continuous learning, mentoring and career growth opportunities. We offer in-house professional development programs and support our employees who want to pursue external learning opportunities – whether you want to stay on the cutting edge or learn new skills to help you advance into a new type of role.At Sodexo, it really is about our people. Our Sales teams support each other and come together as a team while recognizing each employee for his or her contributions.Sodexo is the North American leader for Quality of Life Services. More than 150,000 Sodexo employees work to improve the quality of daily life at our 13,000 client sites in North America. Sodexo partners with clients to help them attain their strategic vision by offering Quality of Life Services, including Culinary and Food Management, Engineering and Facilities Management, Housekeeping Management, Nutrition and Benefits and Reward Services.

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What We Offer

Compensation is fair and equitable, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. Salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education, and training. Sodexo offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Care and Wellness Programs
• 401(k) Plan with Matching Contributions
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
• Career Growth Opportunities and Tuition Reimbursement

More extensive information is provided to new employees upon hire.

Qualifications & Requirements

Basic Education Requirement - Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Basic Functional Experience - 7 years

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.