Job Description

Job Family: Sales & Account Management - SIP

Sabre Corporation is a leading technology provider to the global travel and tourism industry. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre operates offices in approximately 60 countries around the world. At Sabre, we make travel happen. Positioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their lives. Today, Sabre is creating a new marketplace for personalized travel. It is our people who develop and deliver powerful solutions that meet the current and future needs or our airline, hotel and travel agency customers. Join our journey!

The key goal for this role is to win new customers in the market place, increase market share for Sabre in his/her portfolio ,build strategic relationships, identify and progress product opportunities, manage existing book of business and to establish long term strategy for loyalty with the agencies in India market .
This includes designing long-term client engagement strategy, establishing and managing C-level and other relevant relationships in the account, establishing and implementing account engagement action plan, competitive landscape analysis, bringing innovative products and services to agencies, building sales and competitive strategy, support complex negotiations and ensure sales, revenue and customer satisfaction are targets are met.
The Supervisor for new account sales & expansion will be a member of the Travel Solutions -commercial team reporting to Regional Manager for India. The candidate seniority and skills are particularly critical given geographic and diverse spread of the market . The role will require the person to work closely with product, delivery, legal, finance and commercial teams on a frequent basis. He/she will also be actively engaging various levels of Sabre leadership within the strategic opportunities assigned.
The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities & qualities :

• Inclusive team member amidst the diversity in South Asia
• Go getter : Responsible for driving customer engagements and business development of Sabre and solutions and technology offerings that result in revenue .
• Positive attitude : Establishes positive relationship and results in order to solidify a stronger regional relationship and grow business in India.
• Engaging : Serves as daily primary point of contact with the customer with responsibility for account volume, productivity, market share and profitability for the accounts in India .
• Collaborative : Works closely with the client and other Sabre management in identifying current and future requirements and translating them into Sabre offerings with the necessary cooperation with Sabre product marketing team. Develops and articulates solutions based on a client's strategic business or technical requirements ascertained from working with multiple business units across the client's organization. Maintains awareness of existing or potential client escalation issues.
• Relationship management : While operating with broad latitude for decisions and actions, this position has authority to substantially affect the relationship between the company and a customer, either from a financial standpoint or product standpoint. This role is recognized as an expert by internal and external peers.
• Self motivated individual : Ability to work independently as well as on cross-functional teams. Prior experience in constructing a business case, contract negotiations and financial evaluation and analysis.
• Well aware : Stays abreast of current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking etc. Understanding the market trends, keeping a check on competitor's promotional schemes, hence updating the Management and Products and operations team to help the keeping up to market standards.
• Ethics & Values : We need those who think and act like a self-starter, who are willing to roll up their sleeves and engage with our teams and our customers to drive results.

• Proven track record of winning sals
• Of building C level and senior executive relationships with clients.
• Bring operationally savvy and client management experience is key
• Seasoned professional in enterprise Sales with a technology company
• Solid experience and exposure to Account Management
• Strong analytical skills
• Solid negotiator and facilitator
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with working in a matrix organization and leading virtual distributed teams
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Master's degree preferred
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in sales and account management, working for a software vendor and/or in the travel industry
• 6 years management/supervisory experience preferred

We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as your application progresses.

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