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Financial Services Sales Leader

🏢 Capgemini • 📍 London, England • 🕒 1 day ago

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Full Benefits Package

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Location Base

London, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Short Description

Scope of the role:
Leads the development of Sales strategies, solution proposal and deal closing for large opportunities. Manages identification and generation of sales opportunities and the cultivation of pipeline growth. Effectively builds network and contacts to build and maintain an attitude of vigilance for opportunities. Identifies and escalates market trends to appropriate clients and Capgemini leaders. Supports the development of practice and sector relevant thought leadership (especially digital technologies and analytics) to garner mindshare with prospects. Helps shape marketing events for maximum impact.

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Understand and discuss Sales plan with Portfolio Head to agree on potential major opportunities to be chased in his/her own focus area (sector, offers)
Qualify major opportunities to be further pursued, drive consistency between Sales strategy (value messages, relationship approach, competitive differentiation) and content work managed by bid team (solution design, pricing and costing, delivery of proposal, planned project management)
Manages and accountable for the opportunity along the collaborative selling Sales process until closing
Build and maintain an external network and client relationships and compiles intelligence from those relationships to pro-actively take opportunities to them.
Test ideas and opportunities within the external stakeholder network on a regular basis
Maintains an internal SME and AE network to identify opportunities BSv can either augment or pro-actively create either in partnership with the MU or autonomously
Liaises with Analyst and Advisor teams and network to monitor market trends and shape or influence emerging opportunities
Address complex client issues involving interactions up to executive level and master meetings and negotiations techniques
Manage business development costs according to levels set by business unit leaders and provide forecast to BU Sales Leadership
Design bid organization, recruit internally for bid organization and account management team and other Salespeople connected to the client

Qualifications

Measures of Success:

Meeting and exceeding annual contract value target
Compliance with the Capgemini sales methodology
Works as part of a team to negotiate new deals, extensions and ad-hoc service aspects
Builds productive relationships externally
Live the Core Values of Capgemini (Honesty, Boldness, Trust, Freedom, Team Spirit, Modesty, Fun)

Professional Qualifications

12+ years of proven sales experience in BPO/ GBS in a global complex environment
Last 2-5 years of related work experience in a leading competitor firms.
Ability to communicate and influence at senior business levels : building relationships with C-suite executives & maintain regular contacts with senior stakeholders (CEO, CXOs /Business Unit heads, Sales Heads & leadership, Finance, Strategy
Several years of proven & consistent sector expertise:

o Extensive practical application and experience selling in the UK/ EU Financial Services Markets
o Track record of success in client pursuits pivoted on analytics, automation and AI
o Have an existing client network within the relevant industry

Several years of proven sales track record in :

o Meeting or exceeding sales target of €30M+
o Leading Sales in a multi-geography, targeting medium to large-sized & complex outsourcing deals :

Ambition to close at least two €15 to €20M deals a year and one €50M+ deal every 2 years. Deal term to be between 3 and 5 years, as per market practice.
Ideal deals to be enterprise transformation type deals, covering either a combination of Functional areas and/ or inclusion of technology-led transformation

o Selling and shaping transformational Outsourcing services with value-based business cases

Understand BFSI-specific value drivers and build differentiated value proposition
Experience of nurturing/ leveraging a digital partner ecosystem to create client value
Direct experience with “Right shoring” models
Experience with Digital solutions as enabler to create business value
Used to work and navigate complex matrix organizations managing multiple internal stakeholders
Strong relationship building, communication, and influencing skills
Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
Proven Commercial Acumen & Business Leadership skills
Driven and able to work under pressure
Self-motivated, enthusiastic individual able to communicate at all levels with a proven track record of working on their own initiative