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Customer Retention & Renewals Specialist (m/f/d) - Germany or Bucharest

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 3-5 years of experience in a customer facing role; experience within the IT sector is required
  • Customer focused; people-oriented and delivers exceptional customer service
  • Fluent German and English language skills

Responsibilities

  • Build relationships and negotiate with existing customers
  • Prepare quotes, review due dates, and administer full recovery of existing maintenance contracts
  • Conduct sales interactions with accounts via telephone or over the internet to close identified renewals business
  • Work closely with the product team to give feedback on ways to improve retention

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Negotiation
  • Customer Service
  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Time Management
  • Self-Motivation
  • Creativity

About the company

IGEL Technology logo

IGEL Technology

  • Software / SaaS
  • SME
  • 201–500
IGEL is the leader in providing a secure endpoint OS for enterprises now and next. Designed for VDI, DaaS, SaaS and secure browsing, IGEL OS delivers a first-class user experience while being seamless to manage – saving money, fueling growth, supporting sustainability and driving organizations forward. IGEL OS supports a Zero Trust approach to security through the unique IGEL Preventative Security Model removing the attack vectors often exploited by bad actors. Trusted by leading healthcare, financial services, retail, manufacturing, and government leaders worldwide, IGEL has a growing ecosystem of more than 125 integrated IGEL Ready ecosystem partners and is represented by partners in over 50 countries. For more information on IGEL, visit www.igel.com. Legal Notice: https://www.igel.com/legal-notice/ Privacy Policy: https://www.igel.com/privacy-policy/ Privacy Policy for Social Media Pages: https://www.igel.com/privacy-policy-social-media/

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Job description

THE LOCATION: 
Germany, Remote

THE ROLE
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Customer Retention team to cover IGEL Technology maintenance and subscription renewals for the EMEA region with a focus on the DACH region.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 
  • Build relationships and negotiate with existing customers, being the 'go to' account manager for customers and partners
  • Prepare quotes, review due dates, and administer full recovery of existing maintenance contracts
  • Work to bring in timely maintenance and renewals revenue personally through direct contact to our customers, but also leverage the field sales team and our partners when necessary
  • Conduct sales interactions with such accounts via telephone or over the internet to close identified renewals business; this will involve strong negotiation of pricing and spotting opportunities to up-sell
  • Work closely with the product team to give feedback on ways to improve retention
  • Train to become a sales expert on key products and become an advocate within the team; be able to articulate to the customer the constantly evolving technology and its application to a customer's business problem

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 3-5 years of experience in a customer facing role; experience within the IT sector is required; software sales/renewals experience desired
  • Customer focused; people-oriented and delivers exceptional customer service
  • Sales oriented; strong communication, negotiation and selling skills, strongly motivated by success and target-driven
  • Ability to follow a sales process, overcome objections and find solutions to those objections in order to maximize sales for IGEL Technology
  • Great phone presence 
  • Ability to work well with internal and external (partner) teams and be a collaborative team player in cross-functional teams
  • Articulates professionally in both verbal and written communication
  • Ability to balance admin work while prioritizing revenue generation
  • Self-motivation, sense of responsibility and creativity
  • Fluent German and English language skills

Interested? Apply now via our online applicant portal!

If you have any questions about the position or application process, our HR team is happy to assist.

Matt Krajnik

matt.krajnik@igel.com

Please note that we are unable to hire applicants residing in countries outside our legal entity countries. Please note that IGEL does not currently have a sponsorship license and is regrettably unable to offer sponsorship.
 
We celebrate tolerance and diversity, and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, skills and perspectives. IGEL is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want the best available person in every job. Our policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.

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