Global Named Account Manager, Japan

Job Description:

Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern to learn, grow, and use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies in the US to the top of the list!

Pattern is the premier partner for global ecommerce acceleration and is headquartered in the United States, Utah's Silicon Slopes tech hub—with offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Valued at $2 billion, Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies in America by Inc. More than 150 global brands like Nestle, Sylvania, Kong, Panasonic, Sorel, and Pandora rely—rely on Pattern's global ecommerce acceleration platform to scale their business around the world.  We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of America's Most Loved Workplaces®.

We need a Global Named Account Manager to develop key growth sales strategies, tactics, and action plans to achieve financial targets. In this role, you will find sales opportunities, follow up on leads, build relationships, understand customer trends, close the sales process with a signed contract, and hit quarterly and annual targets to increase revenue.  This role reports to the VP of International Sales in our US head office and based in Japan.

Key Responsibilities 

• Research and understand the prospective client’s business goals, objectives and challenges

• Ability to communicate value propositions and recommendations effectively to the leadership within a prospective partner

• Active involvement in the implementation of each new partner to ensure a quick and complete realization of revenue

• Accountable for developing a geographic work plan which will result in a pipeline of opportunities

• Actively participate in the preparation and execution of sales plans, events and campaigns

• Responsible and accountable for meeting required sales/revenue targets
   

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 6 + years of direct B2B selling experience with a track record of hitting or exceeding sales goals
• Proven sales executive experience, meeting or exceeding targets
• Proven ability to drive the sales process from plan to close
• Ability to communicate, present and influence all levels of the organization, including executive
• Demonstrable experience as head of sales, developing client-focused, differentiated and achievable solutions
• Excellent listening and negotiation skills
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, relationship building and presentation skills
• Ability to represent Pattern in a polished and professional manner to existing and potential clients
• Fluent in speaking, writing professional English is a must
• Strong work ethic and self-discipline
• Overseas travel is required

Sounds great! Could this be me?

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.

• Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.

• Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.

• Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

What is the hiring process?

• An initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team
• A video interview with a hiring manager
• A video interview with a panel of department leaders
• Reference checks

How can I stand out as an applicant?

• Be prepared to talk about professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples

• Be ready to talk about how you can add value and be the best addition to the team

• Focus on mentioning how you would make a difference at Pattern

• Be prepared to talk about any side projects related to data and analytics

Why should I work at Pattern?

Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the ecommerce accelerator industry! We are a company full of talented industry experts that evolves quickly and often, we set big goals and work tirelessly to achieve them, and we love our Pattern family. We also believe in having fun and balancing our lives, so we offer awesome benefits that include

• Paid Holidays

• Casual Dress Code

• Competitive Pay

• Medical Insurance

Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Pattern is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.