ЮАРSenior Sales Manager - Johannesburg, South Africa
3 нед. назад
ЮАРSenior
Senior Sales Manager role at focused on leveraging advertising technology and AI-powered commerce solutions.
Обязанности
- Microsoft and have entered into a strategic partnership. As per this, Advertising will be the exclusive partner for Microsoft Advertising's search & display inventory. Microsoft Search Advertising empowers the largest advertisers around the world to reach their maximum potential through paid search engine marketing on the Microsoft Bing Ads platform. will be responsible for complete business management/transaction across Microsoft Advertising.
- As a Regional Lead in South Africa you are expected to drive new client acquisition and grow incremental revenue against a targeted list of high potential agencies and advertisers through continuous engagement. You are expected to continually build and maintain a pipeline of clients and agencies to be onboarded to the Microsoft Advertising platform. Collaborate with internal Account Managers and Strategy teams to develop quality customer plans targeted at revenue growth and customer satisfaction. Cultivating strategic client relationships, revenue generation and delivering customized search solutions will be key to your core function. Your success will be measured by specific key performance indicators focused on driving new customer acquisition, product adoption, emphasizing customer experience and optimizing opportunities.
Требования
- 8 years of work experience with 3+ years of online media sales/digital advertising experience
- Strong network of clientele in the South African marketplace, specifically Johannesburg and an understanding of the key digital players (Brands, agencies etc.)
- Experience and ability to build a client base from scratch.
- Experience in lead generation, networking, and ad-agency relationship management.
- Experienced Digital media solution seller and talented in storytelling and delivering engaging presentations across all levels of leadership
- Ability to handle and manage key/strategic client relationships and revenue
- Ensure a strong metrics focused approach is applied in business planning and execution
- Proven ability to understand customer needs, create and deliver customized, customer-focused pitches and solutions
- Proven track record of exceptional performance, high productivity, communications skills, and meeting deadlines. Demonstrated ability to consistently meet or exceed revenue goals or targets
- Passion for technology as an enabler for company growth
- Effectively navigate through ambiguity and complexities related to client management
- Practice freedom with responsibility, entrepreneurial mindset and thought leadership.
- Possess excellent communication skills providing transparency and enabling information radiators
- Travel to meet and strengthen partnerships with new and existing clients.
Будет плюсом
- Search Engine Marketing Experience
- Understanding of the Digital Ecosystem
- Ad Sales Experience
Условия
- Johannesburg
Другое
- Advertising is a global technology leader helping marketers win the moments that matter. Our advertising platform reaches over 2 billion people across 150+ countries and turns real-time context into business outcomes, delivering results grounded in privacy-first principles. Trusted by 30,000+ brands and leading publishers, is where intelligence, creativity, and accountability converge. By combining lock screens, apps, TVs, and the open web with AI and machine learning, we deliver receptive attention, precise personalization, and measurable impact.
- Through Glance AI, we are shaping AI Commerce, reimagining the future of e-commerce with inspiration-led discovery and shopping. Designed to seamlessly integrate into everyday consumer technology, Glance AI transforms every screen into a gateway for instant, personal, and joyful discovery. Spanning diverse categories such as fashion, beauty, travel, accessories, home décor, pets, and beyond, Glance AI delivers deeply personalized shopping experiences. With rich first-party data and unparalleled consumer access, it harnesses ’s global scale, insights, and targeting capabilities to create high impact, performance driven shopping journeys for brands worldwide.
- Recognized as a Great Place to Work, and by MIT Technology Review, Fast Company’s Top 10 Innovators, and more, is a workplace where bold ideas create global impact. Backed by investors including SoftBank, Kleiner Perkins, and Sherpalo Ventures, has offices across San Mateo, New York, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta, Bengaluru and beyond.
- At Advertising, you’ll have the opportunity to shape how billions of users connect with content, commerce, and brands worldwide. To learn more, visit
- In the first quarter:
- Understand the Microsoft Advertising Ecosystem in South Africa and collaborate with internal stakeholders.
- Leverage your current relationships in the advertising ecosystem to drive revenue conversations as well as open up new relationships in the industry
- You will be expected to build a healthy predictable pipeline of clients to initiate and successfully close partnership and onboarding discussions.
- Consistently create high value revenue-generating opportunities that will work towards delivering quota expectations.
- Lead regular, impactful engagements with key clients.
- Coordinate with the required teams to help achieve targets.
- Second Quarter Onwards:
- Master and grow the activities initiated in the first quarter
- Grow Bing’s share of wallet by continuing to onboard new clients and agencies
- Strengthen relationships with key client and agency stakeholders like (budget decision makers, media planners and senior leadership)
- Collaborate with internal account managers and client poc's to ensure opportunities are leveraged effectively
- Continually strengthen your Search Industry expertise, take personal accountability for your career and personal development;
- Complete required and recommended trainings and apply what you learn to further your growth in role and career progression
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