Advanced Navigation is the world’s most determined innovator in AI robotics and navigation technologies across land, air, sea and space applications. Founded on a culture of research and discovery, Advanced Navigation's mission is to be the catalyst of the autonomy revolution. Fields of expertise include artificial intelligence, underwater sonar, GNSS, radio frequency systems, inertial sensors, robotics, quantum sensors and photonics.
Today, Advanced Navigation is a supplier to some of the world's largest companies, including Airbus, Boeing, Google, Tesla, NASA, Apple, and General Motors. Discover it for yourself:
Role purpose
This is the entry-level position in the quota-carrying Account team and the gateway to progression to full Account Executive status within Advanced Navigation. In this role you will engage with a number of assigned target accounts who at some point in the past have either purchased from or engaged with us, and have been assessed as potentially having opportunities for expansion and growth.
Your responsibility will be to re-engage with these accounts, confirm their future potential, build strong relationships, and execute an account development plan which ensures we are seen as their partner of choice.
Responsibilities- Develop and maintain a detailed (non-technical) knowledge of our products, specifications and applications in the field.
- Maintain an active profile for Advanced Navigation within assigned accounts.
- Work with assigned clients to ensure that they obtain agreed ROI from their investments in Advanced Navigation products.
- Ensure strong client awareness of all new products and capabilities.
- Actively prospect within assigned clients for new opportunities.
- Create and execute professional sales, territory and account plans.
- Collaborate with the right colleagues at the right time in the process to maximise the conversion of opportunities to contracts to successful implementation.
- Make intelligent use of collateral, sales and product materials in order to drive customer engagement.
- Deploy responsible use of pre-sales, Proof of Concept and post-sales resources.
- Provide the business with a timely and accurate sales forecast of orders and deliveries.
- Regularly develop and refine the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as a sales professional.
- 1-3 years of experience in business development including Qualification, Discovery, Progression, Negotiation and Closure as well as Territory and Account Planning.
- Executive presence with the ability to represent and present in front of an audience.
- Be a strong team player that is passionate about being a part of a fast-moving and entrepreneurial company.
- A sense of being coach-able and invested in your professional growth, development, and career path.
- Strong skills with CRM solutions like Salesforce.
- Excellent communication and writing skills with the ability to be both technical and analytical.
- The ability to adapt to a fast-changing environment, international cultures, and distributed teams.
What are some of the benefits you will have access to?
You'll have access to industry-leading products with diverse applications within some of the most interesting and exciting projects worldwide. We’re growing a team of inspired, smart, and driven individuals from all sorts of backgrounds. With great opportunities for growth and variety, we strive to help each employee carve out the path that’s right for them.
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