Schneider Electric

Strategic Account Executive, Power & Grid - Power Generation

Schneider Electric$188K — $282K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-12 years in strategic sales, ideally in energy or renewables
  • Proven solution selling and multi-stakeholder account management
  • Strong grasp of electrical distribution and digital solutions
  • Experience with utilities, IPPs, or renewable energy developers
  • Expertise in Outcome-Based and Customer-Centric Selling
  • Ability to navigate complex client needs and secure deals
  • People management experience with a collaborative leadership style

Responsibilities

  • Drive sales of Schneider Electric's Medium and Low Voltage electrical distribution solutions
  • Lead and align a virtual team for integrated customer solutions
  • Collaborate with specialists and management to deliver tailored solutions
  • Develop account growth strategy and conduct joint account planning
  • Generate demand and identify key decision-making committees
  • Respond swiftly to clients' strategic priorities and needs
  • Cultivate strategic relationships to foster large transformative deals
  • Manage opportunity pipeline across client segments
  • Ensure a premier customer experience from sales through delivery
  • Establish strategic positioning with key decision-makers and SE executives
  • Coordinate interactions between customer personnel and company leadership
  • Facilitate support from internal stakeholders for superior customer satisfaction

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
  • Flexible work arrangements and paid family leave
  • 20 days of paid time off plus 12 holidays annually
  • 401(k) retirement plan with matching contribution
  • Opportunities for skill development and career advancement
  • Access to learning platforms and global career opportunities
  • Community service volunteer leave and educational initiatives
Full Job Description
This position requires a highly diplomatic business developer who excels at identifying, engaging, and converting high-potential prospects within the Power Developers, and Independent Power Producers (IPP) and Data Center Developer landscape. The ideal candidate will narrow the scope of the ideal relationship profile prospects and engage, influence, and convert new strategic accounts to value-based customers. They will competently lead the overarching relationship strategy, parallel and highly prioritized operational plans, and the leadership and management of the extended team (key account managers, business-unit (BU) sellers, etc.), plus any external partners and executive sponsors. This role will serve as the primary point of contact for critical customer relationships - a trusted advisor who drives strategy, innovation, and disruption to help achieve their desired business outcomes.

Our leadership is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Business Leader capable of:
  • Seeking and fostering deep relationships with key client decision-makers, influencers, and C-Suite executives.
  • Identify new business opportunities and successfully close strategic transactions
  • Obtain internal alignment across diverse Lines of Business
  • Orchestrate a team of Business Unit sellers, Sales Specialists, Project Managers, etc.


Responsibilities
  • Drive solution sales across Schneider Electric's portfolio including Medium and Low Voltage electrical distribution, Motor Control Centers, Grid Automation systems, Protection relays, Power Monitoring and Control platforms, advanced Energy Management Software, and Lifecycle Services to optimize, automate, and digitize the electrical infrastructure supporting generation, renewable energy, and grid distribution assets.
  • Functionally lead and align a virtual team of BU sellers, technical experts, project managers, and partners to deliver integrated, customer-centric solutions.
  • Work with teams of Quotation Specialists, Contract Managers, Project Managers, and Supply Chain to deliver solutions that solve customer needs.
  • Set growth strategy for assigned accounts and lead strategic joint account planning.
  • Demand generation, identify target buying committees, and prioritize pursuits.
  • Understanding the strategic priorities of clients and responding with agility, speed, efficiency, and effectiveness.
  • Cultivating client, channel, and other external strategic relationships to drive large transformative deals and ecosystem-led growth development.
  • Identify and manage the pipeline of opportunities for all sub-segments that the customer covers.
  • Align with project delivery resources to ensure a VIP customer experience throughout the sales, delivery, and service life cycle.
  • Develop relationships between SE and the account's key decision makers and position SE strategically as a strategic customer and supplier.
  • Coordinate the relationship between key customer personnel and SE senior executives
  • Management and interlock of internal stakeholders to ensure the right level of support for delivering the strategy and superior customer satisfactio

Requirements/Attributes
  • 8-12 Years of experience in strategic and highly relationship-centric demonstrated sales success preferably in the energy, utilities, or renewables sectors.
  • Proven success in solution selling and managing complex, multi-stakeholder accounts.
  • Strong knowledge of electrical distribution, automation, energy management, and digital solutions.
  • Experience working with or selling to utilities, IPPs, or renewable energy developers.
  • Advanced experience in Solution Selling, Outcome-Based Selling, and Customer-Centric Selling.
  • Strong ability to understand & navigate complex requirements, clearly communicate client needs, challenge the client on solutions, and close a strategic transaction.
  • People management experience with a coaching and collaborative team-oriented leadership style.
  • Proven track record at acquiring new business.

Bring your strategic sales expertise to a team that's ready to support your success - apply today!

For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 188,000 - USD 282,000 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you'll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:

Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits), flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, 20 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date).

Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs: your base salary, short-term incentives or sales incentives, opportunities to own company shares (eligibility depends on start date), and 401(k) + match.

Grow Your Skills and Career. We commit to helping you grow with ongoing performance and development conversations, Senior Talent Program, global career opportunities, access to our Schneider Career Hub for new positions, projects, and mentors, and learning platforms like Coursera to equip you with the skills for today and tomorrow.

Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage teaming up through project opportunities on the Schneider Career Hub, smart ways to collaborate, celebrating contributions via a recognition program (including service anniversary), sharing your voice in our engagement survey, and fostering an inclusive, caring workplace.

Support Your Community. We make a difference in your community with volunteer leave, programs through the Schneider Electric Foundation, initiatives that support youth education, and military leave benefits.

About Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is a multinational corporation that specializes in energy management and automation solutions. The company was founded in 1836 and is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France. Schneider Electric offers a wide range of products and services including electrical distribution, automation and control, and energy management. The company operates in over 100 countries and has a strong presence in the industrial and commercial sectors. Schneider Electric is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets to reduce its environmental impact. The company has received numerous awards for its sustainability efforts and is recognized as a leader in the industry.
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