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    Account Executive (f/m/d)

    NCR Corporation

    🇩🇪 Germany
    Remote
    SaaS
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    Work Type

    Remote

    Vertical

    SaaS

    Source

    himalayas

    Language

    🇩🇪 German

    About this role

    Title: Account Executive (f/m/d)Location: Germany, VirtualPosition summary:In this exciting role, you will be responsible for account and opportunity planning to maintain and grow accounts within your assigned territory.

    The main focus is to be developed profitable sales of NCR’s Retail portfolio into retail customers including our full solutions encompassing hardware and software, professional services and managed services.

    In addition to a sales target, your main performance metrics are to manage and develop your accounts ensuring the highest level of customer service and support to NCR’s Retail customers in the Germany.

    This role requires strong relationship management, sales support and account development and management skills in order to achieve your targets and a high level of customer satisfaction.Key Areas of Responsibility: Understand the retail industry (including competitor landscape) and articulate the business value of NCR’s Retails solution portfolio to our customers Capturing and updating opportunities for the sales funnel.

    Manage the sales funnel opportunities from pipeline to closure Maintaining and building strong relationships with customers to increase customer satisfaction and account profitability Matching customer business objectives with NCR self service solutions that deliver value to the end customers.

    Work to build a business case with the customer and internally Developing strategic account plans, customer opportunity plans and presenting high quality, professional presentation and proposal materials Responsible for customer relationships ensuring that all customer

    requirements are identified and met driving volume and growth into these user accounts Key liaison between the customer, sales support teams, the factory, product management and other internal resources Responsible for any prospect opportunity within their assigned account base Schedule and conduct regular customer meetings to discuss customer-specific issues, review performan

    Selling Motion

    Sales Cycle

    Enterprise

    6–18 month cycles, complex multi-stakeholder deals

    Prospecting

    Outbound-Heavy

    Self-sourced pipeline via cold outreach

    Buyer Persona

    C-Suite

    Selling to executive decision-makers

    Territory

    Named Accounts

    Pre-assigned list of target companies

    Requirements at a Glance

    Bachelor's Degree·Required
    Prospecting·Required skill

    Typical Day — Account Executive

    Stakeholder meetings3–5/week
    Executive presentations2–3/week
    Business cases & RFPs1–2/week
    Forecast & pipeline2×/week
    Champion coachingDaily

    Estimates based on role type and selling motion — actual may vary by company.

    SaaS — Interview Intel

    Typical Sales Cycle

    30–90 days (SMB) · 3–9 months (Mid-Market) · 6–18 months (Enterprise)

    Common Buyer Objections

    • "We're locked into a contract with [competitor]"
    • "We built something in-house already"
    • "We don't have budget until next quarter"
    • "Our team won't adopt another tool"

    Key Industry Metrics

    ARR / MRRNet Revenue Retention (NRR)CAC Payback PeriodLogo Churn vs Revenue ChurnACV (Avg Contract Value)Magic Number

    Hot Topics to Reference

    • • AI-native product disruption
    • • PLG vs sales-led motion debate
    • • Vertical SaaS consolidation
    • • Usage-based pricing models

    Use these insights to speak the buyer's language in interviews.

    Tags

    Account-Executive
    Sales-Executive
    Account-Manager
    Retail-Sales-Representative
    Solution-Sales-Executive
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    Walk me through your discovery process.

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    How do you handle a prospect who goes silent mid-deal?

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    Tell me about your largest closed deal and the sales cycle.

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    How do you build business cases for stakeholders?

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    Describe a deal you lost and what you learned.

    Template question
    Research NCR Corporation's product, recent news, and key competitors
    Prepare metrics: quota attainment %, average deal size, win rate
    Practice a 2-minute product demo pitch for a mock discovery call
    Prepare to discuss your home office setup and self-management discipline
    Review the job description and map your experience to each requirement
    Role Insights

    As an Account Executive with NCR Corporation, you'll own the entire revenue pipeline and be measured on quota attainment.

    Expect to work with recurring revenue models where customer retention is as important as acquisition.

    This remote-friendly role based in DE provides geographic flexibility while maintaining access to a SaaS market.

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