OVERVIEW
HSO Korea is looking for a highly motivated sales professional to drive growth in Azure Data & AI solutions, Dynamics 365 AI Business Applications and Retail Solutions across South Korea.
As a Sales Manager, you will be responsible for executing the sales go-to-market strategy, identifying new opportunities, building our pipeline, winning new deals, and meeting company targets. This is a role for a strong enterprise sales professional who has a proven track record in closing cloud solution deals. The role is ideally suited to a business hungry and intellectually curious enterprise sales professional who can open new accounts and has the required experience to manage C-suite stakeholders.
A successful Sales Manager will be result oriented, fast do-er, solid sales & client management and problem-solving skills, good personal network, and the ability to build strong relationships with client and Microsoft in various sectors and divisions.
JOB DESCRIPTION
· Identify potential clients in the target market and complete appropriate research on the prospective client’s business and technical needs.
· Partner with pre-sales teams to create contract-winning proposals for current and prospective clients.
· Identify, evaluate, qualify and quantify opportunities.
· Drive opportunities from lead generation all the way to closure.
· Ensure customer success and satisfaction.
· Understand client’s business domain, pain points and technical requirements
· Become a subject matter expert on 3 line of business: Microsoft Azure Data & AI, Dynamics 365 AI Business Applications, and Retail Solutions; Remain up-to-date on industry news and use cases.
· Provide accurate weekly forecasts.
· Actively building relationships with clients and Microsoft in various sectors and divisions. Co-organizing different events with Microsoft and other partners.
REQUIRED SKILLS
· Proven experience defining project logistics, resources, and production processes
· Excellent planning, organizational, and communication skills
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Korean.
· Independent, self-motivated, results-oriented, and dynamic.
· Ability to work under tight deadlines and with geographically dispersed teams
· Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
· Advanced knowledge of data platform, Agentic AI, automation and machine learning.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
· Proficiency in English and native in Korean
· Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or related fields,
· Minimum 5 years of experience in B2B Solution Sales,
· Experience in building and growing multi-national customers,
· Prior experience in managing complex clients,
· Prior experience in client consulting, Data & AI solutions, ERP solutions, retail solutions and sales methodologies,
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and AI tools to increase productivities,
· Fast learner of the Data & AI use cases, with the ability to tell the business story, and drive the customer in the AI transformation journey,
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven ability to close deal with minimal supervision.
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
· Prior experience in the Artificial Intelligence industry
· Ex-Microsoft/AWS/Google seller
· MBA holder, degree in Machine Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Project Management, or related discipline