The Regional Vice President of Sales for UK & Ireland will lead a team of Account Directors, driving growth and revenue goals while focusing on value-based selling and strategic alliances.
Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.
Why join Coupa?
🔹 Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.
🔹 Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.
🔹 Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.
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The Impact of a RVP, Sales UK & Ireland at Coupa:
As the Regional Vice President of Sales for UK & Ireland, you will be the primary catalyst for Coupa’s continued dominance in one of our most mature and strategic markets. You aren't just managing a region; you are leading a high-caliber team of Account Directors to redefine how the UK and Ireland’s largest enterprises manage their business spend. This is a high-stakes leadership role for a visionary who excels at value-based selling and strategic alliances, driving $2 billion in global revenue goals by transforming complex customer challenges into measurable business success
What You’ll Do
- Drive Coupa's growth within customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland region.
- Coach, develop, and support an international team of highly motivated Account Directors by serving as their strategic advisor and guiding them in selling value in each engagement.
- Collaborate closely with Global System Integrators such as Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, and Bearing Point.
- Lead by example, implementing sales processes and best practices, and working with your team to develop sales plans for targeted accounts, sub-regions, and vertical segments.
- Deliver weekly sales updates for the region and maintain accurate records in Salesforce.
- Engage with C-level prospects, effectively presenting Coupa's strategic value proposition and driving deals to closure.
- Implement key sales training and coaching programs to strengthen Business Value Selling capabilities within your team and assist them in developing sales plans for targeted accounts, sub-regions, and vertical segments.
What You Will Bring to Coupa
- Demonstrate a successful career in B2B sales leadership within a SaaS environment.
- Experience in leading teams.
- Possesses experience in value-based selling to enterprise customers, with preference given to those with domain knowledge in Spend Management, P2P, eProcurement (although not mandatory).
- Exhibits strong capabilities in recruiting, managing, and coaching high-functioning teams, coupled with a mentoring mindset.
- Displays strong empathy and the ability to identify strategic customer pain points, developing unique and compelling value propositions that prioritize delivering business value.
- Excels as a collaborative team player, working effectively cross-functionally.
- Expected to travel extensively within the region.
- Demonstrates a successful track record of engaging with stakeholders at all levels within an organization, from functional roles to C-level executives.
- Possesses excellent communication skills in English, with full business proficiency in other languages spoken in the region considered a plus.
- Exhibits a strategic mindset and thrives in finding solutions for challenges within an ultra-high-paced environment.
Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.
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