Strategic Account Executive – SaaS CPG Vertical

Join EasyPicky, a leading SaaS company in the CPG vertical. As a Strategic Account Executive, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of key accounts, driving complex sales cycles, and expanding the installed base. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and contribute to improving the sales process. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of B2B software sales experience, proven experience in the CPG sector, and is fully bilingual in English.

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Job summary
Permanent contract
Montpellier
A few days at home
Salary: €60K to 100K
Experience: > 7 years
Skills & expertise
Team building
Actively
Key missions

Gérer un portefeuille de comptes clés pour augmenter les ventes et prospecter de nouveaux clients.

Développer et exécuter un plan de compte annuel pour chaque compte clé, en identifiant les opportunités de croissance.

Diriger le processus de réponse aux appels d'offres (RFP) de bout en bout, en coordonnant les équipes préventes et en menant les négociations.

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The position

Job description

As a Strategic Account Executive, you are responsible for a portfolio of key accounts to grow and prospect. Your territory is international (France + Europe): you have an installed base to grow and a hunting list of prospects to win. Your priority segments are top-tier global CPGs (Food, Beverages, Household & Durables, Beauty & Personal Care) first, then Healthcare (consumer health, pharma with a retail presence).

Your responsibilities:

  • Own your territory : build and run an annual account plan for each key account: stakeholder map, whitespace, entry points

  • Run complex, long sales cycles : multi-stakeholder deals of 6 to 18 months, from first meeting to signature

  • Cross-functional selling : Identify and address the needs of your C-Level contacts (Sales Leadership, IT, Procurement, etc.)

  • Sell on value : qualify rigorously, build quantified business cases with the customer, defend price against competitors and in-house alternatives

  • Drive RFPs end to end : make the go/no-go call (with the team), own the response strategy and timeline, coordinate pre-sales, lead orals and procurement negotiations

  • Expand the installed base : grow existing customers to new countries, brands and modules; own the renewal outcome with the CSM

  • Work closely with the Team: orchestrate the resources around the account: Pre-sales / Solutions Engineering (discovery, demos, POCs), CSMs (adoption, renewals, expansion signals), Marketing (account-based campaigns), executives and partners at the right moments

  • Forecast with discipline — keep pipeline and account data accurate, forecast weekly against a clear qualification standard

  • Actively contribute to improving the sales process and sharing best practices


Preferred experience

What we’re looking for:

  • Global enterprises — 8+ years in B2B software sales, including 5+ years selling to global enterprises, with verifiable quota attainment

  • Proven experience with key accounts in the CPG sector

  • Long, complex sales cycles experience — multi-country deals of 6–18 months, with 5+ stakeholders (including Procurement)

  • A recognized value-selling method and the ability to walk us through a business case you built with a customer

  • RFP leadership as an owner (you can explain a go/no-go, a won RFP and a lost one)

  • Cross-functional selling and Full, global ownership of named accounts (Core AE), orchestrating others to deliver the account plan

  • You are fully bilingual in English, both written and spoken (C1+ minimum required). English is ideally your native language, or you have spent several years working abroad with English as your daily working language.

  • Results-driven, you thrive in dynamic and collaborative environments

  • You are comfortable with regular travel (France and Europe)

  • Based in Montpellier area (work from home up to 3 days / week)

What we offer

  • A key role in EasyPicky’s growth strategy, with significant impact

  • A dynamic team where everyone has a voice, with autonomy and room for initiative

  • Flexibility: work from home up to 3 days / week

  • Team-building: afterworks, offsites, seminars…

  • Compensation: €60–110K uncapped full package depending on profile


Recruitment process

  • An initial conversation with Bérénice, Head of People, to learn about your background and motivations

  • A video interview with Jean-Baptiste, Head of Sales and your future manager

  • A business case

  • An on-site interview at our Montpellier office with Marine and Renaud, the company’s two co-founders

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