Director, Customer Management - SMB
Exciting opportunity to lead our SMB Customer Management team at nShift, driving customer retention and revenue growth while building and developing a high-performing team.
About Us
nShift is the leading global provider of cloud delivery management solutions (SaaS), we enable the frictionless shipment and return of almost one billion shipments across 190 countries each year. We are headquartered in London and Oslo and have over 460 employees across offices in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Romania.
Our software is used by many of the world leading e-commerce, retail, manufacturing, and 3PL shippers due to us having over 1000 carriers integrated into our platform, nearly 3 times more than our competitors!
If you buy goods online, there is a strong chance that nShift has powered that delivery, so come and join us as we shape the future of shipping, one frictionless journey at a time.
About you
To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience of selling SaaS solutions in the small to medium sized business arena. You must also have led a team of at least five people across the Nordics and Europe. You are able to coach and develop a team of Customer Managers and will use your communication skills to cultivate strong relationships with customers, partners and colleagues. If you are motivated and results-driven, and enjoy working in a team environment, we’d like to meet you
Purpose of the role
Exciting and career-advancing opportunity for an experienced customer-centric and solution-focused sales leader to join an expanding international team!
We’re passionate about making shipping easy, through creating a community of connected customers, partners and carriers on a single platform, and are looking for great enterprise sales professionals to help us fulfil our vision and mission.
Overall responsibility
The role is responsible for managing a team of customer managers focussing on managing existing customers and maintaining and growing ARR through a combination of direct sales and e-campaigns across your territory.
This role includes hands on involvement in assisting your team with sales processes to ensure the continuous growth of the company while contributing to develop internal processes and the personal development of team members.
The area of responsibility includes:
Account Growth & Retention
Develop and execute strategies to grow revenue from existing customers through upselling, cross-selling, and renewals.
Identify and address risks to retention and proactively manage churn.
Maintain and enhance customer satisfaction to ensure long-term partnerships.
Leadership & Team Management
Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of customer managers.
Manage clear performance objectives and hold the team accountable to sales goals and KPIs.
Foster a culture of customer-centricity, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Strategic Planning
Collaborate with senior leadership to align sales goals with company objectives.
Analyse performance data and market trends to identify growth opportunities.
Partner with marketing and product teams to optimize customer engagement and solution alignment.
Client Engagement
Act as a senior point of contact for key clients, building trusted advisor relationships.
Participate in executive business reviews and strategic planning sessions with major accounts.
Process & Reporting
Oversee pipeline management, forecasting, and reporting for existing business.
Implement best practices in account management and CRM utilisation.
Ensure accurate and timely documentation of client interactions and opportunities.
Requirements
Proven track record of exceeding revenue and bookings targets through account growth
5+ years of B2B sales experience
Minimum of 2 years in a leadership role managing teams across the Nordics and Europe in a fast-paced SaaS/tech-driven environment
Exceptional interpersonal and negotiation skills
Experience in managing a customer management team focused on existing customers.
Experience within SaaS, Ecommerce, Logistics or Carrier Networks are a key advantage.
Strong relationship management and networking abilities on different organizational levels, and interest to nurture and expand pipeline.
Ability to organize, prioritize and execute various activities and focus areas to maximize growth.
Energetic & proactive approach.
Flexible mindset and can-do attitude: Willingness to adapt to customer and organizational needs.
Fluency in at least one of Danish, Norwegian or Swedish and English (both written and spoken). Other languages such as Finnish or Dutch will be considered.
University degree educated or equivalent education are an advantage.
- Department
- Sales
- Locations
- Copenhagen
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time