JOB DESCRIPTION
- The SCO manages a client portfolio and conducts the following activities for each client:
Client Strategy –
- Understand client sector, context and strategic/growth questions the client is facing.
- Build the long term vision for the client, identifying client’s growth agenda, client priorities, client power map, competitive landscape and Ipsos Value Proposition
- Build the account plan in collaboration with SLLs
- Define target revenue per Service Line, following guidelines communicated by the CCO
- Identify significant opportunities to be anticipated and build proposal main objectives
- Identify thought leadership themes
- Align with the CCD if the client is also managed at a global level.
Business Management –
- Activate the account plan to meet target revenue objectives in coordination with the Service Lines.
- Cocreate a plan with clients to ensure that the research design evolves (“Retain”) with the support of the Service Lines.
- Interact with the client to develop opportunities, promote Ipsos services and ensure a high quality of services: introduce business questions, identify opportunities to add greater value to the client’s business, brief and introduce service line leaders.
- Mobilize Ipsos Service Lines and organization (IKC, Science Team, …) by activating a network to give the best of Ipsos to the client to meet win and retain objectives.
- For significant/multiple service lines opportunities, SCO leads the proposal:
- Decision to bid
- Framing the business issue and building the pitch strategy, including the storyboard
- Assigns and briefs the leading SLL who will assign a pitch leader, write the proposal and submit costing
- Finalizes proposal and consolidate pricing
- Pitches to client with relevant Service Lines’ support
- Supports contract negotiation including pricing and Legal
- For less significant opportunities involving mainly one Service Line, the SCO contributes to the proposal as needed (except if client is not covered by the local Client Organization
- Gives input on client context to the SLL
- As appropriate, participates in key client presentations
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to Ipsos on ecqf.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com to apply