Sales Executive, Planning & Pricing

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Chicago, IL
120K-140K Annually
Senior level
Fashion • Retail • Software
The Role
The Sales Executive will focus on driving revenue growth through building relationships, managing complex sales cycles, and presenting tailored retail planning and pricing solutions to clients.
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Job Title: Sales Executive, Planning & Pricing 
Location - Remote: United States, covering Central territory

Job Summary:
Centric Software, the global leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, is seeking a dynamic and high-energy Sales Executive to join our growing team in the United States. This role will focus on driving the sales of Centric’s innovative Retail Planning & Pricing solutions to fashion, retail, and apparel companies across the U.S.

As a Sales Executive at Centric Software, you will be a self-starting, results-driven professional with a deep understanding of the retail, fashion, and apparel sectors. You will drive revenue growth by building strong relationships with executive-level decision-makers in these industries, positioning Centric’s solutions as essential enablers of smarter retail planning and pricing strategies. This role requires a strategic vision, persuasive storytelling, and emotional intelligence to manage complex sales cycles and close deals in a competitive market.
Responsibilities:

  • Own and drive revenue generation within your assigned territory, focusing on building relationships with decision-makers in the fashion, retail, and apparel industries. Continuously seek new business opportunities, identifying where Centric’s retail planning and pricing solutions can deliver value.
  • Conduct in-depth, tailored sales presentations that showcase Centric’s suite of Retail Planning & Pricing solutions, addressing the unique needs and challenges of fashion and apparel brands in Japan.
  •  Drive complex sales cycles from initial contact to deal closure, navigating multiple stakeholders and delivering customized solutions that align with customer business needs.
  • Develop and execute strategies to identify business opportunities and challenges within retail planning and pricing, proposing tailored Centric solutions that optimize pricing strategies and improve operational efficiencies.
  • Analyze customer business needs and leverage your expertise to propose customized solutions, delivering clear value in areas such as demand forecasting, assortment planning, and pricing optimization.
  • Prepare high-quality written proposals, quotations, and responses for RFI/RFP/RFQ requests, ensuring that all responses reflect Centric’s solutions and market leadership.
  • Collaborate with internal teams (Product, Marketing, Customer Success) to ensure alignment on customer requirements and the execution of sales strategies, even without direct control over cross-functional teams.
  • Consistently meet and exceed revenue targets while nurturing long-term relationships with customers. Drive strategic account growth through upselling, cross-selling, and identifying expansion opportunities.
  • Represent Centric Software at regional trade shows, conferences, and other business development events, expanding Centric’s brand presence within Japan’s fashion and retail market.

Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of proven success in sales, specifically in solutions related to Retail Planning, Pricing, or Enterprise Application Software (MRP, ERP, CRM, SCM).
  • Expertise or deep understanding of the fashion, retail, and/or apparel industries, particularly in the areas of pricing optimization, demand forecasting, and retail planning.
  • Proven experience navigating and selling complex software solutions, with a track record of closing contracts in excess of $500,000.
  • A history of consistently meeting or exceeding annual quotas and KPIs, with a results-driven mindset.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and engage executives at multiple levels of organizations.
  • Proven ability to develop and maintain strategic, long-term relationships with clients and cross-functional teams.
  • Experience in value-based or solution selling methodologies, tailoring sales strategies to address unique customer business needs and challenges.
  • Expertise in preparing and delivering compelling presentations, business proposals, and responses to RFI/RFP/RFQ requests.
  • Ability to work autonomously while being a collaborative team player in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • A dynamic role with significant responsibility and a broad range of opportunities to contribute to business growth within the fashion, retail, and apparel industries.
  • Remote work flexibility, emphasizing collaboration, respect, and work-life balance.
  • An opportunity to work alongside a highly motivated and dedicated team in a fast-paced, evolving industry.
  • Professional development opportunities to enhance your technical and sales skillset.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $120k - $140K base pay plus up to $120k - $140K for incentive compensation.  Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range for each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Candidates who exceed the specified experience and relevant education or training may be considered for compensation above the stated range. Please note that the compensation details listed reflect base salary, and certain positions may be offered additional variable incentives.

Top Skills

CRM
Enterprise Application Software
Erp
Mrp
Pricing
Retail Planning
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The Company
Campbell, California
568 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

Centric Software® is the innovator behind the #1 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, Centric PLM™, that is blazing the trail for brands, manufacturers and retailers across all segments of the consumer goods industry. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Centric Software has shattered the mold to create state-of-the-art digital solutions to satisfy the needs of every player in the market, large and small, and supports their mission to develop high-quality, sustainable products that are on time and on trend.

- Centric PLM delivers enterprise-class merchandise planning, product development, sourcing, quality and product portfolio optimization innovations specifically for fast-moving consumer industries. Centric PLM streamlines the product development process from concept to retail.
- Centric Planning provides best-in-class data and visually driven financial, merchandise and assortment planning as well as store and vendor forecasting to maximize margins and for seamless and fast, pre and in-season execution.
- Centric Visual Boards improves collaboration and decision-making of merchandising and buying teams through intuitive digital boards, driving innovation and decreasing time to market.

All Centric solutions are market-driven, ensuring they meet the needs of customers. These innovations include the first ever PLM mobile apps, 3D CAD connectors, sustainability integrations, and more. Centric Software has the highest user adoption rates in the industry and proudly maintains a 99% customer retention rate due to its seamless implementation methodology which ensures that 100% of its customers go live. Centric Software is proud to provide the best solution, backed by the best team to service the best customers.

Centric Software is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA). For more information, please visit www.centricsoftware.com.

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