Customer Success Partner

Customer Success Partner

Overview of Blue Yonder

• Blue Yonder is a global leader in AI-powered supply chain, retail, and commerce solutions, committed to transforming business practices through a seamless digital ecosystem that fosters collaboration and predictive insights.
• We empower businesses to navigate complexities and seize growth opportunities with our strategic innovation and deep industry expertise, backed by a strong presence in major cities and multiple Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ recognitions.
• Scope of role
• The Customer Success Management Team partners with our customers to ensure they are maximizing value from their Blue Yonder products.
• You’ll develop a deep understanding of the business operations and challenges of your assigned customers, understanding them in the context of their industry.
• You will build long-term relationships with both IT and business stakeholders, supporting them through their entire Blue Yonder journey.
• Internally, you will represent the voice of the customer, you will be a key member of the core account team, along with the Account Manager and Technical Account Manager.
• You will also be looking for opportunities to expand the Blue Yonder footprint and avoid potential attrition.
• If you enjoy driving real value, working collaboratively both internally and externally, in an energized and growing team, this role is for you.
• How will you contribute to and drive success?
• Serve as one of the primary points of contact as a **trusted strategic advisor** to your customers. Acting within a Customer Account Team, you will also have a Client Executive responsible for commercial engagements and a Technical Account Manager responsible for support case oversight and technical aspects.
• Gain a deep understanding of your customers and their operations within their respective industry sub-verticals. **Understand why they selected Blue Yonder and how we can help them solve their supply chain challenges.**
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key executives and C-level stakeholders across both business and information technology (IT)
• **Develop Value Success Plans through collaborative discovery with your customers to identify key value measures that can be tracked to verify value across their solution landscape.**
• Work to ensure that your customers have fully implemented their contracted solutions and are adopting them into their business practices
• Manage strategic connection cadences for each solution area within your assigned customers. While also maintaining regular internal touch points to maintain Blue Yonder customer focus and progress
• **Drive the internal development of the Executive Business Review (EBR) and Quarterly Business Review (QBR) materials and play the lead role in presenting them to your customers.**
• Identify and mitigate potential customer **attrition** within your customer product suite by facilitating key internal and external action plans
• **Manage customer renewals -** Lead the renewal process for your assigned customers; ensure they are aware of the value achieved, rightsized for the future, and aware of solutions they may want to consider adding
• **Identify key upsell and cross-sell solutions and services expansion opportunities** within your customer portfolio
• **Drive customer referenceability** and by nurturing referenceable customers and facilitating the many reference opportunities they can participate in as part of the Customer Appreciation Program
• Specific goals center on the following (Core KPIs)
• Identify and track measurable Verified Value Outcomes our customers are or have achieved with Blue Yonder solutions
• Driving customer reference activities through our customer appreciation program
• Initiating upsell and cross-sell opportunities within your assigned accounts
• Mitigating customer attrition of the existing solution landscape
• Effectively manage Renewal book of business
• Driving executive customer engagement through strategic business reviews like EBRs and QBRs
• What we are looking for
• This is a senior manager level role with at least **15 years' relevant industry experience**
• **Minimum of 10 years of supply chain and/or retail/manufacturing customer-facing experience**
• Breadth and depth of supply chain domain knowledge and experience is required
• Clear executive presence and strong presentation abilities
• **Ability to identify the critical items in an ambiguous situation or structure, with aptitude to communicate these at the required levels, to make progress**
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (e.g., Sales, Product, Delivery)
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to driving and tracking consistent engagement processes
• Strong business and analytical acumen, with knowledge and understanding of the SaaS technology landscape
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, or related field
• What we offer
• Access to market leading tools & technology to help drive your success
• Work alongside an industry-leading team to help you drive intelligent and thought-provoking conversations
• Ownership of the customer experience on your assigned accounts
• The opportunity to learn and drive leading practices in customer success
• The chance to define what customer success looks like in an environment with a diverse, industry leading supply chain offering
• An environment to grow and develop a career in Customer Success and beyond, measuring what matters, including your personal & skillset development

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