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Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

Description.

Retain and profitably grow a limited number of our largest and most strategic global T&E/Supplier Payment customers. Qualified candidate must provide proactive consultation to develop strong customer relationships and to drive and lead global program growth, profitability and retention.

Responsibilities.

• Create strategic vision and set goals to drive profitable growth and retention across key global customers.

• Create and own holistic global account business plans that incorporate strategies and actions for: (1) Penetrating customer relationships across business units, service units, and global teams including metrics of success and regular formal reviews, (2) Creating global growth opportunities through proactive consultation and deep understanding of customer end-to-end payment eco-system, (3) Deeping and entrenching customer relationships, from the program level up to the C-suite, and (4) Driving a robust pipeline of opportunities to significantly grow both share of wallet spend and net new spend on American Express products and solutions.

• Lead contract negotiation strategy and management for contract renewals, RFP responses, and pricing proposals.

• Maintain detailed understanding of customers industries, business and organizational goals and objectives, including but not limited to, a deep understanding of customer financials, business strategy and business risks as it relates to global commercial card and supplier payments, and aligning those customer needs to American Express products and solutions.

• Accountable in developing broad and deep relationships at all levels organizationally, globally, and across a wide scope of American Express teams, customer teams, and 3 rd party strategic partners.

• Partner, collaborate and provide leadership in a global matrixed environment across American Express to: (1) Cross-sell complimentary products and services designed for Commercial Card clients including B2B Payment Solutions and T&E Payment Products, (2) Assist customer contacts to facilitate, interface, and be a primary point of contact for key linkages with numerous internal American Express teams, including regional client management, operational and servicing, risk and underwriting, general counsel legal, product management, strategic partnership, and operational teams to ensure that customer expectations, service quality and contractual obligations are met and/or exceeded.

• Resolve complex issues, including those related to global systems and process integrations, changing local market regulatory conditions, underwriting and risk management mitigations…etc., using formal project management plans, action plans, and risk management plans as the situation dictates.

Qualifications.

• Deep experience in client management, sales, and/or business development roles with multi-national, enterprise-level companies, ideally in the T&E commercial card payments and the procure-to-pay process and payments solutions space.

• Proven track record in successfully driving growth and sales with global clients through developing and managing a robust pipeline of multiple opportunities, researching and understanding customer needs, and planning strategically to progress the pipeline through solutions and consultative based selling.

• Experience in global contract management, including development and leading complex negotiations, and leading internal collaborations with highly matrixed and decentralized global teams.

• Ability to develop, execute and complete a Work Plan, Strategy and Action Plan. Show the skill set to assemble and deliver a presentation telling a clear, concise story aimed at the specific outcome(s) with Procurement, Finance and Treasury professionals

• Evidence of successfully managing global programs and projects with cross-functional teams in a global matrixed organization, including facilitating engagement with multiple subject matter experts, balancing competing leadership priorities with different teams, leading with influence and limited direct authority, and leading through situations with high-levels of ambiguity.

• Ability to lead complex client discussions, manage escalations and influence decisions.

• Strong knowledge of and the ability to understand, discuss, negotiate, explain and present benefits of global commercial payment products and solutions, and their related economic and financial benefits to a client.

• Maturity of judgement in client and internal situations.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Ability to effectively leverage internal resources.

• Strong customer service skills and responsiveness.

• Polished, professional negotiation and selling skills.

• Solid knowledge of Global Corporate Payments products and services.

• Ability to drive results.

Preferred Qualifications.

• Minimum of 8 years of Commercial Card Relationship Management/Consulting/Sales experience with global customers.

• Corporate finance, accounting and finance operations experience.

• Strong understanding of Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes, Expense management solutions and Accounting/ERP Systems.

• Negotiation and contract management experience.

• Program management skills and experience, ideally leading global teams.

• Project management skills and experience.

• Knowledge of the competitive environment within the Commercial Card and P2P space.

• Understanding of Treasury functions and T&E management.

• Understanding of Meetings and Events management is a plus.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 annually bonus benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries

• Bonus incentives

• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan

• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits

• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

• 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy

• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)

• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Job: Sales

Primary Location: US-Texas

Other Locations: US-Arizona

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25006622