Account Manager

Orange Business

📍Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Posted May 22, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Account Manager

Company

Orange Business

Location

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4381036181

Job Description

About Us
Join us at Orange Business!

We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.

Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

About The Role
The position shall be accountable for the delivery, management and performance of the sales operations in the assigned accounts/territory, including managing the long-term strategy and day-to-day operations of Orange in the accounts/territory. The position reports to the Regional Manager for the region in India

**Strategy for Account Management**

  • Overall responsibility for strategic planning and development of the business in the assigned Accounts/territory.

  • Work closely with Presales and delivery teams to develop new opportunity & cater existing Customer’s requirement

  • Responsible for the execution for Order processing and timely payment collection

  • Directly accountable for profitability and growth of the assigned accounts in the territory.

  • Grievance handling and ensuring shortest time to resolution in the accounts.

**Sales Performance**

  • Ensure growth of Orange Business Services Business, in System Integration, in line with assigned budgets

  • Oversee the long term sales growth and strategy in assigned Accounts along with new business development

  • Develop new opportunities and sources of revenue generation in the assigned territory

  • Develop focused Strategic Account Plans for accounts

  • End to end responsibility of managing sales deals and selling at the highest level

  • Responsible for coordinating tender/business proposals and technical presentations as per customer requirements

  • Consultative sales in the area of System Integration

  • Improving market coverage, profitability, customer satisfaction.

  • Develop plans to build opportunities pipeline (to exceed 3 x order-to-go-target by mid-year)

**Sales Achievement:**
Achieve delivery of committed sales targets through active participation in reviewing sales opportunities, in networking with potential customers' senior management members and in driving the closure of the deals.

  • Prioritize sales opportunities and execution of delivery

  • Manage overall sales process and set appropriate metrics for sales funnel management

  • Leverage opportunities with key partners such as Avaya, Cisco , Nortel , Alcatel, Juniper etc. for locally developed solutions

  • Leverage global solutions portfolio and relationships working with Pan global sales / business teams

About You
Technical & Functional Skills & Certifications

must have extensive experience in

  • hunting & farming Key A/cs

  • selling offerings towards Networking, Collaboration, Cybersecurity, Cloud and DC solutions.

  • excellent Communication & Presentation skills

  • handling large accounts (>1 Mil USD)

Education, Qualifications, And Certifications
Graduate/BE . Post graduate in management would be preferred.

Experience

  • Minimum 8 -10 years plus in direct sales with OEM or System Integration

  • Exposure to areas like Unified CommunicationDATA and Voice networking, Security, Contact Center, Video Conferencing, Storage, Compute, Vitualiztion & Cloud Infrastructure etc

You bring passion, energy, taste for exploration and adaptability. You seek the opportunity to expand your knowledge and develop new skills.

What We Offer

  • Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.

  • Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working).

  • Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.

  • Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.

  • Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events.

  • Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards.

Only Your Skills Matter
Regardless of your age, gender identity, race, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sexual orientation, marital status, neurotype, disability, veteran status or appearance, we encourage diversity within our teams because it is a strength for the collective and a vector of innovation. Orange Group is a disabled-friendly company and equal opportunity employer: don't hesitate to tell us about your specific needs.

Interview Prep

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Key Skills

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you approach consultative selling for System Integration, specifically when bridging a customer's legacy voice and data networking infrastructure with modern Cloud and DC solutions?
  • 2.Can you explain your strategy for leveraging partnerships with OEMs like Cisco, Avaya, or Juniper to build localized solutions for your assigned accounts?
  • 3.When developing a Strategic Account Plan for a >1 Mil USD account, what key elements do you include to ensure you exceed a 3x order-to-go pipeline target by mid-year?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you managed a significant grievance or service failure for a large account. How did you ensure the shortest time to resolution while protecting the long-term relationship?
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to work closely with presales and delivery teams to turn an existing customer requirement into a major new business opportunity.
  • 3.Give me an example of how you successfully achieved delivery of a committed sales target by prioritizing your sales funnel and driving closure at the highest level.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are assigned a new territory where Orange Business currently has low market coverage and profitability. What would be your first steps in the first 90 days to build an opportunity pipeline and drive growth?
  • 2.An existing large account is overdue on a significant payment, which is impacting the account's profitability, but they are also in the middle of a critical tender renewal. How do you handle the payment collection while ensuring the tender process is not jeopardized?

Resume Keywords

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System IntegrationHunting & FarmingCybersecurityCloud and DCUnified CommunicationsStrategic Account PlanLarge Account ManagementOrder ProcessingPayment CollectionConsultative SalesCiscoJuniper

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