Industry Expert - Supply Chain Risk at Moody's in National

Location(s):

Remote - United States, US

Line Of Business: Sales OU(SALES OU)

Job Category:

Sales & Marketing

Experience Level: Experienced Hire

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today's risks into tomorrow's opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are-with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Industry Practice Lead, Supplier Risk

Moody's Analytics is an established leader in global data solutions bringing transparent data, predictive analytics, and flexible workflow tools to the market to power better decisions.

The Global Industry Practice Group is comprised of practitioners, former regulators, and subject matter experts specializing in risk lifecycle and strategies, insurance risk solutions, AML / financial crime compliance and third-party due diligence, ESG, portfolio optimization strategies, stress testing, transfer pricing, credit analytics, commercial real estate, and data solutions.

A Moody's Analytics Industry Practice Lead plays a critical role in the sales cycle by establishing credibility and confidence in Moody's Analytics' products and solutions with prospective clients. The Practice Lead facilitates solution architecture to address our customers use cases based on Moody's Analytics existing, future and acquired solutions. The Practice Lead collaborates in the creation of a new product offering, its value proposition and architecture, and facilitates market feedback using rapid learning approach to product development. The Practice Lead will interface with internal stakeholders such as product, research, partnerships, advisory, and customer success teams to align Moody's solutions to the industry challenges.

Working in conjunction with the members of the Sales and Product teams, the Practice Lead will manage the qualification and solutioning stages of the sales process as the key solution architect and product advocate of Moody's Analytics. Specifically, the Practice Lead for Supplier Risk will actively support the evaluation stage of the sales process and serve as the technical advisor for Moody's Analytics product suite. Further, the Practice Lead will be responsible for understanding customer needs to lead the solutioning stage of the sales process and prepare, present, and promote the sale of Moody's Analytics solutions to the customer.

Importantly, as the Supplier Risk Practice Lead, you will also be participating in industry advocacy efforts with industry associations and standard setters. This advocacy may take form of industry presentations, articles and white papers, webinars, podcasts, and workshops.

Specifically, there are four areas of activities the Supplier Risk Practice Lead will be engaged in:

Driving sales and customer engagement: design, build and execute market outreach strategy (with sales, marketing and product management teams to win opportunities; develop clear, concise proposals and deliver targeted client demos that address client needs; act as trusted advisor to customers; proactively work with prospective clients through the sales process, providing thought leadership on best practices and technical assistance and guidance as required; respond to functional and technical queries of RFIs and RFPs; qualify and lead the Proof of Concept (POC) process in the sales cycle.

Internal education: drive the preparation and circulation of market insight to create awareness of Moody's expertise internally; assist sales teams across the organisation on learning how to identify sales opportunities with the use of advanced use cases; conduct training sessions on the propositions, Moody's solution set and emerging trends across a large and diverse teams of Relationship Managers and Sales Representatives; serve as an informal coach and expert to product consultants, sales professionals and customer success teams; create high quality training and client materials (e.g., PowerPoint decks, playbooks).

Industry engagement & thought leadership: develop and maintain industry stakeholder relationships; speak at industry events; write white papers and maintain social media engagement.

Market feedback for product development: translate emerging market themes and regulatory requirements into product requirements to future proof our solutions; identify valuable white space; keep abreast of the competitive landscape across portfolio solutions; build business case for product development and improvement. The role requires continuous education and strong Moody's Analytics product knowledge

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Business administration, Finance, Economics, Banking, Engineering, Mathematics, or similar field
PhD or MBA is a plus
Minimum of 10 years of experience working within corporates, consulting, advisory connected to Supply Chain Risk Management
Industry affiliation and leadership roles is a plus
Experience with complex sales cycles and relationship management are a plus
Public speaking experience, publications and/or internal lead on training within an organization are a plus
Ability to travel
Ability to work independently under minimal supervision
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to listen to requirements and business problems in order to respond with the appropriate business answer
Strategic, analytical, operations-focused, able to recognize market opportunities
Patient and persistent with an ability to maintain a professional demeanor while working under time and customer pressures
Ability to influence and gain buy-in from skeptics
Ability to work productively and cooperatively in a structured and rigorous team environment

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is [[$190,000 - [[$250,000, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody's also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, citizen status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody's also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email accommodations@moodys.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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