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Magdalena Krachel

Magdalena Krachel

Summary

Customer-orientated, strategic-thinking sales professional with over 20 years of experience cultivating key relationships and partnerships.

Results-focused with proactive mindset and superior communication skills.

Qualified with extensive background in selling of cloud solutions (business applications, modern workplace and security solutions).

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Executive Education

Microsoft Sp. z o.o., Warsaw
07.2024 - Current

Responsible for driving digital transformation projects in Education segment in Poland.

Duties:

  • Generating sales opportunities by closed cooperation with industry experts and partner channel.
  • Orchestrating, mentoring and leading the Account Team.
  • Tracking sales and detailed trends through regular reports for senior management.
  • Building long-lasting client relationships using strengths in communication and interpersonal relations.
  • Conducting regular performance analysis, identifying areas for improvement and executing plans to address gaps.

Senior Sales Executive

Microsoft Sp. z o.o
02.2020 - 07.2024

Responsible for driving digital transformation business strategy in the largest enterprise customers in Poland.

Duties:

  • Building relationships with C-level executives, with Business and IT and acting as a trusted business partner.
  • Project management and execution.
  • Executing complete sales cycle process, from prospecting through to contract negotiations and closing.
  • Identified and solved problems impacting sales management and business direction.
  • Developing short and long Account Plans to drive the growth of the revenue and ensure a strong partnership with the customers.

Cloud Specialist

Microsoft Sp. z o.o., Warsaw
07.2018 - 01.2020

Responsible for leading most challenging customers in helping solve key business objectives with Dynamics Solutions

Duties:

  • Accountable for large cloud opportunities in corporate segment sales territory.
  • Cooperation with Partner Channel Unit to determine the health of co-selling process within the region, and address partner capacity and capability needs.
  • Generating, driving and closing opportunities with customers that produce transformative business outcomes based on scenarios for Dynamics.
  • Involving the required resources (internal, partners and technical) to accelerate and close the opportunities.

Partner Development Manager

Microsoft Sp. z o.,Warsaw
07.2016 - 06.2018

Responsible for selling cloud solutions through partner channel.

Duties:

  • Business Strategy and Planning - Develop partner engagements for driving the sale, deployment, and adoption of Microsoft cloud solutions.
  • Sales & Marketing Execution, Management and Operations -Defining and executing sales initiatives (managing, leading and closing opportunities) to achieve revenue growth for cloud solutions.
  • Strong cooperation with account executives- managing of territory planning.
  • Developing Partner Sales Capacity and Capabilities-Managing of sales, marketing, readiness and capacity plans to ensure capability and execution within the targeted partner channel.
  • Supporting Product Launch activities to the partner channel (marketing campaigns, promotions, conferences, trainings).
  • Relationship Management - Maximize Customer and Partner Experience (CPE) through strong partner relationships & drive overall partner satisfaction and profitability.

Partner Sales Executive

Microsoft Sp. z o.o., Warsaw
06.2013 - 06.2016

Responsible for Microsoft BizApps Partner Channel (ERP, CRM)

Duties:

  • Business Strategy & Planning - building a clear vision of Microsoft and partner relationship (documented in partner business plans) and setting a strong foundation to go to market together.
  • Analyze the strategic partners' sales capacity, capabilities, and customer base; map them to Microsoft's market opportunities/goals.
  • Plan and manage sales activities and campaigns through partner channel.
  • Sales Execution - developing strong and capable partners to achieve sales targets focused on Microsoft cloud solutions.

Key Account Manager

Kapsch Sp. z o. o, Warsaw
11.2000 - 04.2013

Duties:

  • Selling IT solutions, professional IT services and building safety & security systems (product, software and services - design, implementation, project management, maintenance contracts)
  • Sales activities: consulting, presentations, preparing the offers, negotiations, project management, developing sales forecasts
  • Cooperating with key vendors like Microsoft, Cisco, Avaya, Lenovo, Dell, IBM, HP, EMC - maintaining good relationship with the channel managers.

Education

Master's degree - Applied Linguistics: German language

University of Warsaw
2002

Licentiate Diploma degree - Language courses - German language

University College of German Language
1998

Tadeusz Piłsudski Secondary School
1994

Skills

  • Partner channel management
  • Account management
  • Pipeline management
  • Relationship building and management
  • Product storytelling and presentations
  • Self-disciplined
  • Quality focused
  • Positive attitude
  • Problem-solving

Interests

Biographical literature, crime novels, music (smooth jazz), sport (skiing, running)

Timeline

Account Executive Education

Microsoft Sp. z o.o., Warsaw
07.2024 - Current

Senior Sales Executive

Microsoft Sp. z o.o
02.2020 - 07.2024

Cloud Specialist

Microsoft Sp. z o.o., Warsaw
07.2018 - 01.2020

Partner Development Manager

Microsoft Sp. z o.,Warsaw
07.2016 - 06.2018

Partner Sales Executive

Microsoft Sp. z o.o., Warsaw
06.2013 - 06.2016

Key Account Manager

Kapsch Sp. z o. o, Warsaw
11.2000 - 04.2013

Licentiate Diploma degree - Language courses - German language

University College of German Language

Tadeusz Piłsudski Secondary School

Master's degree - Applied Linguistics: German language

University of Warsaw
Magdalena Krachel