Growth Sales Account Manager - Chicago

Growth Sales Account Manager

Who You Are

If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly.

You are an experienced Sales Executive focused on growth, with an in-depth knowledge of selling. You develop strategic sales plans that incorporate account insight, extend resource engagement and goals to grow sales and profitability.

You take a proactive, engaged, thoughtful, and resourceful approach to managing and driving business to achieve goals. You hunt for the win! You have knowledge of the software sales process and are excited by the opportunity to engage customers in transformative business practices.

You are collaborative and curious you seek to find the right resources, answers, and solutions to suit your customers’ needs.

You are strategic with your accounts, and understand the scope and sales process for data center, Enterprise software sales & cloud services / solutions.

You are committed to excellence in your weekly, monthly and quarterly forecast accuracy, pipeline development and customer satisfaction.

You sell with the team!

You have a startup mindset and a growth mentality, are invigorated by challenges, and thrive through change and ambiguity.

You are organized, accurate, and committed to success.

Experience in software sales, with iACV compensation elements a plus.

You are customer-obsessed!

Skills and Experience

• Must have 5+ years of proven success selling end-to-end solutions to IT organizations of large enterprises.
• Identify, establish and develop new account opportunities to meet growth targets.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of leading a large account, including forecasting, quota attainment, sales presentations skills, and short / mid / long term opportunity management.
• Build strategies to drive cross-sell / upsell and new logo pursuits.
• Verifiable knowledge of the market, experience in software sales, and strong technical knowledge preferred.
• Grow and maintain a pipeline of quota target.
• Proven knowledge of working with complex strategic accounts including engagement with key decision makers, and all other levels of the account.
• Self-starter, trusted advisor, growth mindset.
• Ability to demonstrate skills of negotiation with peers, partners, and customers using a Win / Win philosophy.
• Ability to articulate Cisco strategies to senior customer executives with ease.
• BA / BS or equivalent.

What You'll Do

Are you passionate about technology? Are you looking to build a sales career at an established and evolving company? Do you thrive on delivering customers solutions that make an impact?

As an Account Manager at Cisco, you’ll play a pivotal role in the sales process and work with a large portfolio of technology products and services.

You’ll help advance the US Commercial Sales team to make our customers’ lives better and easier through the delivery of transformative business solutions designed to fit their unique needs.

Who You’ll Work With

The US Commercial vision is transforming business through the power of people and technology. Our organization is focused on the US Mid-Market, the 5th largest economy in the world, with a broad portfolio of small, medium and large customers across all vertical markets with the exception of public sector.

US Commercial is known for their ability to be First and Most : First to take on a challenge, driving the most success. We are competitive, collaborative, innovative, and centered on having fun while driving excellence alongside for our partners and customers.

At Cisco, we believe diversity and inclusion are not just buzzwords; they are the very essence of who we are. We embrace the unique perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences that each team member brings, as it enriches our collective creativity and innovation.

Our commitment to diversity goes beyond mere representation; it is about fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to contribute their best.

Join Cisco and bring your fresh ideas and diverse viewpoints to the table. Come BE YOU with us.

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