Enterprise Account Executive - Sth Africa at Salesforce

This role is defined as a Core role within Salesforce, working together with other internal Cloud and Partner AEs to lead and take responsibility for the overall Account Management.

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Your Mission

• Assigned to large, complex, highly visible, Strategic Accounts in South Africa.
• Manages the entire sales process to ensure delivery against key performance metrics, with a strong emphasis on new business sales, while expanding existing accounts.
• Engages with prospect organisations to position Salesforce solutions through strategic value based selling, business case definition, ROI analysis, references and analyst data.
• Successfully interacts at the C-level.
• Strategically navigates organization.
• Drives significant coordination amongst groups such as Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Executives, Partners etc. to drive account strategy.
• Creates and drives strategic emphasis where none previously existed.
• Accurately forecasts and achieves revenue goals.

Required Experience

• Quota carrying Software or Technology sales and Account Management experience selling to Enterprise organisations across the EMEA region, with preference for the South African market.
• Must have demonstrable experience selling Business Applications to Enterprise organisations in their current role.
• Proven leadership credentials to lead and manage an extensive virtual team, in support of overall Account vision, strategy and goals.
• Focussed, vertical (industry specific) experience is an advantage as is knowledge of the Salesforce ecosystem.
• Demonstrable track record of success, achieving/exceeding quota in recent sales positions. A minimum of 5 years selling into Enterprise accounts and no more than four career moves in the last 10 years.
• Preference given towards recent and successful experience in the software industry (Cloud experience would be a plus)
• Evidence of relationship building skills with an ability to grow and nurture relationships.
• Exhibits characteristics of self-starting, risk taking, and a drive to succeed.
• Must be proficient in both oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to map out and strategically define account plans for top tier accounts managed.
• Ability to sell both an application and deployment of a platform.
• Excellent at leveraging C-level and LOB relationships.
• Effectively optimizes internal and external networks.
• Collaborates cross functionally internally to actualize deal strategy.
• Ability to negotiate complex deals.
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