Collaboration Sales Specialist at Cisco

Why You'll Love Cisco

We change the World; you will become passionate about your employer and the brand you represent. Everything is converging on the Internet, making networked connections more meaningful than ever before in our lives. Our employees' groundbreaking ideas impact everything. Here, that means we take creative ideas from the drawing board to dynamic solutions that have real world impact. You'll collaborate with Cisco leaders, partner with mentors, and develop incredible relationships with colleagues who share your interest in connecting the unconnected. You'll be part a team that cares about its customers, enjoys having fun, and you'll take part in changing the lives of those in our local communities. Come prepared to be encouraged and inspired.

What You’ll Do
As a Collaboration Sales Specialist, you’ll play a vital role in the success of the Cisco Field Sales and Collaboration Technology Group.

• You will join the Cisco Collaboration sales specialist team and take full ownership and responsibility of selling the the full suite of our Collaboration solutions to new and existing customers in the Gulf region.
• Establish and maintain customer relationships with IT, executives, HR, training, sales, procurement and all business decision makers.
• Build Cisco's relevance in delivering Cloud Collaboration Experiences - solution development, partner ecosystem, marketing, etc.
• O rchestrate and closely engage with Cisco and Partner resources to identify , qualify , forecast and successfully close opportunities to achieve bookings targets.
• Develop & present compelling business cases to customers, maintain expert-level knowledge of all elements of the business case, including the drivers of cost, benefit and risk.
• Partner closely with Engineers/Architects to align the technology architecture to the customer's desired business outcome and ensure customer success by orchestrating resources to assist the customer in realizing the full value of their technology investment.
• Share detailed execution plans and progress with field leadership and account teams.
• Improve Cisco's solution portfolio over time. As you meet with customers you get to suggest improvements that ensure our customers continue to love what you sell.

Who You’ll Work With

Direct alignment with the Gulf region Account Teams as well as many Business Unit resources and partners. You will be embracing unprecedented innovation and tremendous opportunity for growth. You will succeed because we listen to our customers and anticipate their needs as the market shifts and technology transitions accelerate. Our customers are versatile, agile and adopt technology fast to compete passionately and grow their business. The collaboration team provides you with unlimited opportunities to succeed at Cisco. Our culture will support and empower you.

Who You Are

• Are you a collaboration technology seller and passionate about helping customers digitally transform their workplaces and improve their end user’s collaboration experience working from anywhere? Are you a technical seller who understands how meaningful collaboration technology is and can convert your deep technical expertise into business acuity that your customers can easily absorb and repeat? Do you love thinking creatively and overcoming objections? Then this is the position for you. Do you have experience selling Cisco specific products and “as a Service” selling experience? Then that’s even better!

Should you be interested in this role, you should bring

• Proven Track record in sales with more than 7 years of experience selling Collaboration solutions, UCaaS and SaaS.
• Strong Customer/Partner facing and relationship building skills.
• Gulf region market experience and business network.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Arabic.

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