Enterprise Account Executive, Retail
- Full-Time
- Chicago, IL
- Salesforce
- Posted 2 years ago – Accepting applications
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About Team
- Our Retail team sells into fashion, retailers, restaurants and luxury goods
- This role will be focused on selling into 10-20 Enterprise accounts
- Territory is aligned by local geography and region
About Role
- Selling the entire Customer 360 Platform across a set of existing Salesforce customers and prospects.
- They do this by.
- Partnering with internal resources in order to drive additional value and expertise
- Building a point of view on how to help their customers
- Generating pipeline that leads to closed revenue and quota attainment
- Accurately forecasting
- Selling on value and ROI vs. technical functionality
- Building credibility and trust while influencing buying decisions
- Anticipating and preparing for objections
- Uncovering executive-level initiatives and pain points to map back our solutions across multiple lines of business
- Owning their account list and managing expectations, timeline, and acting as the leader wither internal stakeholders
- Building account strategy and territory plan
- Creating demand by uncovering business problems and matching them to our solution
- Having a deep understanding of the way businesses operate, how private and public companies make decisions, and the priorities that drive decisions from the C-level
- 10+ years of full cycle sales experience, at least 3+ years enterprise sales
- Managing 2-8 large enterprise / strategic accounts
- Experience selling to the C-suite (all lines of business)
- Ability to build and present executive-level slide decks and present them to your customers
- Experience in comprehending and delivering ROI/ Business Case
- Experience crafting complex sales proposals with multiple SKU’s with advanced proficiency in excel
- Ability to manage large extended teams consisting of cloud sales specialists, solution engineers, customer success, and training personnel.
1. Business acumen
2. Consultative selling
3. Prospecting skills
4. Compelling communicator
5. Urgency
6. Competitive spirit
7. Collaborative, win-as-a-team attitude
8. Resourceful
9. Coachable
10. Drive for results
11. Trusted advisor
Our investment in you
World class enablement and on-demand training - check out Trailhead.com for a sneak peek!
- Sandler Sales Training
- Week-long product bootcamp
- Fast Ramp mentorship program
- Weekly 1:1 coaching with your leadership
- Clear path to promotion with accelerated leadership development programs
- Exposure to executive thought leaders with a passion for living our values
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