Cisco Account Executive 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

771034060

The Account Executive - Global has responsibilities for developing and driving a long term elevated and intimate customer relationship, which results in profitable and predictable revenue growth and high customer loyalty

Work with the Headquarter & Regional Account Team to drive revenue growth, adoption and execution of the global/regional strategy.

Responsible for the account planning process and execution against the goal and plan.

Builds demand creation, sell, delivery and ongoing support plan based on comprehensive understanding of the customer and the industry the customer operates in.

Establishes strong relationships within Cisco Global Account community and coordinates Cisco resources locally, across the APAC region and globally when required

The role requires a highly driven sales executive who is successful at building LoB and senior customer executive relationships and partnering them to drive and deliver growth in their business.

This position requires a strong aptitude for identifying customer business needs and for building relationships with decision makers and primary influencers in the purchasing decision process.

An ability to understand and work with organizations at the local as well as global level is also essential.

A minimum of 10 years successful sales experience managing a large strategic account, building and developing sales relationships to a CXO level in a growing business environment such as Cisco or in a previous technology sales organization of similar capacity

A strong track record in sales.

A solid understanding of direct and indirect global sales and distribution models is essential.

Demonstrated knowledge of a process for and success with managing large accounts, including forecasting, quota attainment, sales presentations, short term, mid term, and long term opportunity management.

Experienced and successful with a team selling approach across business units is a must, including successfully diagnosing and proactively resolving potential team conflict.

Must have the ability to deliver business value to the account and build on key customer relationships.

Demonstrate the necessary skills to negotiate issues with peers, partners and customers using a Win/Win philosophy. Position "end to end" solutions and articulate Cisco strategies to senior customer executives.

Prefer a bachelor or master s degree or equivalent with a strong technical and business knowledge with complimentary skills to understand the customer’s business drivers and align to Cisco solutions.