Named Account Executive - Retail & Consumer Goods - #2215501

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Job Category

Sales

Job Details

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We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.

We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good– you’ve come to the right place.

Our RCG Enterprise Account Executives engage with existing customers and new leads within the Retail & Consumer Goods industry to sell the entire Salesforce Customer 360 platform. They build positive, trusted relationships with both key team members and C-suite decision makers within their patch, and become natural at helping customers realise value from their Salesforce investments.

You will use your skills to develop opportunities within a set of existing accounts to deliver best in class value and explore new ways to further grow the customer's business.

Responsibilities

• Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction at assigned accounts in Germany
• Develop and drive the overall long-term strategy for the account, aligned with customer business objectives
• Lead the end-to-end sales process through the engagement of appropriate resources such as Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Executives, Partners, etc.
• Share Salesforce value proposition for existing and/or new customers and drive growth
  
  

Required Qualifications

Account Planning and Strategies: Establishes plans to achieve sales objectives by effectively identifying and qualifying opportunities

Research and Discovery: Uncovers current processes, business challenges, and strategic goals based on customer use cases and value hypotheses

Solutioning: Identifies compelling value propositions that address customer needs by demonstrating an understanding of technology solutions

Communication: Business fluency in German and English. Interacting with customers in a clear, concise, and timely manner using a variety of communication methods (writing, speech, presentation) and tools (whiteboarding, Google Slides, Zoom)

Resource Application: Continuously runs toward results using the full capabilities of available resources and tools.

Team Selling: Aligns with the full capacities of the account team and partners to support the deal and customer success

Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer work, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Sales Methodology Education
• Ability to develop cases and service requirements, while crafting and leading strategic alliances
  
  

Benefits & Perks

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