Regional Sales Director - Utah, Colorado
Description
- Demonstrate an advanced level of specialized knowledge and a proven record of sales success; become an expert in the field.
- Take charge of the sales of the company’s products within an assigned geographic territory and a designated group of named accounts in the region. This involves achieving the sales budget through the growth of existing accounts and the development of new accounts.
- Maintain a comprehensive database of customers and record interactions with them in the SalesForce database.
- Utilize available resources to formulate effective sales calls. These resources encompass opportunities identified in previous sales calls, invoices, Tech Service cases, webinar attendees, and sample requests.
- Sell both new and existing products, uncover new opportunities, and secure incremental business.
- Explore, identify, and communicate potential opportunities with the Regional Business Managers and Product Managers.
- Consistently execute effective sales calls throughout the assigned territory and successfully close new business opportunities.
- Participate in trade shows, vendor shows, and meetings as required.
- Provide timely communication and follow-up to customers, consistently meeting their expectations.
- Offer relevant market and competitive information to the organization.
- Collaborate with Product Managers to develop short and long-range strategies for product expansion. This involves assessing the potential application of the company's products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications for the development, implementation, and customization of customer solutions.
- Accumulated over 10+ years of direct selling experience in the Networking or/and Network Security space.
- Established a track record of success, including achievements such as "rookie of the year," President’s club membership, and consistent year-over-year attainment of quota.
- Demonstrated excellent consultative, solution selling skills to all levels within organizations.
- Showcased exceptional communication and presentation skills as a fundamental requirement.
- Resided in the region with a proven track record of building relationships with local major accounts and channel partners.
- Utilized SalesForce, demonstrating discipline in forecasting.
- Preferred a Bachelor's degree in Business, CIS, or a related field.
- Possessed a background in sales engineering, or had training in CS, IT, EE, which is considered a plus.
- Collaborator with Product Managers on presentations, product demonstrations, and on-site customer visits.
- Representative of the Sales group on cross-functional teams, interfacing with R&D, production, and manufacturing to develop new products or enhance existing products or product lines.
- Researcher and analyst of territories, company markets, competition, and product mix; presenter on new and existing products to current and potential customers.
- Provider of innovative problem-solving approaches to enhance organizational capabilities; user of peer networks to expand technical and sales capabilities and identify new sales opportunities.
- Deviser of new approaches to problems encountered; sharer of approaches with Regional Business Managers.
- User of a wide application of complex principles, theories, and concepts in the specific field.
- Creator of opportunities to enhance technical methodology or content through the expansion of existing or development of new efforts.
- Assister in providing training to lower level Sales staff.
- Performer of other duties as assigned.
- Currently resides near Salt Lake City, Utah
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