Security Account Executive jobs at Cisco in Kenya, Nairobi
Cisco Security Account Executive Kenya, Nairobi County, Nairobi
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What You'll Do
As Cybersecurity Account Executive you will be responsible for developing and executing Security opportunities in East Africa working closely with our sales teams across all customer segments.
In this job, you will,
- Identify new sales opportunities within the existing Cisco clients, work with the Account Teams to qualify opportunities, and priorities activities.
- Work with the Cisco field sales team to develop a sales plan for the assigned territory.
- Demonstrate and nurture the Cisco partner base, work with the Partner sales teams to win new business deals.
- Control the sales process and drive leads to closure - generate new revenues. Drive sales campaigns into target prospect base, working with Cisco field sales and Partner sales teams
- Develop deep understanding of product capabilities and value proposition
- Present to customers and prospects in a highly effective manner.
- Forecast revenue and products plus update sales activity to management.
- Negotiation of sales transactions.
- Attend industry forums, tradeshows and events as required.
Who you are
You will bring
- You will be passionate about selling and security.
- You are able to demonstrate ability to sell in a consultative style, show understanding of customer requirements, discuss solutions, and sell Cisco security value proposition.
- You have highly skilled and effective in recognizing and generating opportunities, technical presentations and consulting as well as closing deals
- Experience in selling security solutions (Cloud Security, Content security / Email security, Web security, DLP, VPN, IPS/IDS, Next Gen Firewalls) and an understanding of the threat landscape is helpful.
- Established network of contacts and successful track record in sales.
- Fluency in English
We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).
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Share
What You'll Do
As Cybersecurity Account Executive you will be responsible for developing and executing Security opportunities in East Africa working closely with our sales teams across all customer segments.
In this job, you will,
- Identify new sales opportunities within the existing Cisco clients, work with the Account Teams to qualify opportunities, and priorities activities.
- Work with the Cisco field sales team to develop a sales plan for the assigned territory.
- Demonstrate and nurture the Cisco partner base, work with the Partner sales teams to win new business deals.
- Control the sales process and drive leads to closure - generate new revenues. Drive sales campaigns into target prospect base, working with Cisco field sales and Partner sales teams
- Develop deep understanding of product capabilities and value proposition
- Present to customers and prospects in a highly effective manner.
- Forecast revenue and products plus update sales activity to management.
- Negotiation of sales transactions.
- Attend industry forums, tradeshows and events as required.
Who you are
You will bring
- You will be passionate about selling and security.
- You are able to demonstrate ability to sell in a consultative style, show understanding of customer requirements, discuss solutions, and sell Cisco security value proposition.
- You have highly skilled and effective in recognizing and generating opportunities, technical presentations and consulting as well as closing deals
- Experience in selling security solutions (Cloud Security, Content security / Email security, Web security, DLP, VPN, IPS/IDS, Next Gen Firewalls) and an understanding of the threat landscape is helpful.
- Established network of contacts and successful track record in sales.
- Fluency in English
We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).
These jobs might be a good fit
