Engage with all levels of the customer organization, build & maintain relationships with key customers.
Focus on customer experience and become your customers' trusted advisor.
Own and develop the Cisco Account Management Business Plan.
Orchestrate cross-functional team members to deliver complete business solutions.
Plan and implement the sales strategy in order to meet the agreed landmarks and timescales, and to ensure that sales targets are achieved or exceeded.
Identify and develop new business opportunities.
Deliver accurate business metrics, monthly forecasts, weekly commits and pipeline development reports.
Anticipate any change in the opportunities, market, customer needs and requirements that could impact the overall revenue target.
Minimum Qualifications
Several years of shown success in sales or customer facing technical sales roles.
Confirmed knowledge of a process once working with large customer, including demand generation, forecasting, quota attainment, sales presentations, short-term, mid-term, and long-term opportunity management.
Mastery in developing trusted customer relationships be it technical decision-makers or business leaders combined with gravitas and experience to lead a relationship with up to CxO level too.
Negotiation skills to craft solutions that are beneficial to our customers, partners and Cisco overall.
Excellent interpersonal skills in German and English.
Our preferred requirements for this role
Past sales experience working with the Service Provider customers.
Strong Cisco technology understanding and business knowledge with complementary skills to understand the customers' business drivers and align to Cisco solutions.
Experience in enabling market growth by using marketing resources and improving the competence of the partner sales reps.
Confidence in applying financial expertise to identify and qualify opportunities.
BA degree in a business field or equivalent.
Passion and motivation to work in a team environment, grow Cisco business and your expertise with us.