Cisco Industry Sales Executive 

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Region, Riyadh 

193969050

What You'll Do

Saudi Vision 2030 is driving huge country investments and growth in Hotels, Resorts, Smart Cities, Sports Stadiums, Media and Entertainment, including global sporting events from Football, Boxing, Golf, Formula 1, Asian Games, FIFA World Cup and future Olympic bids.

Minimim Requirements:

• Demonstrate a strong mix of industry knowledge and local industry relationships, with a track record of driving business value through technology in the Hospitality and Tourism market.
• 10 years+ experience in selling industry solutions to senior executives across IT and Lines of Business.
• Business development and strategy experience required, with a strong operational approach and ability to close deals and deliver results.

Demonstrated ability to provide thought leadership, think strategically, and effectively communicate vision (both written and verbal)

• Demonstrated ability to build and lead change and growth in a matrix-managed team culture
• Strong leadership abilities in guiding and enabling a sales organization on how to take complex technology and sell it in a more simplified, comprehensive way – based on industry/customer requirements.
• Participate in regular reviews of the SET and Industry Sales pipeline and report on progress, deal status, decisions and next steps on all active deals. Diligently align deal data in SFDC in conjunction with the local Account Teams.
• Provide regular executive stakeholder pipleline/deal reports and updates, including status, progress, roadblocks and other key dependencies. Drive momentum and proactively escalate any resource constraints or risks affecting the execution of pipleline/deals in timely fashion.
• Share information and drive industry best practice/solutions across the global Cisco community – on wins, case studies, lessons learned and replicable industry solutions.

Operational Excellence:

• Proven ability to team and work effectively across functions