Fortinet Regional Account Manager - SLED 

United States, California, Sacramento 

5604706

Regional Account Manager Norcal

Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed all assigned quotas and targets while forecasting weekly, monthly and quarterly revenues for the assigned account set and overall territory
• Meet or exceed the required number of face-to-face meetings each month with customers and partners in territory to identify new opportunities and grow existing opportunities.
• Full participation in all team activities for enablement, forecasting, partner updates, partner sales efforts and recognition.
• Create and track sales opportunities (leads, renewals, deal registrations and quotes in Salesforce.com)
• Address any customer satisfaction issues and/or requests in a timely manner
• Drive sales cycles to close while establishing relationships and credibility and provide necessary presales support for prospects & customers.
• Work closely with your local Channel Account Manager (CAM) and our reseller partner network to drive deals, increase revenue, and enable channel partners’ success in the SMB segment.
• Follow up on inbound, web and corporate event leads
• Accept inbound and perform outbound prospecting activities to identify new sales opportunities.
• Meet and exceed the sales activity metrics designed to make you productive and successful.
• Lead customer presentation and demos via online tools (Zoom, Teams, Gong)
• Perform ongoing analysis and report on opportunities that are supported
• Act as a liaison between partner, customers, and appropriate Fortinet team members
• Perform other duties and projects, as assigned to support the growth or our business
• Execute the role with the utmost professionalism and in a way that aligns to Fortinet’s core values

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Coachable and flexible
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills (moved up)
• 3+ yearssales experience in the B2B technology space
• Working knowledge of the businesses and partners in the local territory
• Ability to run productive customer-facing and partner-facing meetings while providing timely and relevant written follow up
• A proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales quotas and targets
• Understanding of the sales cycle in conjunction with business processes internally and externally
• Ability to manage and drive sales cycles from start to finish, which includes experience with managing and forecasting individual quota
• Self-driven and able to manage a diverse, high volume workload
• Ability to quickly build productive relationships in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
• Be computer savvy
• Well organized with effective time and activity management skills
• Ability to apply entrepreneurial strengths in a driven, forward-thinking manner
• Ability to close business while achieving a high level of customer and partner satisfaction
• Execute the role with the utmost professionalism and in a way that aligns to Fortinet’s core values
• The Regional Account Manager is required to customarily and regularly work outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.

Preferred Qualifications

• Public/private cloud experience is a plus
• Experience with multi-tier distribution a plus.
• Experience in networking, security and/or public/private cloud a plus

Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. On target earnings for this position is expected to be $130,000 - $160,000 per year. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.