Supermicro is looking for a highly-experienced, successful and proven Sales Manager to sell Supermicro's broad portfolio of server solutions to large enterprise customers. Sales Manager will possess the expertise in managing end-to-end sales processes involving complex, multi-portfolio, large deals. The ideal sales manager must have a strong, credible and professionals working relationship with C-Level executives at current and past clients, plus the ability to create similar synergies at new accounts.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Represent and sell the entire Supermicro portfolio of products and services to large enterprise customers
• Establishes a high level of personal credibility as a trusted advisor to key client executives
• Researches and understands the client's industry. Deeply understands client business strategies and challenges
• Acts as a trusted advisor to client leaders, aggressively shapes deals early in the sales cycle. Advances opportunities that result in profitable revenue growth for Supermicro
• Demonstrates breadth and depth of knowledge in aligning Supermicro capabilities to client business and IT priorities, and positioning relative to competitors
• Builds and executes an Account Business Plan (ABP) that includes both transactional and strategic initiatives to grow Supermicro's presence and share in the account.
• Actively drives ABP results through effective account management and reviews
• Identifies, nurtures, and closes new solution opportunities that result in substantial growth in Super micro share, revenues, and margin
• Meets or exceeds quarterly and annual revenue and margin quotas. Uses margin management techniques
• Typically qualifies and closes large deals of moderate to high complexity and cross-GBU scope
• Works with all levels of decision-makers in the client organization including the CEO
• Participates in account investment decisions in pricing and resources
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience preferably in high tech industry
• Minimum 3-7 years of direct sales experience selling server and storage to enterprise and fortune-1000 companies preferred
• Strong communication skills across multiple disciplines, cultures and geographies
• Track record of building relationships with senior executives and decision makers
• Demonstrated ability in the following areas: pre-call planning, opportunity qualification and objection handling, call structure and control, time and territory management
• Experience entering, tracking and reporting data on lead activity
• Consistent track record of meeting of exceeding sales target
• Must have Microsoft Excel Knowledge
• Multi-task and time management skills are a must
• Proficient in English and additional language is a huge plus
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