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Account Executive

at Salesforce in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

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Job CategorySales

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About Salesforce
We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too - driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good - you've come to the right place.

About Salesforce
We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too - driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good - you've come to the right place.

Our up-market Commercial team focuses on working with exciting growing organizations of 1,000-10,000 employees. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced team with varied communications, media, and technology customers and receive personalized training and career opportunities.

Sales Organization Description:
Our Sales Organization is made up of the business segments below. Within these business segments, the teams sell across multiple verticals and there are teams that sell specifically into one industry or vertical.

Commercial Business Unit:
Mid Commercial (201 - 1000 employees)
General Commercial (1001 - 4500 employees)

Day to Day

Selling a specific cloud across a set of Salesforce customers
They do this by...

Having a deep understanding of the way businesses operate, and the priorities that drive decisions from the C-level

Creating demand by uncovering business problems and matching them to our solution

Uncovering business initiatives and pain points to map back our solutions across multiple lines of business

Building credibility and trust while influencing buying decisions

Selling on value and return on investment vs. technical functionality

Generating pipeline that leads to closed revenue and quota attainment

Partnering with internal resources in order to drive additional value and expertise

Preferred Qualifications

Average of 5-15 years of experience preferred of full cycle sales experience, with at least 3 in the field

Experience managing a list of 2-20 accounts, 100% existing customers OR 50-200 accounts, 100% New Logo

Experience selling to the C-suite

Ability to build and deliver presentations to your customers

Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
Our investment in you
World class enablement and on-demand training - check out for a sneak peek!

Sandler Sales Training

Week-long product bootcamp

Fast Ramp mentorship program

Weekly 1:1 coaching with your leadership

Clear path to promotion with accelerated leadership development programs

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Job Posting: 11843621

Posted On: Apr 19, 2024

Updated On: May 19, 2024

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