Account Executive - Germany, Automotive/ Manufacturing

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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.

Note: This posting covers multiple roles, in various industry verticals including Manufacturing/ Automotive
By applying to the Enterprise/ GB (General Business) Named Account Executive posting, recruiters and hiring managers who support multiple cloud offerings and verticals across the organisation hiring Enterprise/ GB Account Executives will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams.

Our Enterprise/ GB Account Executives engage with existing customers and new leads to sell the entire Salesforce Customer 360 platform. They build positive, trusted relationships with both key team members and c-suite decision makers within their patch, and become natural at helping customers realise value from their Salesforce investments.
You will use your skills to develop opportunities, through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting.

Responsibilities:

• Develop key customer stakeholder relationships and drive customer satisfaction at assigned accounts within Manufacturing and Automotive in Germany
• Develop and drive the overall long-term strategy for the account, aligned with customer business objectives
• Lead the end-to-end sales process through the engagement of appropriate resources such as Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Executives, Partners, etc.
• Territory identification and research to formalise a go-to-market strategy and create a qualified target account list within 30 days
• Share Salesforce value proposition for existing and/or new customers
• Drive growth within an existing assigned account

Required Qualifications:

Account Planning and Strategies: Establishes plans to achieve sales objectives by effectively identifying and qualifying opportunities
Research and Discovery: Uncovers a prospect’s current processes, business challenges, and strategic goals based on customer use cases and value hypotheses
Solution: Identifies compelling value propositions that address customer needs by demonstrating an understanding of technology solutions
Communication: Fluency in German and English. Interacting with customers in a clear, concise, and timely manner using a variety of communication methods (writing, speech, presentation) and tools (Whiteboarding, Google Slides, Zoom)
Resource Application: Continuously runs toward results using the full capabilities of available resources and tools.
Team Selling: Aligns with the full capacities of the account team and partners to support the deal and customer success
Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer work, etc.)


Preferred Qualifications:

● Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
● Sales Methodology Education
● Ability to develop cases and service requirements, while crafting and leading strategic alliances

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Posting Statement

At Salesforce we believe that the business of business is to improve the state of our world. Each of us has a responsibility to drive Equality in our communities and workplaces. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives such as equal pay, employee resource groups, inclusive benefits, and more. Learn more about Equality at www.equality.com and explore our company benefits at www.salesforcebenefits.com.

Salesforce is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Salesforce does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Salesforce will not pay any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Salesforce.

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