SMB Account Executive - German Speaker

2 Months ago • All levels • Account Management

Job Summary

Job Description

As an SMB Account Executive, you will be responsible for the full sales cycle within the SMB space, managing multiple projects simultaneously. This includes owning the entire sales process, focusing on new business, and growing existing accounts. You will utilize your solution selling expertise to meet customer needs and create strategic partnerships, while also strengthening client relationships and leading industry events. Collaborating with Business Developers, Pre-sales, and Marketers is essential for sales leads and opportunities. The role involves developing opportunities, prospecting, and helping customers realize value from their Salesforce investments. The candidate should be fluent in German and English.
Must have:
  • Quota carrying, technology solution-based sales experience.
  • Create territory and account plans to achieve sales objectives.
  • Uncover prospects' challenges and strategic goals.
  • Identify value propositions to address customer needs.
  • Customer communication using various methods.
  • Continuously use resources and tools for results.
  • Align with account teams for customer success.
  • Fluency in German and English.
Good to have:
  • Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
  • Sales Methodology education.
  • Ability to develop cases and service requirements.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Track record of surpassing quota.
  • Experience in leadership, military, or volunteer work.
Perks:
  • Well-being reimbursement
  • Generous parental leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Fertility benefits
  • More benefits available on benefits site

Job Details

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Sales Job Details 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.

Account Executive - SMB German Speaking


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: By applying to the Small Medium / Mid-market Business Account Executive posting, recruiters and hiring managers who support multiple cloud offerings and verticals across the organization hiring Small Medium Business Account Executives will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams.

Our SMB 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 decision-makers within their patch, and become natural at helping customers realize value from their Salesforce investments.

You will use your new business development skills to develop opportunities, through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting.

Responsibilities :

  • Lead a dedicated customer set in the SMB space being responsible for the full sales cycle. You coordinate several sales projects simultaneously and are fully responsible for your customer.
  • Own the entire sales process to ensure delivery against key performance metrics, with a strong emphasis on new business, while growing existing accounts.
  • Use your solution selling expertise to respond efficiently to customer needs and identify business potential to create a strategic, long-term partnership with your customers.
  • Strengthen client relationships through regular engagement and face-to-face meetings
  • Prioritise and lead industry events and user groups to generate market interest.
  • Work in partnership with our team of Business Developers, Pre-sales, and Marketers for all sales leads and sales opportunities.


Required Skills and Qualifications:
 

  • Demonstrated success of quota carrying, technology solution-based direct sales experience
  • Territory & Account Planning Strategies: Create territory and account plans to achieve sales objectives by effectively identifying and qualifying prospects and opportunities.
  • Research and Discovery: Uncovers a prospect’s current processes, business challenges, and strategic goals based on customer use cases and value hypotheses.
  • Solutioning: Identifies compelling value propositions that address customer needs by demonstrating an understanding of technology solutions.
  • Customer Communication: Interacting with customers in a clear, concise, and timely manner using a variety of communication methods (writing, speech, presentation) and tools (Whiteboarding, Slack, 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.
  • Fluency in German and English


Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

  • Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
  • Sales Methodology education.
  • Ability to develop cases and service requirements, while crafting and leading strategic alliances.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Track record of consistently achieving or surpassing quota.
  • Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer work, etc.).


Benefits & Perks
Check out our benefits site which explains our various benefits, including well-being reimbursement, generous parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and more
Accommodations
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