Virtual Sales Account Manager

**Why You'll Love Cisco**:
Are you ready to change the World? Do you want to be passionate about your employer and the brand you represent? Everything is converging on the Internet, making networked connections more significant than ever before in our lives. Our employees' groundbreaking ideas impact everything imaginable -from entertainment, retail, healthcare, and education, to public and private sectors, smart cities, and everyday devices in our homes. Here, that means you will take creative ideas from the drawing board to dynamic solutions that have real world impact. You'll collaborate with Cisco leaders, partner with expert mentors, and develop incredible relationships with colleagues who share your interest in connecting the unconnected. We care about our customers, enjoy having fun, and you'll take part in changing the lives of those in your community. Come prepared to be encouraged and inspired.

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**What You'll Do**:
Interested in being challenged and appreciated while embarking in a dynamic career? In an environment where colleagues become friends, where managers actively coach and where creativity and ambition are valued?

You will build direct relationships with customers, will work closely with and use the selected channel partners to increase new sales opportunities and renewals within your territory. You will manage all aspects of sales while using innovative technologies to remotely collaborate with customers and employ new sales models (cloud, services & software) to help customers improve their revenue.
- You will be selling the entire Cisco portfolio to our mid-market customers to help make their businesses run better and smarter
- You will accurately forecast your monthly, quarterly and annual revenue streams, driving growth
- You'll be responsible for driving new business as well as fostering your account base. We value a consultative sales approach focuses on driving business outcomes.

**Who You'll Work With**:
The Global Virtual Sales organization is one of Cisco’s fastest growing sales teams and is the talent engine for Cisco Sales with diverse and motivated teams that consistently deliver profitable growth. We serve our customer life-cycle through a series of selling motions to drive higher value and an optimal experience from Cisco solutions.

We are a dynamic and international team that brings excitement to the sales floor every day. We connect Cisco customers with solutions that can transform their businesses and change the world. We will provide you with a platform for success including coaching, training and on-the-job learning that will strongly support you in your career advancement.

You will discover an innovative, flexible and award-winning working environment using the latest Cisco technology to enable and empower you to perform to the very best of your abilities. Our teams promptly adapt to respond to market changes, and we are all highly encouraged to give back to our local communities.

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**Who You Are**:
If you enjoy selling in a changing environment, are goal motivated and believe in performance rewards for exceeding annual sales goals through strong collaboration with partners and internal collaborators, we have a place for you.
- You have 5-7 years B2B/ B2C selling experience in a similar or adjacent industry.
- You exude a love for IT and ability to tap into technology.
- You have a history of career progression and desire for professional development
- You've got experience owning the full sales cycle (prospecting, customer demos, negotiating and closing the sale).
- Highly motivated with a “hunting spirit” to develop new opportunities and grow business
- You are able to demonstrate strong sales achievement i.e. consistent achievement at or above quota, or a history YoY growth in your target market.
- You are passionate about sales and building positive relationships
- You possess strong eye for business and can effectively value proposition to your customer base. Most importantly you have the ability to engage in active listening, to identify pain points-both current and future, and propose solutions to improve their process.
- You have phenomenal communication/presentation skills.
- You are a flexible and resilient problem solver; our strongest teammates have a sense of urgency to resolve issues.
- You thrive in a team environment and enjoy sharing ideas and best practices.
- You take pride in your positive and upbeat energy.
- Experience using digital selling tools such as Salesforce, Outreach and LinkedIn Navigator, are a plus.

**We Are Cisco**

WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference. Here’s how we do it. We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re “old” (30 years strong) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company, and a security company, and a blockchain company, and an AI/Machine L