Why will you enjoy this new opportunity? Be a part of our Network and Security Sales Organization – which brings multi-cloud capability to life, allows for application modernization, and provides a workforce solution that enables employees to work from anywhere with secure, frictionless experiences. We serve as true business partners to our customers (both internal and external). If you are passionate about driving digital transformation, we have a top-of-the-line technology stack that will allow you to create those experiences within your designated customer ecosystem. Named as one of the “Best Places to Work” by Forbes for women, diversity and overall, we value transparency, community, innovation, and excellence and our culture is driven by our EPIC2 Values which include passion, integrity customer focus, and community. If you are motivated, results-driven, and enjoy working in an environment that fosters learning and continuous growth, we would like to meet you. Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? Establishing rapport, credibility, and relationships with your customers will be essential in driving success as a sales specialist at VMware. The primary objective of this position is to hit an annual revenue target for assigned products within your territory. With a shift to SaaS and Subscription this includes positioning the value of moving to this commercial model to our customers. Within 30 days of employment, you will be able to deliver the outcomes to customers of how our Network and Security product portfolio can drive business value You will work closely with your solutions engineering and direct sales teams to create joint account plans. Within 90 days of employment, you will be regularly meeting with your customer base to discovery how our technology solution can help them to achieve their business goals Within 120 days of employment, you will either have closed an opportunity with a customer and/or will be generating an active customer pipeline of future business Within 180 days of employment, you will be consistently scheduling, planning, and joining customer calls to sell solutions within our Network and Security technology stack Within 360 days along with the above, you will have successfully sold multiple deals and attained the quota goal that was established for your territory. The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis? Your regular activities will vary on a day-to-day basis, but you can expect a variety of the following assignments Consistently planning and updating territory strategy and customer prioritization Accurately forecasting sales pipeline Ensuring Salesforce hygiene – consistently updating sales tools to reflect current state Educating yourself on the technology – how does it work? – how does it provide value to my customers? – how do we position against the competition. Drive the sales process – selling both SaaS and Subscription based products Effectively communicating business value with customers during meetings Collaborating regularly with team members, sales leadership, and presales engineers Hunting/Prospecting – sending messages via email, LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, cold calling, and leveraging existing relationships to broker net new meetings Negotiate with customers on pricing and timelines – navigating objections, partnering with finance, communicating with procurement, and overcoming any potential roadblocks that hinder customer adoption of VMware Networking and Advanced Security Products VMware’s Culture Is Built on EPIC2 Values | VMware Radius The secret behind the success of VMware’s culture starts with the shared values of execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Category : Sales Subcategory: Field Sales Experience: Business Leadership Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time Posted Date: 2022-04-28 VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what’s possible today at http://careers.vmware.com. 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