2024-04-18
AppCast (https://www.appcast.io)
Other
/yr
full-time
employee
New York
New York
10001
United States
Introduction
A Technology Sales Specialist role (what we internally call a, 'Brand Sales Specialist') in IBM's Data & AI brand means accelerating enterprises' success by improving their ability to understand their data. It means providing solutions that enable people across organizations, in multiple roles, the ability to turn data into actionable insights without having to wait for IT. And it means selling multi-award winning software, and world-class design practices that enables business analysts to ask new questions. The answers to which are literally shaping the future and changing the world.
Excellent onboarding and an industry leading learning culture will set you up for positive impact and success, whilst ongoing development will advance your career through an upward trajectory. Our sales environment is collaborative and experiential. Part of a team, you'll be surrounded by bright minds and keen co-creators – always willing to help and be helped – as you apply passion to work that will compel our clients to invest in IBM's products and services.
Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Brand Sales Specialist, you will collaborate closely with clients to develop relationships, understand their needs, earn their trust, and show them how IBM's industry leading solutions will solve their problems whilst delivering value to their business.Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Client Management and Value Definition: Effectively manage client relationships, define IBM's value proposition, and engage key decision-makers.
• Sales Process Management and Collaboration: Oversee the entire sales process, with a focus on expanding new business opportunities, and collaborate closely with various IBM teams.
• Grow Industry Leading Data, AI and Automation Solutions: Present, Evangelize, and Demo IBM's leading integration and automation solutions to help clients see the value of implementing these solutions in their organization.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Experience in Tech Sales: Actively acquiring new clients.
• Ability to Convey Tech Solutions: Effectively articulating the business and financial impact of tech solutions.
• Excellent Communication and Presentation Skills: Demonstrating engaging and influential communication and presentation abilities.
• Experience in Technology Sales in the Data, AI and/or Automation space
• Skills in identifying, progressing and closing transactions
• Need to be able to create compelling reasons to act and articulate business value that maps back to the problem you're solving
• 3+ years proven track record of closing Software transactions
• 2+ Years direct, face to face customer selling experience.
• 2+ years selling cloud software or SaaS solutions.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Demonstrated 3-5 years’ experience in leading complex deals and value-based selling.
5+ years selling cloud software or SaaS solutions.
2+ years selling Data, AI and/or Automation software
About Business UnitIBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.
Your Life @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
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