DescriptionPrimary Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage internal sales relationships as well as be a key point of contact for SASE and SecOps opportunities with the end customer.
- Build and implement account / marketing plans for account penetration.
- Generate a sales pipeline qualify opportunities and accurately forecast pipeline.
- Achievement of agreed quarterly sales goals.
- Channel effectiveness: Adept at working/developing opportunities with ecosystem & channel partners.
- Excellent communicator including the ability to create and deliver engaging and effective presentations to an executive audience.
- Effective in a collaborative environment particularly interacting with product and business professionals.
- Collaborate with Regional Sales Managers and Regional Systems Engineers ensuring customers understand how to deliver value to their customers and partners with SSE/SASE.
- Establish yourself as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers working with the Field Sales and Engineering teams.
- Deliver outstanding service and problem resolution to Fortinet customers.
Required Skills:
- Fully qualified experienced sales professional that is forward-thinking and has an expert understanding of the technology business sector.
- Exceptional business and financial acumen with a demonstrated ability to understand both short-term and long-term financial impact of business decisions.
- Previous experience designing business plans and market strategies.
- Proven ability with solution selling with a hunter mentality.
- A proven track record of quota achievement and demonstrated career stability.
- A self-motivated independent thinker that can move deals through the selling cycle.
- Competitive Self-starter Hunter-type mentality.
- Previous experience in network security. Knowledgeable in the following technologies SSE/SASE VPN Firewall Anti-Virus Anti-Spam Intrusion Prevention and Content Filtering.
- Previous experience in network security. Knowledgeable in the following technologies EDR NDR SOAR SIEM
- Strong analytical communication and presentation skills to evaluate complex problems to find a systematic approach to gain a quick resolution.
- Ability to work independently with little direction travel will be required in territory.
Education:
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience. Graduate Degree favorable.
Required Experience:
Manager