Trailhead Academy Account Executive
Onsite
Australia
Australia
Full Time Posted 5 days ago
Job Type
Full Time
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 CategorySales 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. We are currently seeking Trailhead Academy Account Executives to join our growing sales team within the Customer Success Group (CSG). As a critical member of the GTM team, you are responsible for establishing relationships both with customers and our license sales team in order to present a co-ordinated training strategy that underpins a customer’s success of their Salesforce investment. The Trailhead Account Executive creates, progresses and closes opportunities for all technical training across each Salesforce product. The role works closely with customers IT and technical stakeholders, such as CTO’s, CIO’s, Developers, Business Analysts etcThe Trailhead Account Executive (TAE) will formulate and implement a sales strategy within assigned territories, drive revenue growth by penetrating the current customer base, and develop new customers in their assigned space. A TAE creates, progresses and closes opportunities for all technical training across the full suite Salesforce products. As a business development professional, you must be a driven individual who can generate a large amount of pipeline for the business within a short period of time.You will work as a trusted advisor to deeply understand the business challenges and goals our customers face relating to the people side of CRM and digital transformation, working with them to position the right training and enablement solutions. By inspiring change and enablement by participating and leading client meetings or engaging other corporate resources as required, as well as participating in regional forecast calls and account planning sessions. Responsibilities:
- Drive tailored learning strategies for our customers with the entire Trailhead Academy portfolio
- Facilitate qualification, discovery, deal cycle participation, and account reviews
- Increase awareness of our learning offerings among internal teams and our customers
- Build pipeline, accurately forecast sales, log activities and maintain good hygiene in CRM
- Create compelling sales proposals that drive customer value
- Drive bookings and revenue across substantial industry verticals in Australia
- Collaborate effectively with account teams on strategy
- Meet and exceed a quarterly sales quota
- Develop trusted internal and customer relationships through consistent activity and engagement
- Develop sales strategies to drive revenue within specified portfolio
- Create new leads from prospecting efforts
- Thoroughly qualify leads & sales opportunities leverage business from new & established relationships to strategize, negotiate & close business
- Average of 5-10 years of full cycle sales experience, with at least 1 in the field with a proven track record of success
- Experience managing and growing existing and/or net new logo accounts
- Experience selling to the C-suite
- Ability to craft a point of view and build credibility as a ‘Trusted Adviser’ with your customers
- Experience building a business case and delivering return on investment
- Ability to build and deliver presentations to your customers
- Ability to strategize with a large extended internal team
- Experience with Enterprise and complex accounts
- Driven Spirit
- Resourceful
- Coachable
- Consultative selling experience Prospecting Skills
- Commit to hitting your metrics
- Strong business acumen
- Solution Selling Ability
- Discovery Skills
- Objection Handling Skills
- Planning and Closing Skills
- Exceptional Interpersonal Skills
- Can collaborate and influence in a team environment
- Is a trusted advisor to customers and colleagues
- Working knowledge of learning and enablement platforms of software is preferred
- At Salesforce we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of all ages, people living with a disability, LGBTIQ+ candidates, and people from multi-cultural backgrounds. Salesforce Australia is committed to walking together with the Traditional Custodians of this land, Australia’s First Nations peoples, as we forge a path to reconciliation. Please see our Reconciliation Action Plan for more information
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