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Job Description 

Salesforce would be nowhere without its successful sales team. We’re seeking a qualified sales representative to help sell Slack. The sales representative should have a strong understanding of the sales process and excel at generating leads, building relationships, and closing deals. The ideal candidate will be a quick learner who has strong negotiating skills and an ability to showcase our offerings in a compelling way. Often tasked with giving presentations, building ROI/TCO analysis and attending networking events.

Objectives of this role

Represent Slack platform and services: Using market and customer research as well as deep and comprehensive knowledge of how our platform meet the needs of customers

Selling Slack: Demonstrate the value of Slack to potential clients 

Managing customer accounts: Handle existing clients and work to reduce churn 

Negotiating contracts: Negotiate product pricing and commercial agreements 

Providing customer service: Answer questions, provide relevant product recommendations, and help customers maximize software use 

Communicating with the software development team: Relay customer feedback to the development team 

Staying up to date: Keep abreast of market trends and the changing software industry 

Achieve weekly, monthly, and annual sales quotas by successfully implementing sales and marketing strategies and tactics

Responsibilities

Develop and implement a Territory Plan using comprehensive data analysis, and adjust sales techniques according to interactions and results in the field

Maintain working relationships with existing clients to ensure that they receive exceptional service and to identify potential new sales opportunities

Generate leads and build relationships by organizing daily work schedule to call on existing and potential customers

Identify prospects, make effective qualifying sales calls, and manage sales cycle to close new business in all service categories

Possess in-depth product knowledge and be able to conduct demos and handle objections

Prepare concise and accurate reports, proposals, and other required documentation for executive-level presentations

Required skills and qualifications

8+ years of sales experience within a similar role

Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, and organizational skills

Proficiency with Salesforce Platforms

Strong ability to balance persuasion with professionalism

Solution / Value Selling Approach

Proven success rate at levels above sales quota

Ability to travel at least 25% of the time to customer events

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