Enterprise Account Executive

General Summary:

Generate revenue by selling solution-based products such as VoIP, broadband, and integrated communication services within our Enterprise segment focusing on customers with a monthly spending profile of $100,000-$250,000.





Essential Duties and Responsibilities:



? Attain monthly sales quota and meet required sales activity levels, including, but not limited to: contacting prospective customers by telephone, cold call premise visits, networking, lead generation, proposal submission, and customer appointments.

? Structure presentations, offerings, and contract negotiations that move the customer toward the purchase

? Develop, implement, and manage actions to cross-sell and up-sell services to existing customers earning additional business

? Maintain contact with customer, resolve problems, and seek additional opportunities to meet needs.

? Apply sound strategies for protecting accounts and penetrating accounts held by competitors

? Plan territory, account, and sales strategies to win new business from new and existing accounts

? Provide accurate and detailed sales forecast of identified and proposed opportunities ensuring sales quota attainment. Document all initial and on-going customer contacts.

? Collaborate with internal resources (e.g. technical, engineering, customer service, and related support staff) to share information, coordinate sales and ensure end-to-end customer sales and satisfaction; driving new revenue growth from satisfied customers

? Continue to train and develop knowledge of new technologies and selling points, including enhancing expertise in data and voice application technologies

? Understand and adapt to constantly changing products in a perpetually changing industry

? Gather information on the customers business processes, critical success factors, and competitive standing through strategic and consultative sales approach to deliver value-added business solutions

? Close sales engagements with customers by gaining commitment to implement the value-added solution(s)

? Other duties as assigned



Minimum Qualifications:

? Education: Bachelors degree preferred



? Relevant Work Experience:

? 5+ years business sales experience with medium to large customers

? 3+ years telecom or high technology industry experience required



? XO sales employees with six-months off ramp performance at or above the targeted quota for an EAE will be eligible for consideration



Knowledge, Skills and Abilities



? Must be able to attend on-site customer appointments on a daily basis. These customer appointments are, and usually are, in multiple locations.

? Excellent communication, presentation, qualifying, closing, and negotiation skills

? Advanced account management skills

? Advanced knowledge and experience in Sales Management, Time Management, and strong Business Acumen.

? Advanced understanding and experience in Telecommunications: Voice, Data, ISP

? Advanced understanding of contract negotiations, and Sales Engineering (SONET, DMS 500, DACS, Switching)



Software

? MS Office



Databases

? Customer Contact Database



Operating Systems

? Windows