Inside Account Executive

Overview

We are seeking an Inside Account Executive (iAE) who will be in charge of achieving quarterly and annual goals by a designated account set of end customers in Brazil. The iAE will drive its business in hybrid work (balancing in-person and virtual meetings). They will build direct relationships with main end customers and create a coverage territory plan with Cisco channel partners to develop opportunities in the assigned territory.

Meet the Team

Global Virtual Sales is on a journey of Transformation. This journey will result in a Transformation of the experience for our customers, partners, stakeholders, and employees, driving higher relevance and stronger business results for Cisco. Two of Cisco’s top priorities are focusing on growth in the Commercial market globally; and with emerging, fast-growing countries worldwide. Our Global Virtual Sales organization, which brings to bear virtual technology and tools to grow revenue and establish relationships with customers and partners, is growing our sales coverage globally to help accelerate these areas of the business, as well as other market segments.

Your Impact

• Owns end-customer relationships, carries legal quota, and is responsible for the growth of a fixed set of named accounts.
• Develop/Seek opportunities through sales & marketing activities to final customers and with partners to drive technology penetration in your account list.
• Manage a large territory being able to prioritize and work with partners to execute a collaborative territory coverage plan.
• Collaborate with aligned sales roles to close the deals once an opportunity is identified.
• Will be responsible for forecasting accuracy and updating salesforce.com and MEDDPICC for deal qualification.
• Uses new technologies and social selling practices to improve the customer and partner's experience and accelerate Cisco's business including Cisco AI Sales tools.
• Develops territory plans and campaigns towards selected market opportunities to cover the assigned territory.
• Prioritizes internal and external resources & implements to meet or exceed sales quota.
• Will bring new ideas to the sales teams for building new business and crafting additional pipelines.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2-3 years of channel experience or similar business-to-business quota-carrying sales. Software (sales, adoption/renewal) or cyber security experience desired.
• Cisco sales, product & technical certifications preferred.
• Consistent achievement of sales quotas.
• Consistent achievement of forecasted revenue targets (i.e., achieving consistent forecast accuracy).

Preferred Qualifications

BS/BA or equivalent

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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