Enterprise Account Executive - Switzerland

Salesforce, Inc.; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking an Account Executive to lead strategic customer engagements for a global Manufacturing client based in Switzerland. You will drive value from discovery through to contract closure, leveraging Salesforce capabilities to accelerate customer success and pipeline growth.

In this role, you will partner with a distributed team across Switzerland, building lasting relationships with key stakeholders, and orchestrating resources to deliver competitive, high-quality outcomes within

Qualifications

• Basic sales foundations and customer focus.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to navigate complex sales cycles and engage C-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the full sales cycle from origination to contract closure and retention.
• Build robust relationships with key partners for a global Manufacturing client in Switzerland.
• Coordinate with a distributed account team to drive value and customer success through Salesforce platforms.

Job description

Job Category

Sales

Job Details

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About The Role

The ideal candidate will be a strong strategic partner to our customer, building robust relationships with key partners for one of our global clients from the Manufacturing industry we cover out of Switzerland.

The Account Executive works in an extended account team, getting business directions from the Sales Leadership and working along a distributed team located mainly in Switzerland.

This role goes beyond sales; it is about building lasting value and driving customer success through the innovative use of our platform.

The candidate will cultivate and improve customer satisfaction, support crafting and deliver a comprehensive account strategy aligned with customer business goals, and navigate the full sales cycle by leveraging various resources to generate solid and high quality pipeline of business opportunities, progress such opportunities along the stages of the sales cycle and secure deal closure.

The Account Executive will be responsible and accountable for the healthy growth of our business with the accounts assigned to the territory.

A Good Match For This Role Is

• Basics: A team-oriented, driven individual with an entrepreneurial attitude and an eagerness to continuously acquire new knowledge. Accountability & ownership are a must, as is AI Fluency.
• Personal impact: deep industry knowledge and thought leadership,
• Problem solving & communication: Deep listening & discovery skills and the ability to interact & communicate in a sharp, clear, concise and timely manner using a variety of communication methods (writing, speech, presentations, 1:1 executive conversations, C-level briefings) and tools (AI, white-boarding, slides, webinars, on-site workshops, negotiations etc.). Ability to communicate with impact on all levels of the organization, both on the Customer and Salesforce side. Strong Problem Solving and analytical skills are a must (be comfortable with complex analyses, structures).
• Orchestration: Ability to orchestrate and align a diverse team towards clearly communicated common goals.
• Execution: Ability to identify & qualify opportunities and move them ahead along the sales cycle. Being able to get things done in sometimes political and ambiguous environments. Ability to execute under tight timelines, with precision, discipline and extreme ownership.
• Solutioning: Ability to define and express compelling value propositions and cases that address customer needs by demonstrating a profound understanding of information technology and the manufacturing industry.
• Team Selling: Ability to team up with a diverse and global group of colleagues to drive sales activities from origination to contract closing & retention

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