Skills & Qualifications
- Relevant sales experience in IT companies
- Experience and ability managing customer relationships and leveraging those relationships to expand business
- Ability to handle multiple sources of information and to consolidate needs for our customers, partners, and distributors
- Ability to work on several administrative tasks as part of success in the role
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Spanish and English
- The candidate must be based in Bogota, Colombia
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce.com
- In-depth understanding of the sales administration process
- Excellent interpersonal skills and being a team player
- Solid analytical and organizational skills
- Numerical abilities and a problem-solving attitude
- BSc degree in Sales, Business Administration, Computer Engineering, or a relevant field
- A technical background in computer science or engineering is a plus
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage all renewals below 15K according to the Renewal Tracking System (RTS), cross/upsell, and refresh opportunities in the territory. Close deals to reach individual quarterly quotas.
- Drive revenue in installed base accounts from the SMB segment.
- Manage the full sales cycle, working closely with partners and distributors.
- Meet or exceed quarterly revenue targets.
- Develop and execute account plans for top accounts in the assigned territory.
- Forecasting and account/opportunity management in Salesforce.com.
- Be a high-energy, motivated self-starter and team player.
- Complete weekly reports on activities, including accurate forecasting. Keep Salesforce updated with opportunities and forecasts to provide visibility of the territory.
- Detect issues such as weak attention from partners to end users or poor implementation of Fortinet products, and inform the Field Team when appropriate.
- Participate in weekly forecast meetings with the Field Sales Team and 1:1 forecasting meetings with the Team Lead.