Role Overview:
We are looking for an experienced and result-oriented Sales Professional with strong expertise in hunting new business opportunities, IT hardware sales and IT infrastructure solutions. The candidate should have a proven track record of acquiring new customers, building strategic OEM relationships, driving large-value deals and achieving aggressive sales targets. Experience working with a reputed System Integrator (SI) is essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive new business development through aggressive hunting and acquisition of new enterprise customers.
- Identify and develop opportunities for IT hardware, IT infrastructure products and integrated technology solutions.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with OEMs, distributors, technology partners and key decision-makers.
- Drive large-value deals and manage the complete sales lifecycle, from lead generation and prospecting to negotiation and closure.
- Develop strategic accounts across enterprise, corporate and other relevant customer segments.
- Achieve and consistently exceed assigned revenue and gross margin targets.
- Leverage existing OEM connects and industry relationships to generate business opportunities.
- Work closely with presales, solution architects, OEMs and delivery teams to develop competitive solutions and proposals.
- Build a strong sales pipeline and provide accurate revenue forecasts.
Desired Skills & Experience
- 10 - 26 years of experience in IT Hardware Sales, IT Infrastructure Sales or Enterprise Technology Solutions.
- Strong experience in a hunting-focused sales role, with demonstrated success in acquiring new customers.
- Proven experience selling IT infrastructure products and solutions, including Servers, Storage, Networking, Data Centre, End User Computing and related technologies.
- Strong OEM relationships and established connects with leading technology OEMs.
- Experience working with a System Integrator (SI) is mandatory.
- Ability to independently drive and close large-value deals and handle aggressive sales targets.
- Excellent negotiation, business development, relationship management and communication skills.
- Strong understanding of the IT infrastructure ecosystem and enterprise sales environment.
Preferred Candidate Profile:
Candidates currently based in Bangalore, with a strong track record in new customer acquisition, OEM engagement and large-ticket IT infrastructure sales.