Account Executive - Industrial IoT

Cisco Systems; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking an Industrial IoT Account Executive in Jeddah, responsible for selling Industrial IoT solutions across Saudi Arabia. The role requires a dynamic sales professional with a strong background in technology sales, proven success in meeting sales targets, and excellent communication skills, fluent in Arabic.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing large, complex technology sales.
• Strong background in closing sales opportunities.
• Fluent in Arabic language.

Responsibilities

• Sell innovative end-to-end Industrial IoT solutions.
• Work collaboratively with other teams to grow sales revenue.
• Deliver results and meet sales quotas.

Skills

Solution sales mindset

Sales forecasting

Customer relationship management

Communication

Technology sales

Job description

What You'll Do

Does selling Industrial IoT excite you? Are you an experienced sales professional wanting to be part of an industry-leading solution sales team at the world’s top Industrial IoT technology provider? As an Industrial IoT Account Executive, you will play a key role on the Cisco sales team, selling innovative end-to-end solutions to our customers. Your role will be selling our Industrial IoT Portfolio to new and existing Cisco accounts across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Who You'll Work With

As an Industrial IoT Account Executive within Cisco's Global Specialists team, you will lead the sales motion by working collaboratively with Cisco account teams, channel partners, and end customers to grow Industrial IoT sales revenue. You will also work closely with Cisco’s product management, industry solutions teams and other stakeholders to drive strategy and deliver results.

Who You Are

Are you a sales hunter? Do you love a challenge and want to drive technology innovation globally? Are you a thinker, a creator, a hunter, a leader, a maker? Does connecting everything - from things to systems to people – for the betterment of the planet excite you? Are you a quota carrying overachiever who consistently delivers against your forecast and goals? Is landing a new customer and closing the big deal what you wake up for every day? Do you want to be part of an amazing, high-energy, rapidly growing business at Cisco?

If the questions above get you excited, you have a deep sales background with strong solutions/product positioning expertise and exceptional closing skills, a positive, hard-working attitude, and you enjoy and celebrate success as a team-player, then Cisco Industrial IoT Sales is where you belong.

Required Skills:

• Proven experience in managing large, complex technology sales requiring C-level support for strategic customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Strong background in identifying, developing, and closing sales opportunities with new and existing customers.
• Carried and consistently met/exceeded your sales quotas.
• Solution sales mindset focused on enabling customer business outcomes through technology.
• Ability to learn new technologies and effectively convey value and differentiation in sales messaging.
• Comfortable presenting to large audiences, including technologists, thought leaders, and industry professionals.
• Experience selling networking, wireless, security, cloud, and analytics to OT stakeholders.
• Proven track record using opportunity qualification frameworks (e.g., MEDDPICC).
• Cross-industry experience in selling to IT and OT stakeholders across the Manufacturing, Energy (Power Utilities and Oil & Gas), and Transportation sectors.
• Skilled in providing accurate sales forecasts, planning, and conducting regular business reviews.
• Experience in overlay sales roles, helping account teams to build relationships with IT and OT stakeholders, focusing on customer success and business outcomes.
• Experience selling through OT channel partners and system integrators.
• Capable of selling remotely or in-person, with up to 50% travel.
• Fluent in Arabic language

Desired Skills:

• Industrial/OT expert who has worked for 5+ years selling industrial hardware and software platforms.
• Direct sales/account management experience at Cisco, or one of our partners or competitors.
• Strong working knowledge of the industrial networking and cyber security market.
• Experience working in multi-cultural environments.

Why Cisco?

We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to shape the technologies that give us smart cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unique personalities who aren’t afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns.

We are thought leaders, tech geeks, pop culture aficionados, and we even have a few purple haired rock stars. Do you have tattoos? It’s totally cool to show off your ink! We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers. Be you, be with us! #WeAreCisco

Cisco is an equal opportunity employer.