Account Executive

Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Vantara is seeking an Account Executive to drive new business in a hybrid role covering Maryland. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of outside sales experience, with a proven ability to win new logos and build relationships with VARs and integrators.

You will manage a robust pipeline, report in Salesforce, and collaborate with product specialists and partners to close high-value deals. A BA/BS is preferred, and strong communication in a fast-paced environment is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of outside sales experience.
• Experience selling data center infrastructure/storage is a plus.
• Proven track record of achieving quotas and closing complex deals.

Responsibilities

• Proactively prospect and manage a 10x pipeline in assigned territory.
• Maintain and report sales progress in SFDC.
• Collaborate with partners and cross-functional teams to close deals.
• Develop go-to-market plans with VARs and distributors.

Skills

Outside sales

New logo acquisition

Partner relationships

Salesforce

MS Office

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

Salesforce

MS Office

Job description

## Account ExecutiveApplyremote type: Hybridlocations: Remote - Maryland, United Statestime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: R0140387**Function**AMER Sales# **Our Company**We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data.If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.# **Job description*****\* Current residency in VA, DC or MD and complex data center and/or storage selling experience required*****Meet our Team**We represent Hitachi Vantara to clients across various industries, establishing business relationships to understand customer challenges so that we can deliver profitable business for Hitachi products, services and solutions. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our customers; success that is celebrated and shared. Our solutions bring value to every line of business and we need people like you to build those deep relationships and to passionately articulate our value proposition.We are seeking energetic and motivated sales professionals with strong hunting skills to join our Account Executive team. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of new account or business development experience with a proven track record of engaging the Partner ecosystem to drive success.In your role, you will develop geographical go to market plans with VAR’s and collaborate to meet the business requirements of both existing and new customers. You will leverage market intelligence resources, customer events, product specialists, and your own professional network to develop new relationships and close business with high value pursuit clients.**What you will be doing*** Effective prospecting and lead management building a 10X pipeline within your territory* Managing and reporting a sales pipeline within SFDC, bringing the visibility of the revenue accurately, quarterly* Collaborate and support other sellers resolving complex issues* Territory planning and any sales support required* Ongoing self-education to gain knowledge of the Digital Infrastructure business and ability to convey Hitachi Vantara differentiators clearly to our customers and Partners.* Focus on activities and opportunities delivering short term and long-term revenue.* Effective and regular networking to attract and influences Partner sales and grow our Partner relationships.**What you bring to the team (Qualifications)*** Sales experience in infrastructure, data storage, cloud storage, data management and other data center technologies* A minimum of 5 years of outside sales experiences specializing in new logo acquisition and/or new business development* An avid hunter with a proven track record of sourcing new leads and leveraging social networking to gain access to decision-makers or influencers necessary to close business* Relationships with top VARs and Integrators.* Must demonstrate a consistent track record of achieving annual quota targets while providing specific details on key customer wins* A successful track record of managing and closing complex sales campaigns, using outcome and solution selling techniques is a must* Possesses a competitive attitude, strong work ethic and thrives in a fast pace, high growth and matrixed organizational environment* Collaboration, energy, enablement, a growth mindset, creativity, and trustworthiness* Positive history of collaborative selling within geography* Must be a proficient user of Salesforce and other MS Office tools* Having a BA/BS degree or equivalent is desirable#LI-TO1