A Sales Representative (Digital) role (what we internally call a 'Digital Sales Specialist') within the Red Hat Squad at IBM Digital Sales means being the point of entry to Red Hat's portfolio of industry-leading solutions that help our clients face a wide range of challenges from Digital Transformation journeys with Containerisation via Red Hat OpenShift, Automation via Red Hat Ansible or any number of other projects built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and supported by additional products from Red Hat's Open Source catalogue.
This role ensures you're continuously developing – personally and professionally – to stay at the forefront of industry trends, and remaining as a trusted advisor our clients' success depend on.
Your role and responsibilities
As a Digital Sales Representative, you'll become a trusted go-to expert.
You'll collaborate with colleagues across the Sales team – advising and supporting on client engagements throughout the critically important early phases of the sales cycle, and helping to lead prospects to our award winning Red Hat solutions.
To help ensure this win-win outcome, a 'day-in-the life' of this role may include, but not be limited to:
Understanding your prospective clients' buying cycles to accurately predict the potential and timings of deal closures – clearly communicating your forecasts with stakeholders at all levels.Supporting your squad of Business Development, Marketing and Technical colleagues ('IBMers') to identify and create up- /cross-sell opportunities within your assigned territory.Working with IBM Marketing and Sales leadership to activate targeted new business campaigns.Collaborating with your squad to design use-cases and proofs of concept in response to prospective clients' requests for information (RFIs).Co-creating and presenting on high-level, value propositions for clients – successfully landing product features, functionality and solutions in a way that's highly compelling. Required education
None
Preferred education
None
Required technical and professional expertise
Demonstrable experience of consultatively selling technology solutions against complex use-cases.High proficiency of using digital sales tools and techniques (e.g.
phone, CRM, social media, email etc.
)Exceptional communication skills across written and verbal media.Strong analytical skills with proven examples of using data to influence, make business decisions and drive commercial outcomes. Preferred technical and professional experience
Depth and breadth of knowledge regarding the market in order to consult and advise, and quickly grow your reputation as your clients' credible, trusted advisor.
(Training is provided)
ABOUT BUSINESS UNITIBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue.
The company's Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM's global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally.
These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients' growth and innovation.
YOUR LIFE @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
ABOUT IBMIBM's greatest invention is the IBMer.
We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILSFor additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
Job Title
Job ID
7301
City / Township / Village
State / Province
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Area of work
Employment type
Regular
Position type
Professional
No Travel
Company
(0483) IBM Ireland Product Distribution Limited
Shift
General (daytime)
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?
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