Vmc On Aws Sales Specialist - London, United Kingdom - VMware

Description

The Elevator Pitch:
Why will you enjoy this new opportunity?
We are looking for a successful Senior Sales Specialist to join our team at VMware in the UK&I.

You will bring passion, drive and a genuine customer first approach to help our enterprise customers achieve their digital transformation goals.

You will own the customer engagement whilst orchestrating a team of specialists to identify, develop and deliver value-based opportunities benefitting the customer and VMware.

Your efforts will help to establish VMware as a critical business partner, building a sustainable reputation around our technology solutions and in the way we do business.

You will work with some of the largest customers in the UK&I, many with global reach.

Each customer will bring a variety of challenges and opportunities, demanding all of your skills, stamina and experience to engage across stakeholders and business processes.

Success in the Role:
What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?
Making an impact early at VMware relies on 3 core elements.

Establishing relationships with colleagues, customers and partners; building solid knowledge and understanding of our technologies; and navigating the sales processes and best practices within our teams.

You will be managing customer opportunities from day one, in collaboration with your virtual team, and be expected to build and sustain a pipeline of business across customer accounts, leveraging the full breadth of the VMware solutions portfolio.

By the end of your first 12 months at VMware you should have established a significant presence and impact with both your customers and the colleagues with whom you work.

The Work:
What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?
The Sales Specialist will be working with Commercial and Enterprise customers across the UK&I.

You will be sharing your deep expertise of optimizing complex software solutions with customers with a typical deal cycle of 6 to 18 months depending on whether it's a short-term tactical sales opportunities or a more long-term strategic sales opportunity to be pursued.

Successful Sales Specialists maximize their time with customers, engaging in their business and exploring ways in which VMware can deliver solutions.

You will set a regular cadence for engagement with the range of stakeholders, including quarterly reviews and executive briefings. You will cover a breath of stakeholders from department managers up to the c-suite executives.

Your individual customer account plans will establish a foundation of intelligence and insight for both short-term tactical sales opportunities as well as long-term strategic success.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an overall consultative approach will set you apart from competitors.

You will seek to build deep understanding of the customer landscape through great discovery activities and in building robust roadmaps for sustainable customer partnerships.

The VMware way of selling incorporates a number of technical, financial and value based tools that all account managers are expected to master and leverage to the full.

Internally, you will work with specialists from across each of our technology areas to identify and develop value based solutions for your customers.

You will be expected to deliver high standards of customer account management practice including opportunity management, pipeline development and performance reporting.

As part of a team your contribution is key to sharing best practice and building industry wide success stories for the wider business to learn and leverage.

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What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?
The hiring manager for this role is Nejde Manuelian the Sales Director, VMware Cloud on AWS.

Leading a a sales team of 11 sales specialists supported by a team of Solutions Architects (SA's) and Business Unit Specialists covering the technology portfolio.

Nejde brings a coaching led management style, built on many years' experience of leading and developing teams to build sustainable customer relationships.

He holds a deep philosophy for customer curiosity, relentless energy and team contribution.

The team is connecting regularly each week for team engagement, pipeline development and learning sessions.


Where is this role located?
This role will be performed based out of the UK


What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware?

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types
• Generous Time Off Programs
• 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community
• Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities
• Financial contributions to your ongo