Sales Account Manager

Job Description

Company description

At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an open source stack of trusted, high-performing solutions. We offer cloud, Linux, middleware, storage, and virtualization technologies, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services. Red Hat is a rapidly growing company supporting more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies.

Job summary

Manage a subset of high-end mid market accounts within an assigned territory. The Red Hat Sales team is looking for a Sales Account Manager to join us in Plano, TX. In this role, you will identify, nurture, and close opportunities with both new and existing customers, manage forecasts on a quarterly basis, and track customer data. You'll often collaborate with internal and external partners to improve business and create solutions that serve both Red Hat and our customers. As a Sales Account Manager, you will have access to training and certification programs that will help you maintain expert knowledge of and proficiency in our offerings and industry trends. You’ll focus on customers in the Southeastern United States.

Primary job responsibilities

• Sell Red Hat's comprehensive enterprise solutions
• Manage forecasts, close deals, and track customer data using company-standard customer-relationship management (CRM) tools
• Grow existing business relationships and acquire new business
• Meet assigned sales quotas both on your own and as part of a team

Required skills

• 4+ years of successful quota-carrying sales experience
• 4+ years of solutions sales experience in software or high-technology offerings; datacenter and cloud technologies are a big plus
• 2+ years of experience selling face-to-face to customers
• Experience using CRM tools like Salesforce.com (SFDC)
• Knowledge of Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows, virtualization, storage, and middleware solutions
• Willingness to relocate in the future for career possibilities

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