Enterprise Corporate Sales Account Executive - Financial Services

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Sales

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About Salesforce

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Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Your Impact

As Enterprise Corporate Sales (ECS) Account Executive, you are in charge of handling a large volume of medium and small size opportunities within our Financial Services Enterprise customers and prospects in Germany. Partnering with our most senior sales account executives, this role will suit those who are looking to take their enterprise sales skills to the next level.

• Manage the entire sales cycle from acquisition to signing deals through the engagement of appropriate resources such as Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Marketing, Partners etc.

• Use your solution selling expertise to respond optimally to customer needs and identify business potential in order to build a strategic, long-term partnership with your customers

• Contribute to Salesforce growth by engaging with prospect organizations to position Salesforce solutions through strategic value-based selling, business case definition, return on investment analysis, references, and analyst data

• Exceed monthly/quarterly sales targets by selling Salesforce solutions into enterprise accounts within an assigned subset of major account/customer or vertical market

• Build and maintain a sales pipeline from week to week ensure over-achievement within the designated market sector(s)

Minimum Requirements

• 2 years experience in quota-carrying sales

• Experience in managing and closing complex sales cycles and demonstrated ownership of all aspects of territory management

• Self-driven, curious, humble & coachable

• Business and sales acumen

• Proficiency in German and English

Preferred Requirements

• Successful history of net direct new business sales with a proven track record of exceeding sales quota of preferably SaaS solutions

• Experience selling to diverse buying centers of Enterprise customers, incl. Sales, Service, Marketing, IT, Procurement etc. beneficial

• Experience in the Financial Services Industry

• CRM application sales, SaaS solutions sales, or industry sector experience would be viewed favorably

Here’s what Salesforce, Employees’ Choice #1 Best Place to Work in Germany, France, UK, US, and Canada (Glassdoor, 2022), can offer you to help you to thrive:

• Not just a job, a Career: Our continuous YOY growth has positioned a culture of talent development where we constantly create opportunities for you to learn, grow and feel empowered to realize your full potential, whichever career path you choose.

• World Leading Sales Academy: Prepare to be wowed by Salesforce's industry-leading, comprehensive, and innovative sales training and mentoring program. We deliver innovative insights, so you can hone your expertise to be successful in a revenue-generating sales world.

• Giving Back: You will become part of a diverse and inclusive team where giving back is close to our hearts, an integral part of our success, and core to the #SalesforceOhana culture.

• Clear and structured career path into Senior and Leadership positions within the company

• World - Class Training & Development in the areas of professional growth and product knowledge

• Constant learning and knowledge sharing with some of the best complex-selling professionals in the industry

• Environment for an entrepreneurial-minded person with a lot of energy, ideas, and courage for their implementation

• Responsibility for the entire sales cycle, from acquisition through to signing deals

• Support from a professional team (marketing, sales program, solution engineering, business development)

• Regular customer meetings, face-to-face and in-country

• Comprehensive training offering supplemented by individual coaching

• Competitive, above market average compensation package and extra benefits, i.e. Wellness subsidy, Education Subsidy, Pension, Bootcamp, 7 Volunteering Days a year, and free snacks and drinks

Please submit your application in English, including your CV and all supporting documents in English.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

Accommodations

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We warmly invite applications from individuals with a severe disability status (Schwerbehinderung). Salesforce is committed to equality and creating a workplace that reflects society. We set ambitious goals for representation, emphasize accessibility and inclusion, and continuously learn and improve. Learn more about our inclusion initiatives here (https://www.salesforce.com/company/accessibility/workplace-resources/#ally-sf-benefits). In 2019, Salesforce joined The Valuable 500 to champion disability inclusion in business leadership.

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