Account Executive – DoD, Army

Role Overview

• Develop a competitive sales strategy
• Manage a dedicated sales territory comprised of medium to large enterprise accounts list
• Great insight into industry trends for cloud computing, consumptive models, and creative financing options
• Develop and maintain customer base
• Promote Red River as a Solutions and Services provider
• Drive revenue and margin through individual account base
• Technical acumen in areas of networking or datacenter infrastructure
• Maintain knowledge base on new and existing products
• Deep understanding in sales methodology of prospecting, pipeline, and forecast
• Candidate who is eager to understand customer pain points and develop solutions around their requirements

Requirements

• 5-10 years of IT sales experience
• Mid-level certifications in OEM training programs
• College or associate degree preferred
• Demonstrate ability to put together compressive account plans and strategy
• Demonstrate the ability to sell professional and managed services
• Ability to cultivate C-level relationships and understand underlying business drivers
• Ability to capture large multi-year IT annuity contracts
• Detailed understanding of all Federal Contracting and acquisition vehicles
• Understanding of federal budgets cycles and buying patterns
• Ability to navigate within public sources to identity government solicitations and opportunities (Exhibit 300)
• Familiar with existing industry CRM applications
• Familiar with OEM business processes negotiating discount structures
• Ability to demonstrate strong presentation skills and lead customer facing meetings
• The ability to work effectively with or without dedicated management/mentor supervision
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with vendors and customers in a professional and timely manner
• Sufficient phone skills as defined by, active listening skills, using the open-ended question technique, courteous and conscientious mannerisms and technically literate language so as to support successful cold and warm calls
• Sufficient writing skills, demonstrated by the correct use of grammar, professional communication style and technically literate language so as to support successful e-mail introductions to customers, vendors and OEM counterparts
• Demonstrated success in multi tasked, high volume sales role as defined by accuracy, response rate and understanding of customer requirements

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits
• Exceptional work environment