Strategic Account Executive - Automotive Industry

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · Bangalore, India

Salesforce is seeking a Strategic Account Executive for the Automotive Industry in Bangalore, India. This role involves driving strategic, enterprise-wide sales initiatives into large companies, managing the entire sales process, and exceeding sales targets for Salesforce's AI CRM solutions. The position requires a proven track record in enterprise technology sales, particularly within the automotive sector, and involves developing go-to-market strategies, building sales pipelines, and engaging with C-level executives.

What you'd actually do

  1. To exceed monthly/quarterly sales targets by selling Salesforce solutions into enterprise accounts and within an assigned geographical or vertical market. You will handle the entire sales process to ensure delivery against key performance metrics, with a strong emphasis on new business sales, while expanding existing accounts.
  2. Territory identification and research, to formalize a go-to-market territory strategy and create a qualified target account list within 30 days.
  3. Pipeline development through a combination of cold calling, email campaigns, and market sector knowledge/resourcefulness.
  4. Create and maintain a sales pipeline to ensure over-achievement within the designated market sector(s).
  5. Engage with prospect organizations to position Salesforce solutions through strategic value-based selling, business-case definition, value analysis, references, and analyst data.

Skills

Required

  • Successfully sold into Large Enterprise companies in the Auto Industry space.
  • 15+ years of enterprise solution sales experience selling CRM, ERP, or similar.
  • A proven track record of driving and closing enterprise deals.
  • Consistent overachievement of quota and revenue goals.
  • Degree or equivalent relevant experience required.

Nice to have

  • Strategic account planning and execution skills.
  • Experience selling to C-Level and across both IT and business units to customers - Enterprise Customers in the North Market of India.
  • Strong technical competence.
  • Passion and commitment to customer success.
  • Ability to sell both an application and deployment of a platform.
  • Strong time management skills.
  • Demonstrated consultative sales solution skills, including the ability to articulate a clear, concise return on investment value statement.
  • Ability to maintain a high level of productivity, handle multiple contending priorities, and work effectively under the pressure of time constraints in a fast-paced, complex, collaborative, and team-oriented environment.

What the JD emphasized

  • Successfully sold into Large Enterprise companies in the Auto Industry space.
  • 15+ years of enterprise solution sales experience selling CRM, ERP, or similar.
  • A proven track record of driving and closing enterprise deals.
  • Consistent overachievement of quota and revenue goals.