Territory Account Executive - Mid Market - Automotive Industry

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · Gurgaon, India

Salesforce is seeking a Territory Account Executive for their Mid-Market Automotive Industry segment in India. The role involves driving strategic enterprise-wide sales initiatives, exceeding sales targets, and managing the entire sales process for Salesforce solutions. Responsibilities include territory identification, pipeline development through cold calling and email campaigns, engaging with prospects, leading the sales process with support from internal teams, and accurate forecasting. The role requires 5+ years of enterprise solution sales experience, a proven track record of closing deals, and consistent quota overachievement. Desired skills include experience selling into the automotive industry, strategic account planning, C-level engagement, and strong consultative sales abilities. The company mentions using AI tools in recruiting and highlights their AI CRM and AI agents.

What you'd actually do

  1. To exceed monthly/quarterly sales targets by selling Salesforce solutions into Mid-market 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

  • 5+ 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

  • Successfully sold into medium to large companies in the Auto Industry space.
  • 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

  • proven record exceeding quota
  • exceed monthly/quarterly sales targets
  • strong emphasis on new business sales
  • Create and maintain a sales pipeline to ensure over-achievement
  • Consistent overachievement of quota and revenue goals