Sales Specialist

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.

The Red Hat Sales team is looking for a Sales Account Manager with experience selling high-tech offerings and services to join us in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area, GA. In this role, you will work to increase Red Hat's market share and revenue. You'll be a key part of our Field Sales team and work within a defined territory. You'll be responsible for building new relationships and expanding business with existing customers, as well as all aspects of the sale, including pricing negotiations, contract development, and order fulfillment. As a Sales Account Manager, you will manage internal resources, including sales engineering support and technical support. You’ll need to be comfortable working with partner sales and services teams and IT and business executives, using your extensive experience developing and implementing sales plans.

• Sell Red Hat's offerings and services in your assigned territory or industry
• Meet quantitative and qualitative performance goals and set high standards for articulation and presentation of key messages and the Red Hat value proposition
• Create strategic and tactical sales plans and guide the extended sales team in implementing them to maximize revenue and growth
• Meet assigned sales quotas by acquiring new customer accounts and renewing and growing existing relationships
• Call on prospective customers, providing technical and administrative information, demonstrations, and price quotes for our offerings
• Accurately forecast and close sales in alignment with company goals

• 5+ years of sales experience with a demonstrated record of success, preferably in the software or IT industry
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in business, marketing, computer science, or other technical discipline
• Solutions sales experience in an environment with multiple offerings and services; experience with cloud, virtualization, middleware, DevOps, or emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the complete sales cycle management from prospecting to closing
• Ability to work as part of a dynamic team while demonstrating flexibility and initiative
• Excellent communication skills

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