Account Manager

Why choose Logicalis?          

As Architects of Change, Logicalis' focus is to design, support and execute clients' digital transformation by uniting their vision with their technology expertise and industry insights. The company, through its deep understanding of key IT industry drivers such as security, cloud, data management and IoT, can address customer priorities such as revenue growth and business, operational efficiency, innovation, risk and compliance, data governance and sustainability. 
 

We strengthen our purpose: to design, support, and execute our customers' digital transformation by converging their vision with our technological expertise and knowledge of the industry. The brand refresh underpins both the evolution of Logicalis’ positioning as well as our strategic vision for growth. 

Summary

Closes profitable sales of technology-based solutions for customer business environments. Research sales lead, obtains knowledge of customer organizations, develops customer relationships, builds strong business relationships with partners and vendors, and generates product and/or services proposals and quotations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Owns all sales activities in assigned accounts or regions and achieves established sales targets annually.

• Creates business cases and high-level financial models including ROI and TCO analysis to help in positioning and selling of technology-based solutions to solve business problems.

• Sells to both large and SMB clients via direct new sales, alliances and leverages existing client base, both broad market and vertical.

• Constructs clear value proposition for clients which includes business benefits (i.e. OPEX vs. CAPEX substitution, ROI, TCO).

• Engages proactively with Solutions and Services, Marketing and Operations teams.

• Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from own professional network, industry ads, trade shows, Internet Web sites, newspapers, business directories, and other sources.

• Builds and maintains research on prospective and current customers relating to how each customer is organized (hierarchically, brands, channels, and key relationships).

• Establishes and maintains current customer and potential customer relationships.

• Gains clear understanding of customer business requirements.

• Educates customers on full breadth of solutions offered by Logicalis.

• Prepares presentations, proposals and sales contracts.

• Identifies and resolves customer concerns.

• Demonstrates and actively promotes an understanding and commitment to the mission of Logicalis through performing behaviors consistent with the organization's values.

• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations as well as policies and procedures of Logicalis in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behaviors.

• Supports and conducts self in a manner consistent with customer service expectations.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in related field.

Experience / Technical Requirements

• 3 years demonstrated outside sales experience selling Information Technology products (i.e. HP Storage, Cisco, and IBM) and consulting services/managed services.

• 3 years combining products and services into technology solutions that meet customer business needs.

• Technical sales expertise selling to both Enterprise and SMB market and strong familiarity with Cloud, Managed Services, and Web 2.0 technical concepts.

• Fundamental understanding of consultative, solutions sales process for dedicated, managed, cloud, and hybrid web hosting solutions.

• Demonstrated success in strategic thinking, planning and implementation – a strong desire and track record of getting things done.

• Aptitude, ambition, and eagerness to join A-level Sales Team and contribute to fun, professional culture focused on growth and outcomes.

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications.

Certifications

• Various vendor certifications as necessary.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Strong technical and customer interaction skills.

• Self-starter with excellent organizational, administrative and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to multi-task and work in fast paced environment.

• Ability to successfully work as a team and independently.

• Detail oriented.

• Ability to follow through with tasks, projects, troubleshooting with minimal supervision.

• Outstanding oral, written, technical and business communication skills.