Marketing Cloud Account Executive - Johannesburg, South Africa - Salesforce

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Sales

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About Salesforce
We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM.

Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way.

And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world.

If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good - you've come to the right place.

Who We Are:

We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM.

Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way.

And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world.

If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good
- you've come to the right plac


The Salesforce Marketing Cloud:

We are the fastest growing of the top 10 enterprise software companies, the World's Most Innovative Company according to Forbes and one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For.

Our more human, culture is built around doing work that matters, winning as a team and celebrating success. We are the Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

In today's connected world, every customer interaction matter. The Salesforce Marketing Cloud helps our customers to make the most of every touch point, enabling them to own the 1:1 customer journey across all channels and make Real Time Marketing happen.

We're driven by a deep understanding of marketers' needs—because we're marketers too. No other digital marketing company invests in product innovation the way we do, giving our clients access to truly pioneering technology.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Winning mainly net new Marketing Cloud business revenue within Enterprise accounts according to the business plan
• Actively develop partnerships in the partner ecosystem to drive new business
• Ability to do an initial demonstration of the Marketing Cloud capabilities
• Position Marketing Cloud product and services and improve Customer's impact
• Negotiate and create product and service orders, contract addendums and renewals
• Lead and develop existing contacts and create ambassadors
• Weekly accurate forecast to sales management
• Create business plan in collaboration with the extended team in order to drive net new revenue and ensure customer success

Position Requirements:

• Understanding of a Sales environment with experience in meeting quarterly and/or annual targets
• 510 years experience of Software Solution sales.
• Ability to negotiate commercial contracts and maintain competitive pricing
• Thorough knowledge of MS Office software including Project, Access, Visio, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Fluent in English
• Degree or equivalent experience required

Preferred Requirements:

• Have worked at a strategic level in account or relationship management with enterprise customers
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills with experience of engaging with 'C' level executives
• Ability and experience with critical thinking and complex decision making
• Consistent track record of exceeding sales quota preferably (digital marketing) SaaS solutions
• Ability to negotiate commercial contracts and maintain competitive pricing
• Confirmed commercial success in working with executives, VP and 'C' level
• Ability and confirmed experience with strategic thinking and complex decision making

Diversity & Inclusion:

Equality is a core tenet of how we run our business, and we believe that equality and diversity make us a better company and community.

We respect and value employees from every background, and we thrive as a result.

We believe that businesses is the greatest platform for change, and all businesses have the opportunity to be a platform for change.

We are committed to making an impact on our community.


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They enhance everyday wellbeing, help you save for now and later, encourage you to take time off work, and provide amazing discounts.

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