Associate Sales Representative - Johannesburg, South Africa - Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems

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Johannesburg, South Africa

2 weeks ago

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Description

Location

Training Hub Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Location After Training: Johannesburg, South Africa

Start date: 31st July 2023

What You'll Do:

Cisco Sales Associates Program (CSAP) offers a global environment that provides structured training and on-the-job-experience.

We will develop your sales, technical and communication skills and you will be offered the opportunity to rotate and understand diverse areas of Sales via our model of Education Exposure Experience.

You will learn how to position Cisco's architectures, solutions and products to our customers.

Your career will continue as a Virtual Account Manager (VAM) role as part of Cisco's Global Virtual Sales (GVS) Team.

The GVS organization is passionate about driving sales productivity breakthrough and building compelling business value for our partners while nurturing our partner relationships.

As a VAM, you'll build positive relationships with existing customers and partners, working closely with them to understand their business strategy and uncover new business opportunities, whilst achieving their desired business outcomes.

You'll partner with Sales Engineers and together you'll position the benefits of our Cisco solutions to your customer, using our best-in-class collaboration tools.

From there, your career can develop and grow into a variety of sales opportunities at Cisco.

While challenging, it will push you to become the best version of yourself.

You will achieve industry-standard certifications, as part of our perpetual learning approach, and be assessed and mentored through customer simulations and on-the-job activities.

We'll offer you a safe and fun environment to practice what you've learnt, all the while providing you with feedback to develop your potential.

Who You'll Work With:

You'll be part of CSAP, an award-winning and industry recognized early-in-career development program for top university graduates from around the world.

You'll train alongside incredibly talented individuals, like yourself, from different countries and a diverse group of backgrounds.

Early on, you'll make long-lasting friendships and belong to a rich human network that will support you throughout your career.

As a successful Associate Sales Representative (ASR), you'll learn to discover, build and drive new opportunities to our customers, with our Cisco partners, while collaborating with Cisco engineers to provide technical solutions that drive business outcomes for our customers.

You'll learn from top authorities and coaches in an unrivalled setting using our own leading-edge technology.

You'll have your own mentor, a CSAP alumnus who's been in your shoes and will help guide you in your first year.

With a strong Cisco team committed to your success, you'll gain hands-on education and experience, while receiving an attractive salary and pursuing your career dreams

What we offer

At Cisco, we strongly believe in the wellbeing of our employees and work life balance, and our benefits package is designed to reflect this.

On top of your remuneration package, add holidays. you may be entitled to receive these
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Benefits & Perks as part of our People Deal and benefits package. (May vary location.)

Who You Are:

Recent graduate or on your final year of studies towards a degree or related program or other academic certification, ideally in any of: Business and Management, Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, MIS, Engineering or other related degrees.
Fluent in English
Willing to relocate for 12 months to a designated CSAP training hub as required. Immigration and relocation support will be provided should the program be delivered in training hubs as opposed to virtually.
Technology enthusiast who enjoys innovating
Technical skills/background acquired through placement, online trainings or university curriculum.
Demonstrate an eagerness to establish a longterm Sales career with Cisco South Africa
Approach situations with an open and curious mind, taking on challenges with an eye for opportunity.
Ability to take complex problems, simplify them and thinking creatively to solve them.
A strong communicator with the confidence to engage and talk to a wide range of people and who and views team collaboration as instrumental to achieving success.

Why Cisco

Cisco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis.

WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses.

But "Digital Transformation" is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from