IBM South Africa: BigFix Technical Sales Representative

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3 Sep, 2010

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Sales Jobs in South Africa

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed “Big Blue” (for its official corporate color), is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM South Africa recruits BigFix Technical Sales Representative

Job description
BigFix, an IBM Company, is a provider of high performance security and systems management solutions, allowing customers to securely manage their global IT infrastructures, faster and more accurately, resulting in improved governance, control, visibility and business agility.
BigFix builds enterprise operations, vulnerability, security and compliance configuration management solutions that help large geographically dispersed organizations maintain the health, performance and security of their computer assets.
We are looking for a talented, highly motivated individual to work as a Sales Representative in our rapidly expanding CEE organisation
Sales Representative responsibilities:
(*) Achieve pre-agreed sales targets and objectives, both individual and company;
(*) Establish and grow the company’s presence in the CEE region, a green-field territory for the company;
(*) Demonstrate and articulate a full understanding of BigFix’s core competencies.
(*) Present these competencies in a confident and effective manner to new and existing corporate customers from a commercial and technical perspective;
(*) Identify, develop, and work alongside the channel and key partners in sales training, presentations, strategy and support;
(*) Develop overall sales account strategy, managing multi-level relationships integrating efforts with IBM client, software and Tivoli sales teams;
(*) Formulate business and account development plans from a sales perspective in conjunction with IBM client, software and Tivoli sales teams;
(*) Required to generate external client meetings and promote BigFix at the highest level alongside pre-sales personnel;
(*) To be able to prepare sales proposals and tender responses as required;
(*) Direct and manage all cross-functional activities, provide integrated sales, technical and customer support in order to achieve business plans;
(*) Become an expert on the complete range of BigFix products and become able to present the solutions effectively to end user customers and partners;
(*) Manage business and contractual relationships with partners from a commercial aspect;
(*) Ensure close liaison with all relevant functions within BigFix and Tivoli to communicate product and support needs as well as strategic developments;

Required
Bachelor’s Degree
At least 2 years experience in pre-sales type role
At least 5 years experience in implementing and supporting enterprise software products for customers
At least 5 years experience in and excellent understanding of Windows platforms and architecture and be confident working on all flavours of UNIX/Linux
At least 3 years experience in programming and scripting ability across multiple platforms
At least 3 years experience in and understanding of technical requirements of compliance areas such as SOX and PCI
English: Fluent
Additional information
REQUIREMENTS
(*) Must be self-motivated, versatile, and committed to working within an autonomous environment;
(*)Must demonstrate an awareness of the corporate marketplace and the factors that affect it;
(*)Must exhibit maturity and be able to establish credibility with customers;
(*)Must be able to communicate at board level, both within the company and with customers;
(*)Ability to organise and plan in a logical manner when under pressure;
(*)Ability to communicate in a confident and well presented manner;
(*)Presentation skills;
(*)Willingness to travel within the region;
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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