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Territory Account Manager - Phoenix

Gigamon seeks a motivated individual to fill the position of Territory Account Manager – Phoenix. As a direct sales position, you will identify, qualify, and capture tactical sales opportunities that will align Gigamon strategically. In this role, you will also command and manage all the moving parts through the full life cycle to closure. We are searching for an entrepreneurial self-starter who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, completing multiple complex tasks simultaneously, who can use his or her direct sales talent to expand adoption of Gigamon capabilities. Duties also include development of business strategies and solutions for complex and multi-faceted customer problems, and internally provide advice to support the overall growth strategy for driving Gigamon’s business activities in.

What you will do:

Develop, manage, and grow existing customers while adding new ones to improve the region, 80% hunting, 20% farming. Region to include Illinois, Wisconsin, Dakotas, Iowa and Minnesota.
Be responsible for the sales of company’s products within an assigned geographic territory and within an assigned group of named accounts within the region.
Achieve sales budget by the growth of existing accounts and the development of new accounts
Maintain database of customers.
Document interactions with customers in Salesforce database
Use available resources to develop effective sales calls. These resources include opportunities identified by previous sales calls, invoices, Tech Service cases, online seminar attendees and sample requests
Sell new and existing products, discovers new opportunities, and secures incremental business
Explore, identify, and communicate potential opportunities with the Regional Business Managers and Product Managers
Consistently perform effective sales calls throughout the assigned territory and close new business opportunities
Attend trade and vendor shows and meetings as required
Provide timely communication and follow-up to customers, consistently meet the customers’ expectations
Provide pertinent market and competitive information to the organization
In collaboration with Product Managers, develop short and long-range strategies for product expansion; assess potential application of the company products to meet customer needs and prepare detailed product specifications for the development, implementation, and customization of customer solutions
Collaborate with Product Managers on presentations, product demonstrations, and on-site customer visits
Represent Sales group on cross-functional team interfacing with R&D (Research & Development), production, and manufacturing to develop new products or enhance existing products or product lines
Research and analyze the territories and the company’s markets, competition, and product mix; make presentations on new and existing products to current and potential customers
Provide innovative problem-solving approaches to enhance organizational capabilities; use peer network to expand technical and sales capabilities and identify new sales opportunities
Devise innovative approaches to problems encountered, share approach with Regional Business Managers
Use a wide application of complex principles, theories, and concepts in the specific field
Create opportunities to enhance technical methodology or content through expansion of existing or development of new efforts
Assist in providing training to lower-level Sales staff
Other duties as assigned

What you have done:

10+ years of direct selling experience in Network Security and/or Networking space.
Bachelor's degree in business, CIS, or related field preferred.
Hold a track record of success as “rookie of the year,” President’s club, YoY attainment of quota.
Experience with Salesforce. Disciplined around forecasting.
Background in sales engineering, or training in CS, IT, EE a plus

Who you are:

Advanced level of specialized knowledge, with record of sales success; expert in the field
Possess excellent consultative, solution selling skills and can present to all levels within organizations.
An exceptional communicator and presenter
Reside within the region and have established relationships with local major accounts and channel partners.

The base salary compensation range targeted for this role based out of Gigamon’s Santa Clara, CA, Headquarters office is $106,000 - $133,000, with an opportunity to earn an annual bonus or commission (subject to terms and conditions of the plan). This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices.

Employees in this position are eligible to participate in the Company’s standard employee benefit programs, which currently include health insurance, health savings accounts, life, AD&D, disability, 401(k) plan with company matching contributions, paid time off (holidays, vacation, and sick), tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program (EAP), business travel accident insurance, employee discounts, and employee referral program. Additionally, employees in this position are eligible to participate in the Profit Interest Units plan.

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