Paris

Sales

Permanent

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Account Development Representative – EMEA (France)

Job Description

6WIND is a leading networking software company and the worldwide market leader for vRouter solutions. 6WIND software is deployed globally by Service Providers, System Integrators, and Tier-1 OEMs allowing customers to replace expensive hardware with software and virtualization for routing and security use cases. 6WIND has a global presence with Headquarters currently based in Paris, France, and in Santa Clara, California. It covers a worldwide customer base in more than 50 countries.

6WIND is seeking a talented, highly motivated, Account Development Representative to strengthen its sales team in Europe for its Networking Software Solutions. You will work closely with our top-performing sales team to generate demand for our solutions whilst also qualifying leads from our marketing team.

 

A successful candidate will:

  • Enjoy the dynamic atmosphere required to rapidly grow business. A “startup” mentality is
    required.
  • Have a passion for technology – especially disruptive ones!
  • Enjoy interacting with customers, building trust and solving problems.
  • Have strong verbal and written communication skills.

 

Primary Responsibilities include:

  • Business-to-Business lead generation and sales prospecting.
  • Generate qualified appointments through proactive outbound prospecting into target organizations.
  • Cold call new prospects using a combination of phone, social media, and email.
  • Prospect into cold leads, lost or “no decision” opportunities, and former customers.
  • Qualify marketing leads from trade shows, events, campaigns, and other activities/sources.
  • Understand and effectively communicate business and technical challenges to determine if and how the prospect can benefit from the 6WIND solution.
  • Gather sales intelligence around customers’ situation, needs, and decision process.
  • Use selling skills to set up qualified appointments for the sales team members.
  • Maintain lead/prospect contact information and notes in Salesforce to manage sales prospecting and track activities.
  • Help to execute marketing campaigns to drive traffic to online and in-person events.
  • Meet or exceed individual performance objectives outlined and communicated every quarter.
  • Provide ongoing feedback to Sales & Marketing Management on ways to improve the prospecting process and increase results.
  • Evangelize the 6WIND vision through product demonstrations, in-market events, and account-specific initiatives.
  • Attend regular regional meetings and update the team on the progress of activities.

 

Desired Skills and Experience:

  • Has minimum 1-2 years of experience with selling router solutions (VPN / Border Router), networking equipment, or servers to Service Providers or Enterprise customers.
  • Has experience using a CRM, (Salesforce preferred).
  • Possesses a college diploma/university degree or equivalent experience.
  • Has a high level of commitment to relationship building.
  • Must be fluent in English, bilingual English/French will be a plus.
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with excellent presentation skills.
  • Ability to manage time effectively, work independently, and be self-motivated.
  • The ability to interact effectively with individuals at all levels of the prospect organizations via phone, social, and email.
  • Energetic, upbeat, tenacious team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.