Your mission as a Data Platform Brand Sales Specialist is to create demand and progress opportunities to close by leading high level, platform level strategic conversations and building a trusted relationship where technology is seen as a way to advance your clients business goals. You partner with your clients to co-create platform/brand specific solutions that address their business needs and drive client innovation. You navigate IBM to bring the right subject matter experts and technical resources to drive sales wins.
- Maintain Client Relationships and Showcase IBM's Tech Value: Actively maintain and nurture client relationships while effectively highlighting the value of IBM's technology solutions.
- Utilize Solution-Selling Skills: Apply solution-selling techniques to engage with decision-makers, assess and qualify opportunities, and establish enduring partnerships.
- Oversee the Full Sales Process: Take charge of the entire sales process, from handling RFI/RFP responses to meeting key performance indicators (KPIs). The focus is on acquiring new business and expanding existing accounts.
- Collaborate with IBM's Sales Network: Work in cooperation with IBM's sales ecosystem to develop and execute sales campaigns, ultimately leading to the growth of the sales pipeline.
- Experience in Tech Sales: 3+ years experience in enterprise software sales, upselling existing clients and acquiring new clients.
- Ability to Convey Tech Solutions: Effectively articulating the business and financial impact of tech solutions.
- Excellent Communication and Presentation Skills: Demonstrating engaging and influential communicatoin and presentation abilities.
- Strong Prospecting Skills: Proven ability to generate demand and pipeline with client through effective use of outbound prospecting, sales campaigns, and Business Partner collaboration.
- Data & AI Market Knowledge: Expertise in the Data & AI solutions such as Data Intelligence, Data Integration, Databases, Data Security, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.
- Enterprise Software Sales Experience: Expertise selling into strategic accounts