Job Title : District Sales Manager
Location : Johannesburg, Gauteng. Deadline : November 22, 2024.
Job Overview
Our solutions are best‑in‑breed and customers need a trusted cybersecurity partner who can create a truly zero‑trust‑based security architecture. As a District Sales Manager, you will lead a team of field sellers and formulate and execute a strategy to maximize business growth. You are instrumental in developing and managing your team to generate revenue and achieve individual, team, and organizational quotas.
Key Responsibilities
- Deeply understand your customers' needs by researching and developing insight into their priorities.
- Bring support to your team by participating in and leading prospect meetings.
- Deep dive into weekly territory pipeline and forecasting activities to coach direct reports on strategies to drive closure.
- Actively engage in territory planning and development, relationship development and opportunity to drive revenue by supporting and assisting your team in closing opportunities.
- Lead a high‑performance sales culture that delivers results in bookings, sales development, and forecast accuracy while simultaneously mentoring and developing your team.
- Maintain in‑depth technical knowledge of our portfolio with the ability to take a holistic approach to help solve our customers' problems.
- Drive and oversee team selling opportunities.
- Hold team and self accountable to achieve challenging goals while maintaining a forward‑thinking approach when faced with setbacks.
- Communicate with leaders at all levels, including C‑suite, and establish open and trusting relationships.
- Successfully influence others through change management.
- Develop a winning team, including recruiting, hiring and training while upholding our core values.
Key Experience & Qualifications
Experience and knowledge of SaaS‑based architectures, ideally in a networking and / or security industry.Experience with channel and partner sales models.Proven leadership ability to create high‑performing teams in a rapidly growing sales environment.Year‑over‑year track record of successful sales pipeline management and results.Highly driven individual with an execution focus and a strong sense of urgency with an entrepreneurial mindset.Track record of consistently delivering revenue numbers and goals while maintaining a focus on team development and growth.Capable of successfully managing significant client escalations and issues.Excellent at influencing others, both externally and internally; ability to communicate effectively and build consensus across various functional groups to achieve goals.Strong team‑player mentality, building excellent rapport and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.#J-18808-Ljbffr