Account Executive

**Job Category **:Sales **Job Details**: **About Salesforce**: Salesforce is seeking a passionate sales professionals with great energy, leadership and initiative to join our rapidly expanding business in New Zealand. **We are seeking expressions of interest for future roles.** **The Role**: Our Account Executives are at the heart of Salesforce’s efforts to expand our presence in New Zealand. Our teams are focused on all segments from small-business to mid-market to enterprise, and are focused on changing the way Kiwi organisations do business, helping them put their customer at the centre of everything they do. Our Account Executives engage with existing customers and new leads to sell the entire Salesforce Customer 360 platform. They build positive, trusted relationships with both key team members and decision makers within their patch, and become naturals at helping customers realise value from their Salesforce investments. You will use your new business development skills to develop opportunities, through both warm leads and whitespace prospecting. - Partnering with internal teams to drive additional value and share expertise - Account tiering, POV mapping & industry mapping - Using multiple channels to generate sales opportunities and uncover net new logo opportunities - Handling and overcoming objections - Researching & understanding customer personas and industries - Leading a large volume of accounts and prioritising appropriately - Balance opposing priorities and timelines **About You**: - Experience in the end to end sales process, from lead generation to deal negotiation and closure - Experience in carrying a quota and hitting sales targets - Goal oriented, with a track record of success - Embody a growth mindset. You’re thinking ahead and have a plan for yourself. - You're able to craft a point of view, hold an opinion, and build credibility as a 'Trusted Adviser" within your customers - Self awareness is very important, and you must understand your ‘why’. You’re naturally curious and will be excited about the chance to absorb all Salesforce has to offer - We don’t need you to have used Salesforce before, but it would have an advantage. A genuine passion for technology, disruption and innovation is also ideal. - Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the core proficiencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer work, etc.). **Working at Salesforce**: Working at Salesforce isn’t all about selling. It’s also about learning, and we heavily invest in you with a month-long immersion and onboarding, including: a deep dive sales and product bootcamp, mentorship program, weekly coaching and development programs. **Benefits**: We are pioneers of the Pledge 1% model, providing product, grants and community service to those in need. We are proud to be#1 in PEOPLE's **Top 50 Companies that Care **, and are on Fortune’s **Change the World **list. We provide every employee with 7 paid volunteer days off a year, and donation matching for all approved charitable donations. We provide other world-leading benefits to all our employees, including; - Health, Life, Trauma and Income Insurance - Monthly Wellness Allowance - Flexible Time off & leave policies - Parental benefits - Perks and discounts *LI-Y **Accommodations**: **Posting Statement**: At Salesforce we believe that the business of business is to improve the state of our world. Each of us has a responsibility to drive Equality in our communities and workplaces. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives such as equal pay, employee resource groups, inclusive benefits, and more. Learn more about Equality at Salesforce and explore our benefits. Salesforce, Inc. and Salesforce.org are Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Salesforce, Inc. and Salesforce.org do not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Salesforce, Inc. and Salesforce.org will not pay any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Salesforce, Inc. or Salesforce.org. Salesforce welcomes all.