Associate Account Manager; Mountain West​/Southeast U.S

Requirements

• We are seeking an Associate level Sales Representative who is passionate about pursuing and growing a career in technology sales
• Our team looks for individuals who embody our values of trust, compassion, collaboration, respectfulness, integrity, and good‑natured fun
• BS/BA/BBA degree or equivalent in addition to 2-3+ years of technology sales experience
• You possess previous experience in roles or internships in Sales, Marketing, Sales Operations or Sales Associate
• Excellent people skills and ability to build relationships at all levels
• You have a passion for technology and a strong technical acumen in any of the following areas:
  Cloud, Networking, Virtualization, Network Security, Compute, SaaS/IaaS, Wireless (Wifi), Network Monitoring
• Ability to work in a fast paced work environment

• As a team member of the Arista Sales team, you are the face of Arista to our customers; their internal champion for the problems they need to solve
• As their champion you will align Arista’s technical resources to achieve your customer's business outcome
• You will partner with some of the most skilled Customer Engineers in the industry in addition to our Professional Services and Executive teams to help them understand how to execute on your customer's behalf
• Our sales teams have a culture of team success, where you'll collaborate and be supported by like minded sales professionals
• This role typically reports to a Regional Sales Manager or Area VP of Sales
• We currently have an opening for a Sales Associate Account Manager to join our growing Sales organization in the Bay area. This is an amazing opportunity for an individual who wants to pursue a career in sales
• In this role you will be responsible for collaborating with the Sales Leadership team and Senior Account Managers to perform internal sales support functions including new sales pipeline development, lead generation, field marketing activities and sales operations support for Field Account Managers in the region
• Arista appeals very strongly to engineering‑centric organizations and thus a strong technical acumen and track record of selling data center networking solutions has proven to be highly valuable
• You will conduct lead generation calls with key customer influencers and present the Arista value proposition to generate new meetings for Field Account Managers
• You will generate new opportunities for Arista's Software‑Driven Data Center and Campus switching platforms in addition to our Cloud based Wireless WIFI solutions, DANZ Fabric Monitoring and Zero Trust security products
• Drive new attendees to marketing events
• You will assist with the planning and coordination of quarterly field marketing events and track attendance metrics
• You provide Sales operations support for Field Account Managers including sales quote assistance, order submissions, and assistance with billing issues
• Attend sales training and shadow Senior Account Managers for career progression to a Field Territory Account Manager position
• Keep up‑to‑date with technology partner solutions, competing solutions and competitor strategies