Account Executive - Egypt

Account Executive – Egypt

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In August 2023, Salesforce will be officially opening an office in Dubai and is therefore looking for candidates, preferably already residing in the Emirates, to fill new positions in its Sales and Business Development team.

This is an exciting time to be part of the Salesforce ecosystem; with its five core values:
Trust, Customer Success, Innovation, Equality and Sustainability, Salesforce aims to be a force for good too.

• To work in our Commercial Business Sales team focused on our prospective clients across Egypt.
• This is a greenfield patch although there will be a defined prospect list of named accounts.
• The selected Account Executive will take responsibility for driving accelerated growth in these prospect accounts and leadership through working in close collaboration with other Solution Sales teams.
• Increase revenue spend across a set of new and existing customers while building the Salesforce presence in the local market.
• This role would be ideal for someone who has experience in SAAS sales, with a proven track record of software sales over the last 8 years, a strong sense of ambition and keen to develop into an Enterprise Account selling role in the time ahead.

The role sits in our General Business Sales unit, which is between the Medium Market and Enterprise Sales teams. The role would be known as a Core Role as the selected candidate would own the Vision, Strategy and Stakeholder Management in each account, primarily responsible for Salesforce Core products, such as Sales CRM but also working with Sales Account Executives responsible for other Salesforce Cloud Solutions to ultimately drive towards one growth target.

• University Graduate – Calibre.
• At least 8 years of successful, referenceable Sales Experience, preferably in Software Sales.
• Experience and knowledge of the Egyptian market.
• Has a local driving licence.
• Is fluent in English and Arabic at a Business level.
• Has no restrictions to travel internationally.
• Sees this role as a stepping stone into the Enterprise Sales team, is willing to learn, be coached and develop along a defined career path to achieve this goal.
• Primarily a New Business Role; the preferred candidate will have a proven track record in creating sales through excellent business development skills, territory planning, pipeline generation and the closing of significant Cloud software opportunities.

• Drive sales in assigned territory for new market.
• Introduce Salesforce offerings to new customers within assigned territory.
• Communicate Salesforce value proposition to close sales.
• May be responsible for additional responsibilities due to resource constraints.

• World‑class enablement and on‑demand training – check out  for a sneak peek.
• Sandler Sales Training.
• Week‑long product bootcamp.
• Fast Ramp mentorship program.
• Weekly 1:1 coaching with your leadership.
• Clear path to promotion with accelerated leadership development programs.
• Exposure to executive thought leaders with a passion for living our values.

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