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IBM Storage Digital Sales Specialist in Markham, Ontario
Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.
Your Role and Responsibilities
Your mission as Digital Sales Specialist is to proactivity contact customers to drive opportunity identification, progression and closure with Ecosystem partners in the Select segment. You will leverage an advanced set of tools and applications, referred to as technology stack, to manage the sales process, while meeting with customers and partners face to face when necessary.
Digital Sales Specialist are specialized and accountable for driving a set of Digital Sales Focus Products in Data & AI, Automation, AI Apps, Security, Systems, and Red Hat.
Proactively hunts for new opportunities to sell selected products.
Delivers unique, incremental revenue / value aligned with Brand Sales Specialist & Business Partner Rep to achieve territory objectives.
Deal progression and co-sales with / lead pass to business partner for focused set of offerings.
Owns OI and solution win for specific products (e.g., MaaS 360).
Brings in the right technical resources to drive technical sales win (e.g., Digital Technical Specialist).
Partners with Brand Sales Specialist for C-level conversations.
Partners with clients to co- create solutions leveraging assigned offerings / product.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Prospecting Skills (hunter skills) to identify new opportunities within existing territory and new logos (whitespace)
Knowledge of Storage portfolio
Digital Research to understand buyer personas, influencing factors affecting industries/clients and analyzing social media interactions, and competitive insights
Personal branding to establish self as a subject matter expert in your field
Digital networking and content curation to leverage professional social presence, understanding when and how to share relevant articles, blogs, and posts
Digital communications to leveraging the convergence of technology and messaging to build reach to clients and prospects
Agility / Adaptability to work as part of a cross functional team and able to adapt to constantly changing markets/client needs
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Prospecting Skills (hunter skills) to identify new opportunities within existing territory and new logos (whitespace)
Knowledge of Storage portfolio
Digital Research to understand buyer personas, influencing factors affecting industries/clients and analyzing social media interactions, and competitive insights
Personal branding to establish self as a subject matter expert in your field
Digital networking and content curation to leverage professional social presence, understanding when and how to share relevant articles, blogs, and posts
Digital communications to leveraging the convergence of technology and messaging to build reach to clients and prospects
Agility / Adaptability to work as part of a cross functional team and able to adapt to constantly changing markets/client needs
About Business UnitIBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company's Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM's global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients' growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.
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Location StatementMust have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.
This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.
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