What You'll Do
- Manage the renewal business for SP customers of Sydney Australia and New Zealand
Achieve sales objectives, including quota and efficiency requirements and other key performance indicators as determined by sales management. - Focuses on customers and / or partners sales to consult and sell specified renewal product / service options, including multi-year and coterminous service renewals. Being SP these will be typically large deals consisting of TS and AS
- Supports the pursuit and closure of an annuity renewal, emphasizing the value of services. This includes, but is not limited to, maintaining IB data and general sales requests.
- Increase penetration through cross / up-selling based on the understanding of the customers' landscape and able to recommend improved and / or complementary solutions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally (integrated sales, inside sales, channels, delivery, operations, and partners) to build credibility, earn trust and provide a single customer-facing solution and view.
- Responsible for accurate forecasting and management of the deal through the entire lifecycle (prospecting, deal creation, close, booking, execution). Tools such as Salesforce.com, Cisco Ready Connected Experience, My Deal Manager, Cisco Commerce Workspace, and CCW-R will be used during this process.
- Possess a strong interlock relationship with the CX Customer Success Adopt / Expand team and the CX Platform Connected Digital Interactions team and influence associated systems, processes, and tools.
- Interpret and apply install base data to produce an accurate renewal list by customer / partner on a quarterly and annual basis and drives that information into the sales motions.
- Owns overall communications and coordinates quoting and ordering critical issues.
Customer Engagement and Accountability:
- Be aligned directly to a set of accounts in Sydney; may sell both directly and through/with partners.
- Proactively engage with customers / partners on their renewal opportunities 120 – 180 days before the renewal date.
- Spends > 50% of the time in contact with the customer; mainly interacts with IT, LOB, and key decision-makers.
- Spends 25% - 50% of their time building awareness to assess customers' landscape / inventory in an effort to cross/up-sell.
Key Behaviours:
- Handles multiple collaborators to a successful customer / partner outcome.
- Strong analysis skills to provide Cisco partners and customers with insights into their business.
- Handle and prioritize multiple "critical" issues.
- Ongoing self-development of skills and Cisco Service and Product knowledge where appropriate and taking part in organized training courses when applicable. Uses skill development and business knowledge to increase the efficiency of the team.
- Knowledge and experience with SP technologies and customers will be an advantage.
- Maintains effective work behaviour in the face of pressure and setbacks. Efficiently adapts to changing demands and conditions.
Who You'll Work With:
This role resides in the Customer Experience organization, one of Cisco’s fastest-growing teams that deliver profitable growth throughout the customer lifecycle with a series of selling motions to drive higher value and an optimal experience from Cisco solutions.
Who You Are:
Strengths needed:
- The Renewal Manager will be encouraged to have over 5 years of Sales experience and quota-carrying in the Technology industry or equivalent industries.
- Understands basic business mathematics, financial strategies, and performance indicators and applies that knowledge to the client's economic and buying environment.
- Must be able to negotiate large and complex deals with C Level executives. If experienced with SP customers, it will an advantage.
- Optimally explores interests and options to reach outcomes that gain the agreement and acceptance of all parties by using legitimate data and objective criteria to support one's proposal.
- The candidate should have experience in building effective account plans and presenting them to collaborators.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with external customers, team, management, and with Cisco Sales Team. Ensures the level of communication is appropriately focused for the audience they are presenting.
Required Experience, Skills, and Alignment:
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business or Communications, High School Diploma or GED
- Proficiency in SalesForce.com and system and database proficiency (Oracle Service Contracts/Discovery experience a plus)
- Analytical skills to interpret data and produce summaries.
- Effective customer services skills to resolve partner/customer issues
- Excellent presentation skills
- Highly developed negotiation/influencing skills.
- Excellent decision-making skills and self-reliance with the ability to make decisions.
- Positive demeanour, professional work ethic, and standards.
- Strong understanding and passion for technology. (SP will be an advantage)
