The Role
Manage an assigned SMB territory: prospect, build and maintain pipeline, drive sales cycles to close, provide presales support, align with channel/reseller partners, forecast revenue, track opportunities in Salesforce, run demos, and meet/exceed quotas and activity metrics.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Inside Territory Account Manager (ITAM) will manage an assigned territory in support of the SMB team. The ideal candidate will have experience in the networking and/or security sectors of technology. The ITAM will create and execute the account plan from prospecting to building and maintaining a constant revenue pipeline. Drive sales cycles to close while establishing relationships and credibility. Provide necessary presales support for prospects/customers. Work closely with Channel Teams and our reseller partner network to drive deals and increase revenue. Fortinet will provide detailed and ongoing training programs. Once completed you will be assigned a territory, quota and given ongoing support to begin your career at Fortinet.
Responsibilities:
- Meet or exceed all assigned quotas and targets
- Forecast weekly, monthly and quarterly revenues for territory
- Follow up on inbound, web and corporate event generated opportunities
- Accept inbound and perform outbound telephone calls to identify sales opportunities.
- Meet and exceed daily call & activity metrics.
- Manage customer presentation and demos via online tools (GO TO MEETING)
- Track sales opportunities (MGOs, deal registration, quotes etc. in Salesforce)
- Align with channel and partner teams to support overall company revenue targets
- Perform ongoing research and report on opportunities that are supported
- Act as a liaison between partner, customers, and appropriate Fortinet team members
- Perform other duties and projects, as assigned to support the growth or our business
Required Qualifications:
- A proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales quotas and targets
- Understanding of the sales cycle in conjunction with business processes internally and externally
- Ability to manager and drive sales cycle from start to finish
- Ability to manage a diverse, high volume workload; self-motivated and adaptable
- Ability to quickly build productive relationships in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
- Must have proficiency with various software applications programs
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
- Experience with managing and forecasting individual quota
- Well organized with effective time and activity management skills
- Ability to apply entrepreneurial strengths in a forward-thinking manner
- Proven work-ethic and time-management skills
- Ability to close business while achieving a high level of customer and partner satisfaction
- Public/private cloud experience is a plus
- Experience with multi-tier distribution a plus.
- The Inside Territory Account Manager is required to customarily and regularly work outside of their office or home office engaged in selling, including travel as needed to make a sale.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
Skills Required
- Proven track record of meeting and exceeding sales quotas and targets
- Understanding of the sales cycle and internal/external business processes
- Ability to manage and drive sales cycle from start to finish
- Ability to manage a diverse, high-volume workload; self-motivated and adaptable
- Ability to quickly build productive relationships in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
- Proficiency with various software applications
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
- Experience with managing and forecasting individual quota
- Well organized with effective time and activity management skills
- Ability to apply entrepreneurial strengths in a forward-thinking manner
- Proven work ethic and time-management skills
- Ability to close business while achieving high customer and partner satisfaction
- Required to customarily and regularly work outside of office or home office, including travel as needed to make a sale
- Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
- Experience in networking and/or security sectors of technology
- Public/private cloud experience
- Experience with multi-tier distribution
- Ability to perform inbound and outbound calls, meet daily call and activity metrics, and run online demos (GoToMeeting)
- Familiarity tracking opportunities and quoting in Salesforce
Fortinet Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fortinet and has not been reviewed or approved by Fortinet.
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Affordable Benefits — Medical coverage includes a no-premium HDHP option with HSA funding alongside PPO/HMO choices, reducing employee costs at enrollment. Eligibility starts on the date of hire and includes company-paid life and disability coverage.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Mental-health access through Modern Health and an EAP offers therapy, coaching, and counseling resources. Lifestyle extras such as legal assistance, commuter benefits, pet-insurance discounts, and subsidized meals and snacks enhance everyday support.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation packages include annual bonuses, sales commissions, and stock awards. Earnings potential can be strong in sales when quotas are realistic and attainment is high.
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The Company
What We Do
Fortinet develops and sells cybersecurity solutions.
