Regional Account Manager – West Germany (Zip Code 5)
Location: Home Office in the region
In this key role, you will lead direct sales engagements into mid-size enterprise accounts and partners in West Germany. Your focus will be to create and implement account plans focused on attaining deployments of Fortinet products. Furthermore you will develop relationships with key buyers and influencers and leverage these during the sales process. Coordinate with appropriate internal groups to generate and deliver winning Contract Bids, Proposals, RFI/RFP Responses, and Statements of Work. Negotiate terms of business with clients to achieve positive results that provide the basis for strong ongoing relationships.
Responsibilities
- Generating new business opportunities and running sales strategies through to closure of the sale.
- Achievement of agreed quarterly sales goals.
- Generate a sales pipeline, qualifying opportunities, and accurately forecast pipeline.
Required Skills
- You have a shown ability to sell solutions to mid-size enterprise accounts with a minimum of 5 years sales experience.
- You have minimum 2 years of experience in the IT-Security Industry
- You have excellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributors in addition to excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills.
- You are an ambitious, independent thinker that can move deals through the selling cycle.
- You are a self-starter that thrives in a dynamic, ever-changing environment with a hunter mentality.
Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
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About UsFortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone.Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years sales experience selling solutions to mid-size enterprise accounts
- Minimum 2 years experience in the IT-Security industry
- Excellent presentation skills to executives and individual contributors
- Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills
- Ambitious, independent thinker with a hunter mentality and ability to move deals through the selling cycle
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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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