What are the top requirements to qualify for this position?
*We are hiring for this position in San Francisco and Toronto.
Required Skills:
1. Drive to be #1 with strong internal motivation, and enjoy collaborating and competing with a team
2. Strong business acumen and organizational skills
3. Ability to learn fast and enjoy a fast pace
4. Strong sense of urgency
6. 2-4 years of corporate work experience
7. Experience prospecting to gain new business revenue
8. Track record of success
9. Highest degree obtained (university strongly preferred)
Desired Skills
1. Work experience in the technology industry
2. Ability to close revenue
3. Have used a formal CRM/technology before
4. Trained on a proven sales methodology
5. Leadership skills & enjoys mentoring
Why is this position open?
As Salesforce.com continues to grow our Account Executive team, the need for more EBRs continues to grow. EBRs are a strategic resource that is needed as part of the Account Executive sales team to build and close revenue.
EBRs are also the "people pipeline" for hiring Emerging Small Business Account Executives (ESB AE) and are considered "AEs in Training." EBRs are a strategic part of any account team and the more AE's we hire, the more EBR's we need to hire!
Describe the current team this person will join, including the reporting structure.
You will be part of a 10 person team reporting to a Manager, and more broadly part of a global team of 150 EBRs. You'll have 3-6 assigned Account Executives that each own a territory with customers, and prospects.
You'll work closely with each of these AEs to understand the priorities overall, but also account-specific strategies that you will apply to your day to day activities. Working with the AEs is a great learning experience, and an important piece of "early" training as EBRs move to the AE team.
Before you get started you'll attend our Boot Camp which is the best new hire training program you have experienced. You will leave boot camp with all the knowledge you need to go hit your number.
What percentage of the candidate's time will be spent on existing products/business, versus items that are new?
EBRs spend 75% of their time working on new business and 25% of their time finding opportunities for new clouds and departments in our existing customers. Our success in driving business with customers new to Salesforce.com is just one more reason EBRs are a critical part of the overall Salesforce.com growth story.
What challenges will this person face on a daily basis?
The main challenge is keeping up with the fast pace. Our most successful EBRs do a great job of managing their time and business to be effective each day on the phones. They need to balance their time between day-to-day calling with learning new products and being creative to find new interest.
How are you positioned within the industry and what are your growth plans?
Salesforce.com has been an innovator and leader in Cloud Computing for 12 years. In 2011 and beyond we have refocused the company around the Social Enterprise and are taking a leadership position in the next generation of enterprise applications.
What is your business model?
Hub-based selling model that allows us to work and collaborate with the team. EBRs all work inside, and work very closely with their direct manager and their account teams.
Each EBR team works inside and is located in major hubs around the globe. Everyone (including your manager) sits in an open cube environment, allowing us to easily share best practices and collaborate as a team!