Sales Engineer
8x8
8x8 connects our customers and teams globally, empowering CX leaders with performance and insights to make smarter decisions, delight customers, and drive lasting business impact.
Sales Engineers are the primary technical resource for the inside sales and field sales force. The Sales Engineer (SE) is responsible for actively driving and managing the technology evaluation stage of the sales process, working in conjunction with the sales team as the key technical advisor and product advocate for our products. The SE must be able to articulate technology and product positioning to both business and technical users. Must be able to identify all technical issues of assigned accounts to ensure complete customer satisfaction through all stages of the sales process. Must be able to establish and maintain strong relationships with prospects and sales rep throughout the sales cycle.
Responsibilities
Developing formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities
Transfer industry, technical, and product knowledge to customers
Keep up-to-date on relevant competitive solutions, products, and services
Provide technical and sales support for accounts
Perform advanced technical presentations for customers, and prospects remotely and in-person
Develop advanced system configurations and implementations in response to customer needs and requirements
Develop and maintain an expert understanding of all 8x8 applications and products
Representation at conferences, industry, and sales events when requested by the department manager
Provide direct support for the functional and technical fulfilment of RFI's, RFQ's and RFP's in their sales territory
Responsible for continued education on the platform and underlying technologies
Able to convey customer requirements to Product Management teams
Qualifications
Proven experience leveraging AI-enabled tools to enhance efficiency, problem-solving, and collaboration.
3 years of sales engineering experience in Unified Communications
3 years of proficiency in selling hosted contact centre applications
High availability telephony and contact centre architectures platform and application design
Ability to provide technical leadership to the account team
Ability to work effectively on a remote basis
Requires an action-oriented individual with a very strong initiative to be successful
Willingness to take ownership of accounts and account-related actions
Must be able to coordinate across various groups and functional teams
Ability to complete the job with minimal supervision
Responsibilities
Demonstrate ability to implement, drive and track projects
Ability to apply solutions, technology, and products to a business opportunity
Willingness to travel throughout the sales region
Strong verbal and written communications skills with a focus on needs analysis, positioning, business justification, and closing techniques.
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