Service Cloud Account Executive - South Africa

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Department Description:
Service Cloud is a cloud-based customer service application built on the Salesforce platform. Service Cloud enables businesses to improve customer service efficiency across channels both by creating a single view of a customer's activity and by the use of tools for field service, web chat, CTI and social customer service. Service Cloud enables customer service agents to work faster and more productively across customer service channels like such as phone, email, web chat, and social media. This helps make customer service frictionless and helps businesses improve their customer satisfaction scores and reduces costs.

Role Description:
Salesforce is looking for a talented, hardworking individual with great energy, leadership, and initiative to drive awareness for the fastest growing application Salesforce, the Service Cloud. The Account Executive role focuses on the Salesforce Service & Support and Call Center Application and the Field Service Management solutions. The Account executive will formulate and execute a Service Cloud sales strategy, drive revenue growth by penetrating the current customer base, and develop new customers in the Commercial space. The Service Cloud Co-prime AE will work in good cooperation with the Core Account Executive and the broader account team.

Your Impact:
You will work closely with current customers and prospective customers as a trusted advisor to deeply understand their unique company challenges and goals. You will consult with customers on the Salesforce Service Cloud to evangelise solutions that will help them reach their business goals and blaze new trails within their organisations. You will contribute to our business growth in a fast paced, collaborative and fun atmosphere, as a valued member of our community.

Requirements:
Experience and consistent track record in solution sales within the software industry.
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
Ability to maintain a high level of productivity, manage multiple competing priorities, and work effectively under the pressure of time constraints in a fast-paced, complex, collaborative, and team-oriented environment.
Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Be creative with strong problem solving skills and the ability to succeed in a fast paced environment.
Proven ability to work well as part of an extended sales team.
Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the core competencies for the role.

What's in it for you?

World - Class Training & Development in the areas of professional growth and product knowledge.

Great benefits: Health Insurance and Pension contributions, Employee Stock Purchase Program, a monthly wellbeing subsidy of €100, annual education budget of €5,000 to spend on your career development, additional 7 days paid time off for charitable causes (1-1-1 model), parental leave, childcare support, (fertility and adoption program, etc), and much more!

About Salesforce
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