Inside Sales Representative, South Africa

Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Our customers love our technology, but it's our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.

What You Get From This Role

Our Inside Sales teams partner with Enterprise Sales to bring Splunk solutions to the most transformative companies in the world. A career at Splunk means challenging yourself and your customers to reach higher - and to have fun doing it. We are seeking a dynamic, early career professional to join our fast-growing team. There is a defined growth path for successful Inside Sales Representatives to be promoted throughout the sales organisation and other similar roles and marketing functions.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will showcase the ability to focus on an organisation’s initiatives, challenges, pain points and partner with an ecosystem of elite Field Sales, technical and operational partners. to bring value to those organisations through our sales process. You will

• Create pipeline for your territory using demand generation and prospecting tools
• Find new opportunities and quickly develop rapport with new clients
• Explore & identify new opportunities in new accounts and/or buying centres
• Qualify these opportunities by deep-diving into pain point and how Splunk can solve for it and applying the Budget, Authority, Need and Timeline methodology
• Research and present business intelligence about customers and prospects
• Generate business opportunities through professional networking and cold calling
• Travel occasionally for training and/or meetings
  
  

Who You Are

• Sales hunter with a can-do mentality
• Competitive in nature but a strong team player
• Open to new approaches and creativity
• Self-disciplined and well-organised
• Persistent and resilient
  
  

What You Need To Be Successful In This Role

• Minimum 2 years of experience in selling or generating demand for enterprise IT solutions (BI, data analytics, security software, risk management software or similar)
• Fluency in English language, both written and spoken
• An ability to analyse business data to tell a compelling and actionable story
• An ability to utilise prospecting tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Xing, etc
• CRM knowledge (Salesforce is a plus)
• Self-motivation and relentless in pursuit of creating their own success
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• High energy and contagious optimism
• Confidence in handling of objections and conflict
• Task prioritization, discipline, and accountability
• A strong executive presence, with polish and dedication to customer outcomes
  
  

Splunk, a Cisco company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

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