Account Manager II - RE Expansion

Lumen • VA

81d • $70,949 - $94,595

About The Position

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress. We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
• 5-7+ years’ experience using a solution-based sales methodology for enterprise technology services in a consultative, complex, business-line sales process.
• Demonstrated strong communication, written, and formal presentation skills as well as proficiency in selling to the close.
• Proficiency in MS Office Products: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong business acumen and expert knowledge of Lumen’s products, services, and solutions.
• Experience with Salesforce.com preferred.

Responsibilities

• Providing accurate and detailed weekly forecast funnel of identified and proposed opportunities in order to meet or exceed sales quota requirements.
• Responsible for developing Regional Enterprise sales in the designated target market(s) by identifying new sales opportunities with prospective enterprise customers headquartered in the region by cold calling, premise visits, networking, lead generation, proposal submission, and customer appointments.
• Effective relationship-building internally through cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving with partners such as Customer Success, Product, Marketing, Solutions/Technology experts, Sales Support, Service Delivery.
• Identifies, bids on, negotiates, and closes new sales opportunities in order to meet and exceed established sales and revenue quotas. Provides comprehensive account plans and strategies to win new business from existing accounts.
• Providing input to sales management about trends and changes taking place within the customer’s organization and making recommendations about future courses of action necessary of the company towards improving its position with the customer.
• Leveraging strategic client relationships and external presence to achieve Lumen’s strategic imperatives.
• Leveraging your external network to identify and recruit high performing talent to the team and builds internal relationships with other leaders to provide win-win career opportunities to Lumen employees.
• Requires at least 50% or more of time conducting sales activities outside of the office.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees