Customer Experience Representative - Cisco

Ingram Micro • Buffalo, NY

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Accelerate your career. Join the organization that's driving the world's technology and shape the future. Ingram Micro is a leading technology company for the global information technology ecosystem. With the ability to reach nearly 90% of the global population, we play a vital role in the worldwide IT sales channel, bringing products and services from technology manufacturers and cloud providers to business-to-business technology experts. Our market reach, diverse solutions and services portfolio, and digital platform Ingram Micro Xvantage™ set us apart. Learn more at www.ingrammicro.com Come join our team where you’ll make technology happen in surprising ways. Let’s shape tomorrow - it’ll be a fun journey! This is a hybrid role with 2 days remote per week. Located at our Buffalo, NY office. Who is the Customer Experience Representative? Overview: Drives the success of a customer or solutions category by leveraging vendor/customer expertise to help maximize growth. Enhances and enables customer/vendor utilization of the Xvantage platform through various activities. Through maximized platform utilization, our Customer Experience Representatives are focused on delivering and maximizing outcomes for aligned customers and their vendor(s) to include items such as: recruitment, training & enablement, end-customer acquisition, pipeline development, and upgrades/cross-sell initiatives utilizing platform data. As a Customer Experience Representative within a platform company, Ingram Micro, you will play a key role in enabling sales within a specific customer or category of products and services. Serving as a customer/category subject matter expert, you will collaborate closely with sales teams, vendors, and customers to provide valuable insights, technical expertise, and exceptional service. Your knowledge of the customer and/or solutions category, in addition to strong communication skills, will enable you to identify customer needs, recommend solutions, and contribute to the overall growth and success of the customer/category.

Requirements

• Experience in a sales or solutions role within the technology industry, preferably with a focus on platform products or services is preferred.
• Skilled in: Good communication and presentation skills. Self-motivated and proactive with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. Customer-centric mindset with a passion for delivering exceptional service and building strong customer relationships.
• Ability to be a team player and to collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors. Adaptability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Typically requires a four-year college degree or equivalent experience and 2 years functional experience.
• Business Insight: Applying knowledge of the business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals.
• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Builds Networks: Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Please be prepared to pass a drug test and successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check.

Responsibilities

• Drive insights and actions for reseller partners and vendors.
• Identifies opportunities to increase usage of the Xvantage platform for both reseller partners and vendors.
• Focused on a portfolio of customers or vendors to build a full solution.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the products and services across the GTM organization.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, technological advancements, and competitive offerings to position Ingram Micro as a trusted advisor and market leader.
• Develop sales collateral, presentations, and marketing materials to enable the sales team in their efforts to adopt category solutions and/or Ingram Micro value add.
• Conduct training sessions to ensure a comprehensive understanding of category solutions and value add to customer.
• Collaborate with the sales team to identify customer needs and recommend suitable solutions.
• Assist in pre-sales activities, including product demonstrations, technical consultations, and proposal development to secure new business opportunities.
• Proactively engage with customers to understand their challenges, goals, and requirements.
• Provide personalized recommendations and solutions to address their specific needs, fostering strong customer relationships.
• Work closely with key vendors to stay informed about product updates, promotions, and marketing campaigns.
• Leverage vendor partnerships to deliver the best solutions and value to customers.

Benefits

• U.S.-based employees have access to healthcare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits, among others.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees