Sales Executive

A BIT ABOUT US

Appknox is one of the top Mobile Application security companies recognized by Gartner and G2. A profitable B2B SaaS startup headquartered in Singapore & working from Bengaluru.

The primary goal of Appknox is to help businesses and mobile developers secure their mobile applications with a focus on delivery speed and high-quality security audits.

Appknox has helped secure mobile apps at Fortune 500 companies with Major brands spread across regions like India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, US, and expanding rapidly. We have secured 300+ Enterprises globally.

We are a 40+ incredibly passionate team working to make an impact and helping some of the biggest companies globally. We work in a highly collaborative, very fast-paced work environment. If you have what it takes to be part of the team, we are excited and let’s speak further.

The Opportunity

The Sales team @ Appknox is one of the most active and agile teams in the organization. With multiple channels to penetrate the global markets, the team is a right mix of dynamic, aggressive, and experienced professionals added with a go-getter attitude. The team interacts with the CXOs and leadership teams of global firms and has closed high-value deals including Fortune 500 / 100 Enterprises. This role provides the candidate with an opportunity to own, learn and grow along with the organization scaling new heights on both professional and personal grounds. 

What An Ideal Candidate Would Look Like: 

• 8+ years of experience in End to End Enterprise sales in a SaaS company/IT company.
• 4-6 yrs of End to End Enterprise sales experience in working for Global markets.
• The candidate will be resourceful enough to set up processes and working methods, strategic enough to provide thought leadership, and execution-oriented enough to build a robust pipeline.
• Relevant experience in a cyber security company and building a strong sales pipeline are good to have. 

Requirements: -

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Management, Marketing, or related field from a top-tier school.
• Advanced skill-set for gathering requirements, writing SOWs, documenting RFI/RFPs, and submitting commercial proposals.
• Expertise to work on executive presentations, HubSpot CRM, and other sales & marketing-focused automation tools is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to persuade, influence, negotiate and make formal presentations in meetings and training environments.
• Open to working in shift timings, if required.

Key Responsibilities:

• The role is for Global Markets.
• Drive end-to-end sales cycles including lead generation, sales presentations, technology demonstrations, commercial proposal submissions, contract negotiations, revenue generation, and account receivables.
• Develop a consulting and a trusted advisory relationship with client stakeholders, and executive sponsors.
• Proactively assess, clarify, and validate client needs on an ongoing basis and convert client needs into enterprise contracts to meet sales quota/target
• Work cross-functionally with the business development, marketing, delivery, and finance team to ensure the timely and successful delivery of the solutions according to client needs and objectives
• Analyze the latest marketing trends using CRM and analytics tools and tracking competitors' activities and provide valuable inputs for fine-tuning marketing strategies
• Go the extra mile to make it a great experience for the client and build a great organization with a get-things-done attitude
  
  

Personality traits we admire:-

• A confident and dynamic working persona, which can bring fun to the team, and a sense of humor, is an added advantage.
• Ability and experience to contribute thought leadership and best practices to our team
• You are Fearless! You will be calling decision makers at all sizes of companies
• Have a collaborative and consultative work style, the ability to thrive in a high volume, highly dynamic work environment, and love being in a customer-facing influencing role
• Goal-driven, highly motivated, and very organized
• You feel at home in a multicultural environment
• You are looking to grow with a company during a multi-year journey 
• Working from home makes you excited, and you are confident you can stick to it in the long run. 
• You feel comfortable in a work environment that requires you to be connected and available outside standard working hours which can include overnight and weekends as needed.

Interview Process:

• Round 1: Profile Evaluation
• Round 2: Interview with Executive Director - Sales
• Round 3: Assignment
• Round 4: Interview with CEO
• Round 5: HR Discussion

• As per industry standards 

Why Join Us :-

• Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who enjoys challenging work & pushing your boundaries, then this is the right place for you. We appreciate new ideas & ownership as well as flexibility with working hours.
• Great Salary & Equity: We keep up with the market standards & provide pay packages considering updated standards. Also as Appknox continues to grow, you’ll have a great opportunity to earn more & grow with us. Moreover, we also provide equity options for our top performers.
• Holistic Growth: We foster a culture of continuous learning and take a much more holistic approach to training and developing our assets: the employees. We shall also support you all on that journey of yours.
• Transparency: Being a part of a start-up is an amazing experience, one of the reasons being the open communication & transparency at multiple levels. Working with Appknox will allow you to experience it all first-hand.
• Health insurance & Term Life Insurance: We offer health insurance coverage up to 5 Lacs for you and your family including parents.

Identifying sales opportunities (International) by consistent efforts of email, cold calls, and social media messages.

Develop sales opportunities by researching and identifying potential accounts, providing technical information and explanations, and preparing presentations.

Inside Sales Qualifications / Skills

• Research & identify potential customers for the product line internationally
• Execute outbound and inbound prospecting calls
• Perform thorough discovery to learn about the businesses of each prospect you speak to
• Educate potential customers about the benefits we deliver
• Schedule qualified meetings with prospects in coordination with your sales engineers, progress deals to closures
• Generates sustainable pipeline, works to close end-to-end cycle
• Collaborate with teammates and sales leadership on strategic projects as needed
• Top-Tier oral and written communication skills
• Working understanding of, or ability to quickly learn, sales enablement software systems (Lusha, Zoominfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Salesflow etc.)
• Keen listening and critical thinking ability
• Ability to effectively manage multiple daily tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Technical understanding – software industry

Education, Experience

• Educated to a minimum of graduate Level in science / business-related discipline or equivalent or significant on-the-job experience.
• 1 to 5 years of industry sales experience preferred

Skills:- Lead Generation, Inside Sales and IT sales

1. Inside Sales

2. Cold calling

3. Tele calling

4. Explaining about the project to the prospective customers

5. Arranging for the Site Visits

6. Coordinating with Sales and Marketing team

7. Maintaining the customer database

Immediate Joiners with excellent communication skills.( English, Kannada and Hindi)

• The incumbent will report to Manager/Sr. Manager - Business Development and will be Executive/Sr. Executive depending upon the relevance and no. of years of experience.-
• Collaborating with Regional Sales Managers to accelerate the influx of business opportunities in the assigned territory.
• Reaching out via Phone/Email/Social Media to connect with prospective customers.- Conducting secondary research into company financials, line of business, technology requirements, etc., to personalize prospecting efforts-
• Staying up to date with the latest procurement industry trends & best practices- Competitor analysis & positioning against them-
• Delivering first-level Corporate Overview Presentations- Pre-qualification of business opportunities (Gauging- Budget, Authority, Need & Timeline)-
• Strategizing cross-functional campaigns to be conducted by BD & Marketing Necessary

• Educational Qualification:
• Graduation is a must (B.E.and MBA referred)-
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills in English (Public Speaking background is preferable)-
• Soft Skills (Pitching, Probing, Objection Handling, Rapport Building)-
• Strong, in-depth analytical skill-
• Proficient in professional business conversational etiquette-
• Account Mapping & Social Selling ability-
• Networking & Team Management
• Work Location: Mumbai
• Education: Any Graduate/ Post Graduate

• LOCATION: Mumbai
• COMPENSATION: Competitive
• WHY ZYCUS? :- Be a part of one of the fastest-growing product Companies in India-
• Come join a young, dynamic & enterprising team-
• Work on the latest technologies-
• Flexible working hours (As per business requirement).

Designation - Enterprise Account Manager
from IT Software Company only. Emailing company background will be added 

advantage. 

Job description 

The Enterprise Account Manager (EAM) sells IceWarp collaboration solution direct to the company’s most 

strategic, complex Key accounts. EAM will have significant experience of selling complex software 

solutions to large enterprise accounts. Typically manages up to 15 qualified large Enterprise accounts. 

Primary Duties / Responsibilities 

1. Establish relationships and engage at executive levels within assigned accounts to identify and 

sell IceWarp products and services direct to the company’s most strategic, complex named 

accounts. 

2. Strong customer interaction at the Sr. Management level with support on forming a relationship 

with C level contacts within these accounts. 

3. Build up strategic contacts at CIO, managing director and executive level 

4. Carry a revenue quota to meet or exceed sales targets and demonstrate continuous progress 

towards achieving account strategies. 

5. Identify, develop, execute, and maintain account strategies to drive adoption of IceWarp product 

and services revenue within assigned enterprise accounts who are key, strategic and may have 

complex requirements. 

6. Establish and maintain close relationships with internal Presales, support, Marketing & 

Management team to access and leverage from appropriate internal resources. 

7. Provide regular and efficient updates on assigned accounts to sales management. 

8. Ensure accurate and timely forecasts in CRM. 

Knowledge, skills, abilities 

1. Demonstrated track record of establishing strategic executive level relationships to position and 

sell software and services to listed companies. 

2. Individual with 5-10 years’ experience of solutions sales with minimum 3 years’ experience in 

establishing strategic executive level relationships with Global 1000 enterprise customers. 

3. Proven ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with internal marketing, 

technology, implementation, and product development teams. 

4. Strong consultative selling ability – critical questioning, listening, analytical, negotiation, 

communication, and presentation. 

5. Demonstrated ability to develop and articulate compelling qualitative and quantitative business 

cases for IT solutions. 

6. Proven ability to manage long, complex sales cycles from beginning to end and ability to close 

large complex deals with enterprise accounts. 

7. Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to effectively present to both 

technical and executive audiences.

We work in a project based environment, so each project (research assignment) would not last for more than 3-4 weeks. Research assignments would primarily focus on B2B respondents/ prospects and the candidate will be required to call-up these respondents/prospects and convince them to participate in our research surveys further take them through the questionnaire and capture responses over the phone.

- Primarily will be involved in generating Leads over the phone with national and international respondents.

- Perform secondary research, and generate leads using various tools, directories and websites.

• Manage sales operations in assigned district to achieve revenue goals.
• Supervise sales team members; the BSMs, on daily basis and provide guidance whenever needed.
• Identify skill gaps and conduct trainings to sales team.
• Work with team to implement new sales techniques to obtain profits.
• Assist in employee recruitment, promotion, retention and termination activities.
• Conduct employee performance evaluation and provide feedback for improvements.
• Contact potential customers and identify new business opportunities.
• Stay abreast with customer needs, market trends and competitors.
• Maintain clear and complete sales reports for management review.
• Build strong relationships with customers for business growth.
• Analyze sales performances and recommend improvements.
• Ensure that sales team follows company policies and procedures at all times.
• Develop promotional programs to increase sales and revenue.
• Plan and coordinate sales activities for assigned projects.
• Provide outstanding services and ensure customer satisfaction.

• Manage sales operations in assigned district to achieve revenue goals.
• Supervise sales team members; the BSMs, on daily basis and provide guidance whenever needed.
• Identify skill gaps and conduct trainings to sales team.
• Work with team to implement new sales techniques to obtain profits.
• Assist in employee recruitment, promotion, retention and termination activities.
• Conduct employee performance evaluation and provide feedback for improvements.
• Contact potential customers and identify new business opportunities.
• Stay abreast with customer needs, market trends and competitors.
• Maintain clear and complete sales reports for management review.
• Build strong relationships with customers for business growth.
• Analyze sales performances and recommend improvements.
• Ensure that sales team follows company policies and procedures at all times.
• Develop promotional programs to increase sales and revenue.
• Plan and coordinate sales activities for assigned projects.