Business Development Sales Executive – Software Defined Network

Business Development Sales Executive – Software Defined Networking

Netherlands Based

€ 70-90K basic salary plus competitive commission/bonus scheme

Our prestigious client is seeking an experienced IT Sales and Business Development person to develop and drive the sales of an established SDN networking solution within specific countries of EMEA; offering a simple solution for complex networks

Introduced in 2011 and with the biggest running installed base around the world, our clients Networking Suite was the first commercially available Software-Defined Network (SDN) solution to leverage the OpenFlow protocol, enabling full network virtualization and allowing enterprises, datacenters and service providers to easily deploy, control, monitor and manage secure multi-tenant network infrastructure. Our clients open network architecture SDN automates and simplifies network administration for greater business agility and provides a network-wide programmable interface for unifying the deployment and management of network services with the rest of IT infrastructure.

Experience and Professional skills

You will have proven experience in the following:

* Network and/or Virtualization Network backed up with a deep understanding of Hyper Converged Infrastructure & Datacenter solutions
* A track record of sales achievement within new High End & Innovative solution or new business acquisition and management, preferably with the Networking Virtualization solution or Converged Infrastructure
* Capacity to address and engage at CxO levels within a major end user account, influencing within a customer and with external third parties
* In-depth business knowledge pertaining to specific vertical market alignment (i.e. Finance, Manufacturing, Healthcare…)
* Self-motivated person, able to work without close supervision
* Capacity to work in a matrix environment with different stakeholders (internally and externally) and engaging resources of a virtual team ((Product Manager, Channel Managers, Pre-Sales …)
* Able to drive its own sales within complex global alliances
* Higher Education, BA or MBA
* Extensive networking experience in a vendor, software sales environment
* PC and Forecasting tools proficiency
* Fluent English, another European language (French, German) is a plus
* This position will require moderate to high travel within EMEA
* Driving licence mandatory

About our client

Our client is a global leader in the integration of IT network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world employing over 1,800 staff in more than 30 countries.

With a significant presence in the EMEA region and a reputation for innovation and quality our client provides its expertise, solutions and services to a broad range of customers, from telecom operators to enterprises and the public sector and aims to create and provide cloud solutions and services to allow clients to maximize flexibility, enhance productivity and improve customer satisfaction through fully integrated communication solutions.

Due to the high volumes of applications we are currently receiving, unfortunately we are only able to contact candidates who are successful in progressing to the next stage. If you have not been contacted within 7 days of your application, then please presume that you have not been successful on this occasion.