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Microsoft is going through a transformational change to become a Cloud first, Mobile first company. At the same time, mobility and devices are two of the fastest growing and most top of mind issues for large enterprises. Winning with Surface Devices is core to driving this transformation and capturing this opportunity.

The Microsoft Surface device portfolio presents amazing opportunities for businesses. Commercial sales of Surface are growing rapidly, and we are looking for highly-experienced and motivated sales talent to help customers realize the value of Surface in their business.

If you are a proven talent with experience in hardware sales, help us take this product to new heights in a market with millions of passionate customers and billions of dollars in business. We are an unmatched team comprised of talent, passion, expertise, and commitment.

Responsibilities

As a Surface Solution Specialist Lead you will:

• Be the Surface sales leader and expert for your assigned set of accounts, in the Enterprise sector, as part of the Modern Workplace team:
  
  
  
  • Drive new revenue growth across the entire Surface device portfolio by showing excellence in pipeline & inventory management to achieve monthly forecasts.
  
  
  • Deliver customer business transformation and success through accelerated adoption and usage resulting in customer references that can be leveraged in future sales engagements.
  
  
  • Compete aggressively to win new business and drive Surface market penetration whilst growing customer mindshare, sharing best practices and use bases with the extended community throughout.
  
  
  • Deliver briefings to customers, including Early Adopter Programs, to drive success of new and updated Surface device portoflio.
  
  

Be the interface to the customer and orchestrate a v-team of resources to solve customer problems:

• Extend relationships beyond IT to business decision makers, helping customers envision & achieve digital transformation.


• Solve customer business challenges by presenting the value of Surface devices, including use cases, financial analysis, ROI, etc.


• Own opportunities from start to close by orchestrating Surface SSP team members and virtual teams consisting of technical, marketing and partner roles; leverage partners to scale sales on hardware refresh, upsell and expand sales motions, engage Modern Workplace sellers and Account Executives to attach Microsoft 365 where appropriate.


• Support operational execution of complex deals with operations and product teams.


• Leverage and drive awareness of all available market promotions, offers, sales initiatives and programs


• Continuously nurture and expand sales, business, technology, and competitive readiness


• Participate in internal Microsoft sales communities and in the broader industry through in-person events, Teams sites, community gatherings and more.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in enterprise sales; 1-3 years of experience in hardware sales.


• Amazing Salesperson: Exhibits outstanding operational excellence, including forecasting, healthy pipeline development, CRM entry and hygiene, opportunity management and virtual team orchestration.


• Strategic thinking & execution: Ability to develop sales and business strategy options, while also being able to successfully execute on complex opportunities.


• Excellent Communicator: Strong negotiation, organizational, presentation, financial acumen, written, and verbal communication skills in French and English.


• Highly driven person who consistently exceeds goals and expectations and has the ability, characteristics, and determination to compete effectively against skilled and diverse competition.


• Work cohesively with members of the Microsoft sales & services field, Microsoft partners, and Microsoft corporate sales, engineering, and marketing to solve customer and partner issues, leverage best practices, & deliver results.


• Growth Mindset: Ability to overcome and work around problems that are inevitable in rapidly growing businesses – positive approach to problem solving, learning, and development of potential