Manager, Major Accounts Manager (Public Sector) - Poland

Role: Manager, Major Accounts (Public Sector)
Location: Warsaw, Poland

In this key role, you will manage, direct and guide a team of Major Account Managers for the Public Sector across Poland. You will create and implement strategic plans focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments of Fortinet products and services. Develop executive relationships with key buyers and influencers in Major Accounts and leverage these relationships. Coordinate with appropriate internal groups to generate and deliver winning Contract Bids, Proposals, RFI/RFP Responses, and Statements of Work. Negotiate terms of business with clients to achieve win/win results that provide the basis for strong ongoing relationships. You will furthermore be responsible for building and promoting the Company’s position as the worldwide leader in Cyber Security space.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and motivate a team of Major Account Managers.
• Develop account plans to achieve goals and exceed quota responsibility
• Maximize Fortinet opportunity while providing value added solutions to customers
• Serves as lead contact responsible for the flow of information to/from executive management
• Works closely together with the account managers in order to maximize the primary business focus and serves as team leader responsible for the quality and success of activities in the territory
• Develop relationships with key decision makers, influencers and partners
• Manages effective working relationships with assigned region RSMs, Technical Sales Engineers, and Consulting Professionals
• Consistently builds and delivers on an accurate territory pipeline
• Travel within assigned territory is required
• Manage key Fortinet partners and end users in the region
• Build revenue and non-revenue business plans with these partners.
• Provide ongoing sales and technical training to these partners.
• Build marketing plans to drive incremental sales pipeline and revenues with development funds.
• Act as key channel strategist to regional sales managers within region.
• Partner with Fortinet marketing and engineering teams to drive revenue growth within region.
• Provide geographic channel coverage for the region
• Carry quarterly and annual revenue targets.

Required Skills:

• Extensive technology selling experience within Public Sector.
• Proven experience managing sales teams.
• Proven ability to sell solutions to enterprise customers.
• Experience in the networking, security or IT industry.
• A proven track record of significant over-quota achievement and demonstrated career stability.
• Experience in closing large deals.
• Excellent presentation skills to executives & individual contributors.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Goal oriented individual, with vast interpersonal managerial skills, strong business acumen and positive leadership abilities with proven results in mentoring, motivating and developing teams.
• Fluency in Polish and English is a must.