Salesforce

Enterprise Account Executive - Manufacturing / Automotive / Retail & Consumer Goods

In short

Enterprise Account Executive role at Salesforce selling the full Customer 360 platform to strategic accounts (5,000+ employees) in Manufacturing, Automotive, Utilities, Energy, Oil & Gas, and Retail/Consumer Goods industries. Requires 8+ years of full-cycle sales experience with at least 5 years in enterprise sales, plus a track record managing and growing large enterprise accounts. Based in Chicago, Illinois, with base salary of $135,300–$272,600 per year for that location.

About Salesforce
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together.
Applications for this position will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
The Experience
Our Enterprise Business team partners with Salesforce's most strategic customers — organizations with 5,000+ employees — across the Manufacturing (including automotive, utilities, energy, oil, and gas) and Retail and Consumer Goods industries. As an Enterprise Account Executive, you will drive growth by selling the full Salesforce Customer 360 platform, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders and C-suite decision makers, and helping customers realize lasting value from their Salesforce investments. You may be aligned to one of the following areas: Slack, NetZero Cloud, Tableau, Marketing Cloud, Specialization Cloud, or Digital.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
•Build and maintain positive, trusted relationships with key team members and C-suite decision makers across your assigned accounts, helping customers maximize the value of their Salesforce investments.
•Develop and drive the overall long-term account strategy, aligned to customer business objectives, while coordinating internal Salesforce resources to meet customer needs.
•Perform account planning at assigned accounts, partnering with Prime and Cloud sales resources to ensure strategic alignment and identify whitespace opportunities.
•Share the Salesforce value proposition to drive growth within existing accounts and generate new business through both warm leads and prospecting.
You're Our Person If...
•8+ years of full-cycle sales experience, including at least 5 years in enterprise sales.
•Demonstrated experience managing and growing large enterprise accounts.
•Ability to strategize and collaborate with a large, extended internal team.
•Experience will be evaluated based on core competencies for the role (e.g., extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.).
Even Better If...
•Experience selling into the Manufacturing, Automotive, or Retail and Consumer Goods industries.
Compensation
The typical base salary range for this position is $123,200 - $247,800 annually. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $135,300 - $272,600 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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