Introduction

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　　Your Role and Responsibilities

　　Your mission as Digital Sales Specialist is to proactivity contact customers to drive opportunity identification, progression and closure with Ecosystem partners in the Select segment. You will leverage an advanced set of tools and applications, referred to as technology stack, to manage the sales process. Digital Sales Specialist are specialized and accountable for driving a set of Digital Sales Focus Products in Data & AI, Automation, AI Apps, Security, Systems, and Red Hat.

　　Proactively hunts for new opportunities to sell selected products.

　　Delivers unique, incremental revenue / value aligned with Brand Sales Specialist & Business Partner Rep to achieve territory objectives.

　　Deal progression and co-sales with / lead pass to business partner for focused set of offerings.

　　Owns OI and solution win for specific products (e.g., MaaS 360).

　　Brings in the right technical resources to drive technical sales win (e.g., Digital Technical Specialist).

　　Partners with Brand Sales Specialist for C-level conversations.

　　Partners with clients to co-create solutions leveraging assigned offerings / product.

　　Responsible for keeping technical proficiency and product knowledge up-to-date.

　　Manages territory strategy and planning.

　　Required Technical and Professional Expertise

　　Prospecting Skills (Hunter Skills) to identify new opportunities within existing territory and new logos (whitespace)

　　Knowledge of Storage portfolio

　　Digital Research to understand buyer personas, influencing factors affecting industries/clients and analyzing social media interactions, and competitive insights

　　Personal branding to establish self as a subject matter expert in your field

　　Digital networking and content curation to leverage professional social presence, understanding when and how to share relevant articles, blogs, and posts

　　Digital communications to leveraging the convergence of technology and messaging to build reach to clients and prospects

　　Agility / Adaptability to work as part of a cross functional team and able to adapt to constantly changing markets/client needs

　　Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

　　As above

　　About Business UnitIBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company's Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM's global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients' growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

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