Why you'll love Cisco We change the World, you will become passionate about your employer and the brand you represent. Everything is converging on the Internet, making networked connections more significant than ever before in our lives. Our employees' groundbreaking ideas impact everything imaginable, from entertainment, healthcare, and education, to public and private sectors, smart- cities, and everyday devices in our homes. Here, that means we will take creative ideas from the drawing board to dynamic solutions that have real world impact. Cisco is evolving a rich solution portfolio of next generation software, hardware, and services to meet customers' changing business requirements in the digital economy.
Who You’ll Work With
Our Global Virtual Sales organization, which uses virtual technology to grow revenue and build relationships with customers and partners, is expanding our sales coverage to help accelerate these areas of the business.
Part of a Global Sales Team, you will benefit from the knowledge of your peers from other culture while you drive the local impact to the business. Your team is responsible for the pre-sales coverage for the local Virtual Sales team and is relying on many other peers to cover all sales opportunities. You will be a key player to focus on the strategic opportunities on the territory covered by Virtual Sales and enable the team to sell more. Your focus will be on the Japan Operations working with a sales team located in Osaka, Japan. Travel could be expected however we are covering the business in the new innovative way using Cisco solutions.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will have direct account and partner responsibilities for selected accounts in an assigned geography. Staying up-to-date on relevant ambitious solutions, products and services is significant. You will focus on technical presentations for customers, partners and prospects and assist with the development of formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities. Other activities include participation as a specialist on assigned Virtual Team and providing consultative support in their area of specialization to other Systems Engineers.
Who You Are
Cisco is looking for a System Engineers with a strong technical background. The SE will partner with our Account Executives in a pre-sales technical role, showcasing Cisco product solutions. You should bring industry knowledge and years of technology experience to aid in technical selling, explaining features and benefits to customers-and designing and configuring products to meet specific customer needs.
Our minimum requirements for this role:
-5+ years of industry related experience
-Cisco product experience or significant experience in key competitor offerings in technology area
-Pre-Sales experience
-BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent
-Business level of English and native level of Japanese skill
-CCNP CCDP or similar vendor Certification
-Good generalist knowledge across Cisco’s solutions set, with deeper knowledge of one technical specialization (Collaboration, Data Centre & Virtualization or Security, or Enterprise network)
Why Cisco
At Cisco, each person brings their different talents to work as a team and make a difference.
Yes, our technology changes the way the world works, lives, plays and learns, but our edge comes from our people.
We connect everything – people, process, data and things – and we use those connections to change our world for the better.
We innovate everywhere - From launching a new era of networking that adapts, learns and protects, to building Cisco Services that accelerate businesses and business results. Our technology powers entertainment, retail, healthcare, education and more.
We benefit everyone - We do all of this while striving for a culture that empowers every person to be the difference, at work and in our communities.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
