Sales Specialist USC- Central

Why you'll love CiscoWe 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 meaningful than ever before in our lives. Our employees' groundbreaking ideas impact everything. Here, that means we take creative ideas from the drawing board to dynamic solutions that have real world impact. You'll collaborate with Cisco leaders, partner with mentors, and develop incredible relationships with colleagues who share your interest in connecting the unconnected. You'll be part a team that cares about its customers, enjoys having fun, and you'll take part in changing the lives of those in our local communities. Come prepared to be encouraged and inspired.What You'll DoAs a Sales Specialist, you’ll play a crucial role in facilitating the success of the Cisco Field sales teams in selling the full suite of Data Center products, software, solutions, and services with measurable sales objectives for the region you support. You are our subject matter expert in the fast-paced data center advanced technology group selling Unified Computing Solutions, Nexus, MDS, UCS Director, VMware and other emerging data center related products like SDN, directly to Commercial customers.Who You’ll Work WithOn our Americas Architecture team, you will be embracing unprecedented innovation and tremendous opportunity for growth. You will succeed because as a team we listen to our customers and anticipate their needs as the market shifts and technology transitions accelerate. Our customers are versatile, agile and adopt technology fast to compete aggressively and grow their business. US Commercial will provide you with unlimited opportunities to succeed at Cisco. Our culture will support and empower you.Who You Are

You a technical seller who understands servers, storage, applications and networking along with the ability to think in unexpected ways and overcoming objections

Do you have experience selling Cisco specific products? Then that’s even better! These types of products include Unified Computing System, Unified Fabric, ACI, Storage MDS, Data Center Analytics, Virtualization, Hypervisors, Automation, Cloud, converged Infrastructure, Applications, VMware, Data Center architectures, design, consulting, and facilitation.Our minimum requirements for this overlay role include:

Complex Sales Cycle Management

Forecast accuracy and quota attainment

Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Self Starter

Excellent Presentation skills

Datacenter, Storage, Compute, Apps, Big Data, Converged Infrastructure, Data Center Networking, and Systems experience preferred

Cloud computing and cloud architecture experience preferred- SaaS, LaaS, PaaS, Private, PublicWe Are Cisco#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference. Here’s how we do it.We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re "old" (30 years strong!) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. An AI/Machine Learning company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do - you can’t put us in a box!But "Digital Transformation" is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, we give our egos a break and we give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, we take bold steps, and we take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a commitment to equality for all, there is no moving forward.So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool.Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.