Major Account Manager, Malaysia

Who You'll Work With

We have an exciting opportunity for a success driven sales professional to full-fill the newly created role of Major Account Manager within our growing Sales organization in Malaysia. If you thrive in a fast moving, results-oriented, and rewarding environment, take a closer look at Arista Networks. 

Join a team which is driving the transformation to Software Defined Cloud Networking via automated solutions to a named list of Enterprise accounts.

What You'll Do

• The Major Account Manager will be responsible for consultative selling and solution development efforts that best address large enterprise customer needs within a small list of targeted Fortune 500 accounts or Global 2000. 
• You will identify, develop and close sales opportunities across the Arista product portfolio including Data Centre and Campus Networking platforms including our Cloud based WI-FI and POE switches. In addition, the product portfolio includes the Arista Routing Platform, Cloud Vision (network automation & telemetry), and our DMF Fabric Monitoring, NDR, Endpoint and AI-driven Network Identity Management solutions. 
• Establishing productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned agencies
• Creating and executing targeted account plans in concert with partner managers and sales engineering team.
• Establish customer demand through pre-engagement planning, research, and solution alignment to mission.
• Manage and align year 1 to year 3 business priorities across a named account territory.
• Create a marketing plan aligned with named accounts and territory.

You are a driven sales leader with a proven track record of pursuing and closing large big bet deals within large enterprise organizations. You will posses:

• A minimum of 8+ years of Sales experience with a focus on developing large enterprises and Fortune Southeast Asia 500 customers.
• Sales experience with expertise in one of the following industry (Finance/Mega Bank, Public Sector, or Telco)
• Experience handling at least 2 - 3 countries in Southeast Asia
• Working knowledge of selling networking equipment (Router, Switch, SDN, SD-WAN, Campus Networks, Network Virtualization, NFV,), data center, and/or  network automation solutions are prerequisites.
• Bachelor Degree (BA/BS,CS,BBA) or equivalent. MBA desirable. 
• Fluent level English proficiency and one Southeast Asian language.
• Currently resident in Malaysia - we do not offer relocation. This is a home working / field based role
• All applicants must have valid working rights for Malaysia.
• Demonstrated leadership skills to lead both internal cross functional teams within Engineering, Legal, Marketing and external partners. 
• Proven navigation of End User requirements definition through the contracting and resale processes is mandatory.
• Demonstrated people skills and ability to cultivate and maintain relationships at all levels.
• Proven track record of building business plans, documenting the processes, and exceeding sales targets.
• Travel to our customers and regional partners within the territory. 
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