Regional Sales Manager

What Will You Do?

Responsibilities include but not limited to the following;

• You will lead, manage and mentor a small team of highly successful Account Managers in Toronto in a player/coach capacity.
• You will develop a strategic go-to market business plan to meet and exceed quarterly and annual revenue goals for the Greater Toronto Area.
• Build sales pipeline by developing relationships with top tier prospects, partners, and customers
• Hire, develop, motivate, and retain top sales talent for the region through coaching and mentoring
• Manage and grow new customer relationships and revenue associated with Arista's Cognitive Cloud Networking solutions and switching platforms including Cognitive Campus WI-FI, and AI Networking products in addition to our DANZ Automated Fabric Monitoring, Network Detection & Response, End Point security and AI-driven Network Identity solutions.
• Prospect and develop partner resellers in the territory
• Build mutually beneficial relationships with value-add resellers and grow business through these partnerships
• Participate in marketing program planning, development, execution, and measurement to ensure that programs succeed according to plan
• Interface with Arista headquarters to coordinate sales and marketing activity
• Monitor client satisfaction and elevate issues of dissatisfaction for quick resolution
• Foster and facilitate a collaborative team environment which intersects empowerment with accountability in a matrix management organization structure
• Set own priorities and schedules to meet established goals and meet commitments consistently
• Other duties as assigned by management

Ideal Candidate has the following attributes

Requirements

• A BA/BS degree
• 12+ years sales experience in high tech-preferably in the networking sector, routers/switches or competitor such as Cisco, Juniper, Extreme or Aruba.
• Previous experience managing, leading and building Sales teams.
• Demonstrated history of consistent sales achievement over target
• Consistent track record for developing new business and managing a complex sales cycle, from generating leads to closing deals
• Core Domain knowledge of networking solutions, network routers/switches and selling into data center and campus environments.
• Demonstrated success with CXO and multi-level selling
• Highly motivated professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong customer service orientation and ability to develop and maintain relationships
• Knowledge of competitive products, solutions, and services
• Strong time management, ability to multi-task, takes initiative and follows through
• Strong work ethic and commitment to integrity
• Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location, so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista’s Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. Employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, income protection and a Group Retirement Savings Plan. This posting is for an existing, open position within our team. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location.
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