At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose.

Honesty, Reliability, Collaboration, Curiosity, Passion

Position Summary

The Senior Sales Executive – New Clients, also known as New Logo Sr. Sales Executive at Ensono, must have a proven track record selling “as-a-service” complex technology offerings that include managed services, public cloud, mainframe, security, and outsourcing.  He/she will have accountability for the creation of new bookings from the acquisition of new clients through a consultative engagement process. He/she must be highly motivated and have the ability and desire to run their self-functioning sales unit by partnering with Sales Engineering, Operations, and Marketing within the business.

The candidate must be a strategic thinker and self-starter who is focused on creating solutions and solving business problems with a consultative sales approach and be a multi-dimensional thinker who operates not only based on important past experiences but with the incorporation of new approaches and developments that occur in this fast-moving market.

The candidate also must possess strong presentation skills and be able to communicate professionally in written responses to emails, RFPs, and reports.  As a member of the Ensono Sales team, they will ensure proper execution for the lifecycle of a deal, establishing sound relationships with internal stakeholders and channel partners.

Key Areas of Focus for this Role

• Proactively identify new revenue opportunities and relationships to drive account and revenue growth.

• Create new and sustain existing senior relationships.

• Promote and drive client relationships by providing thought leadership and consultation on the alignment of client business needs to Ensono and partner products and services.

• Drive contract negotiations for new business in partnership with Legal.

• Work closely with Sales Engineering and the customer on solution, value, and pricing scenarios.

• Responsible for developing and delivery of prospective client proposals.

• Represent Ensono at field events such as conferences, seminars, etc.

• Communicate information effectively to diverse audiences, internal and external to the company, recognizing business and product terms and value.

• Challenge the current thinking, assumptions, and status quo to drive results and innovation.

• Manage and track the progress of your assigned territory.

What the Ideal Candidate Brings to this Role

Required Qualifications

• Must be located in the Great Lakes region, preferably in Chicago, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, or other metropolitan areas.

• A minimum of 10 years of sales experience

• A minimum of 3-5 years of selling technology/managed service solutions

• Must be organized, analytical, creative, and adaptive.

• A proven track record of both achieving and over-achieving goals in past sales positions

• Significant experience and discipline in managing, reporting and accurately forecasting sales pipelines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as ability to work as part of a team.

• Experience in managing and closing complex sales opportunities.

• Proven success in managing client opportunities with multiple lines of business.

• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct line authority.

• Experience in working with managed services, hosting, mainframe, security, and outsourcing is required.

• Broad relationship development and people networking experience, including leveraging existing channel partner relationships to drive new business development.

• Ability to bring-to-the-fold, cultivate, and strengthen strong client relationships with senior business and IT staff members.

• Ability to technically consult with C-level executives within client environment.

• Demonstrated experience at increasing deal close rates, utilizing a structured qualification process with identifying customer compelling events.

• Candidates must be able to articulate technology and product positioning from a business perspective in addition to creating and maintaining relationships with the clients and vendors.

Other Qualifications

• Experience in IT infrastructure transformation engagements.

• Mastery of legacy IT such as IBM mainframe and mid-range with linkage to modern platforms like public and private cloud

• Existing relationships and contacts that will drive a robust pipeline.

Travel: Up to 50% of the time to Ensono and prospective client locations.

Why Ensono?

Ensono is a place we unleash Associates to Do Great Things – for our clients and for your career. This could mean achieving a professional goal, collaborating with your team on an innovative idea, learning a new skill, reaching a wellness milestone, or engaging in your community through volunteer programs. Whatever it means to you, we want Ensono to be the place where you can do great things.

We value flexibility and work-life balance. Positions that are not required to be onsite to support a client may offer the ability to work remotely or hybrid at an Ensono office location.

Unlimited Paid Day Off (PDO) Plan

Two robust health plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield

401(k) with a generous company match

Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts

Wellness program

Flexible work schedule

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP’s pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP’s website.

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