Lumen Technologies - Honolulu, HI

posted 2 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Honolulu, HI
Telecommunications

About the position

The Regional Enterprise Sales role at Lumen is pivotal in driving account development within a designated geographic territory. This position is responsible for managing a moderately complex set of products and services, utilizing a variety of prospecting activities to identify and secure new sales opportunities. The successful candidate will engage in a range of activities including cold calling, networking, and customer appointments to build relationships with prospective enterprise customers. The role requires a proactive approach to sales, with a focus on developing and executing comprehensive account plans and strategies to win new business. In this position, the individual will be expected to provide accurate and detailed weekly forecasts of identified and proposed opportunities, ensuring that sales quotas are met or exceeded. The role also involves effective collaboration with internal teams such as Customer Success, Product, Marketing, and Sales Support to enhance client sales strategies and support new account pursuits. The candidate will be responsible for identifying, bidding on, negotiating, and closing new sales opportunities, while also providing valuable insights to sales management regarding trends and changes within customer organizations. Additionally, the role requires leveraging an extensive external network to recruit high-performing talent and manage indirect and alliance partner relationships to position customer solutions effectively. The position demands a significant amount of time—at least 50%—conducting sales activities outside of the office, emphasizing the need for strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

  • Providing accurate and detailed weekly forecast funnel of identified and proposed opportunities in order to meet or exceed sales quota requirements
  • Developing Regional Enterprise sales in the designated target market(s) by identifying new sales opportunities with prospective enterprise customers
  • Engaging in cold calling, premise visits, networking, lead generation, proposal submission, and customer appointments
  • Building effective relationships internally through cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving with partners
  • Identifying, bidding on, negotiating, and closing new sales opportunities to meet and exceed established sales and revenue quotas
  • Providing comprehensive account plans and strategies to win new business from new accounts
  • Providing input to sales management about trends and changes within the customer's organization
  • Leveraging external networks to identify and recruit high performing talent
  • Managing appropriate levels of indirect and/or alliance partner relationships required to position customer solutions

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree or equivalent education and experience
  • 5-7+ years' experience using a solution-based sales methodology for enterprise technology services
  • Demonstrated strong communication, written, and formal presentation skills
  • Proficiency in MS Office Products: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Strong business acumen and expert knowledge of Lumen's products, services, and solutions
  • Experience in hunting, prospecting, and new account development
  • Experience with Salesforce.com preferred

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience in the telecommunications industry
  • Familiarity with CRM tools and sales analytics
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong negotiation skills

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Voluntary lifestyle benefits
  • Short-term incentives or sales compensation
  • Long-term incentive for Director and VP positions
  • Comprehensive benefits package enhancing physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing
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