Named Account Manager - UK

Job Description

Named Account Manager

Location: London (can be flexible)

As a Named Account Manager, you will play an integral role in driving new business growth across Enterprise Sector with a primary focus on hunting and developing white space accounts. You will lead new business pitches, build and execute account and territory plans, and use your network to open doors and create pipeline within your designated space. You will also take ownership of the effective onboarding of new clients, manage the full sales cycle through to close, and act as the key interface between customers and internal stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and long term growth.

At Fortinet you will

Learn and demonstrate a fundamental understanding of Fortinet’s technology in order to articulate our value proposition to decision-makers. Develop strong relationships with customer contacts up to Executive C-level to gain insight into their business imperatives and IT drivers, enabling development of a strategy to sell Fortinet solutions. Sell Fortinet products and services through a consultative selling approach and maintain good relationships with key individuals within the accounts. Research customers, identify decision makers, educate prospects and qualify buying interest and sense of urgency. Create and implement strategic account plans through a consultative selling approach focused on attaining enterprise-wide deployments of Fortinet products and services Develop strategies and orchestrate company resources to maximize sales volume within assigned accounts. Effectively engage and build cooperative relationships with System Engineers, Channel Managers, and specialist sales team and executives as required. Drive quarterly business reviews with customer to ensure value from Fortinet investment. Ensures the customer is kept up to date with Fortinet product roadmaps enabling the customer to plan and mitigate risks to their business.