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Business Development Representative

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Role:

Are you passionate about new technologies, and looking to further your sales career in a fast-growing, dynamic organisation? We are seeking exceptional early career level sales folks to join our team and help us bring Splunk to the next level. In this newly established role, you will assist our sales team break into businesses that have never used Splunk. You will play a key role in finding opportunities in greenfield accounts, and build customer interest and success by actively and energetically carving the path for this dynamic team.

Responsibilities:

  • Be the engine that drives, builds and develops pipeline, new logos and growth through high outbound demand/ pipeline generation activity.
  • Identify business pains, objectives, and related impacts on a prospects organisation. You will hold business conversations that follow Splunk’s sales methodology with a variety of contact types (including senior/board level) and you will establish appropriate, agreed next actions.
  • Articulate Splunk's proposition and the advantages a prospect will gain by linking the as benefits to their business challenges.
  • Cold calling, prospecting and generating leads to build qualified sales opportunities for sales reps.
  • Prioritise strategic account lists within a defined territory and build and grow active pool and pipeline.
  • Attend and act as a Splunk representative at select field marketing events
  • Meet and exceed assigned metrics, maintain input activity (call volumes) and achieve monthly key performance indicators.
  • Work with partners for maximum effectiveness and territory expansion.
  • Update activity and pipeline on Salesforce.com.

Requirements:

  • Experience of cold calling and hunting into greenfield accounts/businesses.
  • Success in finding and uncovering new opportunities with prospects and existing business.
  • Experience in booking qualified sales appointments and owning, growing and leading the entire appointment process.
  • A good command of account profiling and a demonstrated ability to navigate key contacts and identify account intelligence.
  • Software sales and Enterprise prospecting experience a plus.
  • Experience of talking about enterprise IT solutions to decision makers (BI, data analytics, security software, risk management software or networking performance) is advantageous.
  • Excellent communication, written and analytical skills.
  • Strong motivation to grown, learn and adapt and passionate about new technologies.
  • Thrive in a dynamic, fast-growing environment.
 We value diversity, equity, and inclusion at Splunk and are an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.  


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Splunk turns machine data into answers. Organizations use market-leading Splunk solutions with machine learning to solve their toughest IT, Internet of Things and security challenges.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion at Splunk and are an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Click here to review the US Department of Labor’s EEO is The Law notice. Please click here to review Splunk’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. If you need assistance or an accommodation to apply or during the hiring process, please let us know by completing our Accommodation Request form.

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Splunk is committed to the health and safety of our employees and customers. We comply with local, state/territory, and federal regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the countries in which we operate. Splunk provides reasonable medical, religious, or other legally required accommodations for eligible employees.

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