# Partner Account Executive

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Wallisellen
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Help shape the future of Cisco's partner business in Switzerland!

You will join a team of Partner Account Executives within Cisco Switzerland, working with channel partners, distributors, and managed service providers to serve enterprise and commercial customers.

**Your impact** You will help partners grow their business with Cisco by connecting market opportunities with practical plans and measurable results.

- Build joint sales relationships with channel partners and distributors across Switzerland to expand market presence and grow revenue.

- Develop and execute joint business plans with partner leaders, aligning their commercial and technical capabilities with Cisco's software, networking, cloud, and security portfolio.

- Create sales enablement programmes and joint go-to-market initiatives that help partners reach customers and build profitable managed service businesses.

- Use sales data and market insights to identify opportunities, prioritise activities, and track progress.

- Work with systems engineers, regional commercial sales teams, and Nordics leadership to move opportunities forward and deliver on customer priorities.

**Minimum qualifications**

- Currently based in Switzerland and authorised to work there.

- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or a related technology field, or equivalent practical experience.

- At least four years of sales experience in IT channel account management, partner development, or technology distribution in Switzerland.

- Experience achieving or exceeding sales targets in direct or indirect commercial technology sales.

- Fluency in spoken and written German and English.

- Strong skills in data analysis and advanced spreadsheet modelling, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and data preparation, with the ability to turn findings into informed business decisions.

**Preferred qualifications**

- Established working relationships within the Swiss IT channel.

- Five or more years of technology sales experience across enterprise networking, cybersecurity, cloud, or collaboration.

- Ability to build lasting relationships with colleagues and partners across different roles, backgrounds, and perspectives.

- Experience developing joint business plans, improving partner profitability, and managing partner specialisation programmes.

- Business and sales judgement, including the ability to assess opportunities and balance revenue growth with profitability.

- Familiarity with software subscriptions, SaaS consumption models, and recurring revenue.

## Skills

### Required
- German
- English
- data analysis
- spreadsheet modelling

### Nice to have
- Swiss IT channel relationships
- technology sales experience
- joint business planning
- partner profitability management
- software subscriptions

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