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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026 · Still live on 31 Oct 2026

Account Executive

Salesforce Cape Town Remote senior full-time

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Description

As an Account Executive at Salesforce, you will create, progress, and close opportunities for the full platform of Salesforce products. You will establish relationships with entire C-Suites and partner with them for long-term success. You will drive deals from first call to close, effectively leading sophisticated deals throughout the entire sales process to order form signature.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and progress opportunities using new business development and relationship building skills
  • Be the CEO of your territory and book of business, with autonomy on how you run your day
  • Advise customers on the Salesforce Platform and promoted solutions to help them achieve their business goals
  • Work with the supporting team and engage appropriate resources to lead the end to end sales process
  • Use solution selling expertise to uncover customer challenges and increase revenue by using Salesforce technology to solve customer problems
  • Maintain regular customer cadence to manage and build high-value, long-lasting relationships
  • Identify territory/vertical and research to formalize a go-to-market strategy and build qualified target accounts
  • Maintain a long-term perspective to maximize overall revenue generation while generating short-term results

Requirements:

  • Self-motivated and able to thrive in a fast-paced sales environment
  • Driven to achieve and exceed sales targets
  • Resilient with high EQ
  • Embody a growth mindset and be an avid learner
  • Able to craft a point of view, hold an opinion, and build credibility as a 'Trusted Adviser' with customers
  • Previous Sales Methodology training, CRM experience, and strong customer references preferred

Skills

Nice to have

  • Sales Methodology training
  • CRM experience
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