Senior Account Executive (South-East region, based in Lyon)

The Senior Account Executive for the South-East region will be responsible for developing/closing business indirectly with a number of customers in their assigned market territory through working with the partner sales community. The primary focus is aimed at closing sales opportunities and is achieved by collaborating with partners to identify, develop, accelerate, up-sell and close transactions.  

Location: Ideally the candidate should be located in Lyon or Lyon periphery.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and close business with accounts


• Leverage partners to close sales with their end customers 


• Cold calls to develop sales activities with a large number of new mid-market and high-segment end users 


• Up-sell and cross-sell to the existing customer base 


• Forecasts and account/opportunity details in SalesForce


• Propose, coordinate and participate to marketing activities in the defined territory 

What You’ll Bring:

• Fluent in English and French


• Direct, new business sales experience  


• Experience with vendors associated with Virtualization technology is a plus 


• Have experience of selling through channel and direct 


• Track record of accomplishment selling to the IT infrastructure specialists


• Proven ability to develop new sales 


• Be a self-starter with the ability to learn quickly


• Be a high-energy salesperson


• Be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where roles and responsibilities change quickly


• Be comfortable travelling for at least 50% of the time.


• Current full driving license  

What you´ll get:

• 25 paid vacation days plus RTT days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares


• Mandatory public health insurance with broad medical coverage


• Employer-paid private medical, dental, optical, and wellness plan through Axa, with options for dependents


• Life insurance with enhanced coverage above the Social Security ceiling


• Education pension for dependent children up to age 26 if in full-time education


• State and supplementary pension contributions by Veeam


• Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning

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