About the job

Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) is the world’s first Data-to-Everything Platform. Now organisations no longer need to worry about where their data is coming from, and they are free to focus on the business outcomes that data can deliver.

Join us as we pursue our disruptive new vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers.

Recent recognitions we’ve received include:

• Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2022

• Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report for SIEM for the 9th consecutive year

• Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™ 2022

What You Get From This Role

Our Inside Sales teams partner with Enterprise Sales to bring Splunk solutions to the most transformative companies in the world. A career at Splunk means challenging yourself and your customers to reach higher - and to have fun doing it. We are seeking a dynamic, early career professional to join our fast-growing team. There is a defined growth path for successful Inside Sales Representatives to be promoted throughout the sales organisation and other similar roles and marketing functions.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will showcase the ability to focus on an organisation’s initiatives, challenges, pain points and partner with an ecosystem of elite Field Sales, technical and operational partners. to bring value to those organisations through our sales process. You will

• Create pipeline for your territory using demand generation and prospecting tools

• Find new opportunities and quickly develop rapport with new clients

• Explore & identify new opportunities in new accounts and/or buying centres

• Qualify these opportunities by deep-diving into pain point and how Splunk can solve for it and applying the Budget, Authority, Need and Timeline methodology

• Research and present business intelligence about customers and prospects

• Generate business opportunities through professional networking and cold calling

• Travel occasionally for training and/or meetings

Who You Are

• Sales hunter with a can-do mentality

• Competitive in nature but a strong team player

• Open to new approaches and creativity

• Self-disciplined and well-organised

• Persistent and resilient

What You Need To Be Successful In This Role

• Minimum 2 years of experience in selling or generating demand for enterprise IT solutions (BI, data analytics, security software, risk management software or similar)

• Fluency in German and English language, both written and spoken

• An ability to analyse business data to tell a compelling and actionable story

• An ability to utilise prospecting tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Xing, etc

• CRM knowledge (Salesforce is a plus)

• Self-motivation and relentless in pursuit of creating their own success

• Excellent presentation and communication skills

• High energy and contagious optimism

• Confidence in handling of objections and conflict

• Task prioritization, discipline, and accountability

• A strong executive presence, with polish and dedication to customer outcomes

What we offer:

We provide competitive compensation, a professional, collaborative and inclusive work environment as well as generous benefits, which include: