IBM Storage Solutions Sales

Our client is one of the top IBM Premier Partners in the US and is growing fast. Baseline requirements to work with my client include: · BA or BS or equivalent required · 5+ years of successful server and/or storage solution sales experience. · Skills should include understanding of storage including mainframe, UNIX, and/or Wintel environments. · System level understanding of disk environments with advanced copy functions such as Flash Copy, TimeFinder, PPRC/SRDF, and XRC. · Storage Management software knowledge with ECC, TPC, TSM, Content Manager, Veritas, and SAN Management. · Strong preference for sales certifications in IBM servers and/or storage solutions. · Definite “A” player credentials including consistent over-quota performance and job stability. · A “book of business” of at least 5 – 10 accounts you are able to bring to the game. · A strong desire and proven ability to continue to sell in the hot NAS/SAN and server market. Your mission would be to sell the full family of IBM server, software, and storage solutions to private and public sector accounts in your territory. You’ll do deals directly and in conjunction with a top-notch team of other sales professionals, systems engineers, IBM sales folks and your own company’s services team. It would be great if you know some of the IBM sales team already because you’ll continue to cultivate, develop and maintain those invaluable relationships. A big part of your role will be to achieve and maintain the highest-possible levels of customer satisfaction. This is a total solution sale that leverages the strength of the IBM products and my client’s skill set and technical expertise. Compensation includes a base salary in the $70K to $80K+ range with an excellent percentage of GP for an OTE of $175K to $250K++ and benefits. Prior experience selling IBM storage and server solutions for IBM or one of their many partners is required for this role. IBM sales certifications on one or more products would be ideal. This is an extraordinary opportunity with a strong and profitable company that offers a great culture, virtual office flexibility and is the antithesis of micro-management. They expect experienced sales professionals will have the drive and motivation to make the calls and close the deals. If you or someone you know meets or exceeds these requirements, please let me know right away by emailing a Word resume for immediate consideration and discussion of the opportunity.Thanks and have a great day! Built on more than 30 years of expertise, The Mergis Group is a specialty recruiting firm committed to helping professionals make the best career choices. We connect specialized professionals to leading opportunities that will foster success in their career.