Area Sales Manager – Strategic Projects Team (Central Region)

Company Overview

​At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions is a world leader in the field of professional mobile communications systems with an impressive heritage of technological innovations and a global base of installed systems. This Department is responsible for selling Motorola Solutions public safety solutions to city, county and state agencies within Territory T5South and T5North in the Central US states. This is a long cycle sales position in a highly competitive marketplace.

Job Description

The Strategic Projects Team (SPT) Area Sales Manager (ASM) will proactively develop large project opportunities encompassing a wide range of products and services (core and emerging technologies) with particular focus on next generation technology and platforms.

The Area Sales Manager will be a part of the Central Strategic Projects Team and responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

• Overall strategy, direction, and execution of their identified strategic projects

• Effectively lead internal teams on critical projects and issue resolution with clear direction and purpose; Interface with all team members in a way that drives business results and motivates the proper activity

• Develop strong, trusted advisor relationships with key decision makers and influencers within and outside of public safety: Mayor, CIO, and other elected officials in order to understand and influence funding; Interact with Senior customer level and consultants/lobbyists; Work independently under limited direction

• Drive strategies with government customers for Motorola success in the bid and sole source environment

• Responsible for achieving both orders and associated financial performance criterion for their assigned territory by creating and maintaining a healthy team pipeline

• Network with key Motorola Solutions' work partners including pre-sales engineers, area services team, marketing, product management, sales operations, and order/credit management to ensure your territory objectives are met

• Maintain project specific Customer intelligence data in Motorola CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system

• Accurately forecast project order and revenue numbers on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis

• Be aware of competition and technology disruptors that may impact your territory and business community

• Possess excellent communication skills and have demonstrated problem-solving and negotiating

• Understand Motorola Solutions contract terms and compliance requirements

• This is a remote-based position. The candidate must reside in and be willing to travel throughout the Central region of the US.

 Specific Knowledge/Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of sales/public safety experience

• OR 8+ years of sales/public safety experience

• 5+ years of documented track record of sales performance within a technology environment preferred

• Microsoft Office suite and Salesforce/related CRM experience

• Proven time management skills

• Must be willing to travel 50%+

• Effective and proven negotiation skills on large project opportunities

• Creative and strategic mindset and thinking process

• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with C-Level executives

• Highly effective communication skills (oral, written & presentation)

• Possess strong relationship management skills

• Ability to drive strategies with government customers for Motorola success in the competitive bid and sole source procurement environment

• Must be able to multi task at an extremely high level while managing multiple active projects

• Must be a self-starter who’s very motivated and possesses an extreme drive towards business goals and Motorola’s success