Area Sales Manager - Central Region (Strategic Project Teams)

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. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. 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 is a long cycle sales position in a highly competitive marketplace. The Area Sales Manager (Strategic Projects Team) 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. 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; 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 Understand Motorola Solutions contract terms and compliance requirements Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of sales, customer success, military and/or public safety experience OR 8+ years of sales, customer success, military and/or public safety experience Effective and proven negotiation skills on large project opportunities Creative and strategic mindset and thinking process 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 Possess and understanding of the public safety domain, Motorola portfolio, competitive landscape, customer procurement processes, and has dealt effectively with political decision making landscapes Location/Travel: Travel 50%+ within the assigned territory Target Base Salary Range: $100,000 - $110,000 USD On Target Earnings: $180,000 - $198,000 USD Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of sales, customer success, military and/or public safety experience OR 8+ years of sales, customer success, military and/or public safety experience Travel Requirements Relocation Provided Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

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