Account Executive - Manufacturing Industry
Salesforce · Posted Sep 11
Customer relationship management, cloud computing, enterprise software, and artificial intelligence solutions
Get a personal compatibility score
Add a resume for personal matches
About the role
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together, and the company is leading workforce transformation in the agentic era with Agentforce. This Account Executive role sits within enterprise sales, driving strategic, enterprise-wide sales initiatives into a territory consisting of the largest companies in India, with a focus on the Manufacturing industry. The role owns the end-to-end sales process for a mix of existing clients and prospects, forecasting sales activity and revenue while creating satisfied, reference-able customers.
What you will do
- To exceed monthly/quarterly sales targets by selling Salesforce solutions into enterprise accounts and within an assigned geographical or vertical market. You will handle the entire sales process to ensure delivery against key performance metrics, with a strong emphasis on new business sales, while expanding existing accounts.
- Territory identification and research, to formalize a go-to-market territory strategy and create a qualified target account list within 30 days.
- Pipeline development through a combination of cold calling, email campaigns, and market sector knowledge/resourcefulness.
- Create and maintain a sales pipeline to ensure over-achievement within the designated market sector(s).
- Engage with prospect organizations to position Salesforce solutions through strategic value-based selling, business-case definition, value analysis, references, and analyst data.
- Lead the end-to-end sales process through the engagement of appropriate resources such as Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Executives, Partners, etc.
- Generate short-term results whilst maintaining a long-term perspective to increase overall revenue generation.
- Daily update of the Salesforce system with accurate customer and pipeline data.
- Accurate monthly forecasting and revenue delivery.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Successfully sold into large Manufacturing companies.
- 8-10 years of enterprise solution sales experience selling CRM, ERP, or similar.
- A proven track record of driving and closing enterprise deals.
- Consistent overachievement of quota and revenue goals.
- Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the skills you'll use every day for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
Preferred qualifications
- Strategic account planning and execution skills.
- Experience selling to C-Level and across both IT and business units to customers - Enterprise Customers in the North of India.
- Strong technical competence.
- Passion and commitment to customer success.
- Ability to sell both an application and deployment of a platform.
- Strong time management skills.
- Demonstrated consultative sales solution skills, including the ability to articulate a clear, concise return on investment value statement.
- Ability to maintain a high level of productivity, handle multiple contending priorities, and work effectively under the pressure of time constraints in a fast-paced, complex, collaborative, and team-oriented environment.
Benefits and support
- Very driven comp plan with tremendous upside earnings potential.
- When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life.
- Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via the Accommodations Request Form.
About Salesforce
Salesforce, Inc. is a leading global cloud-based enterprise software company specializing in customer relationship management (CRM) and artificial intelligence solutions. Through its integrated Customer 360 platform, the company provides applications for sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, and analytics. Powered by innovations like Agentforce, Salesforce helps businesses bridge human capability with autonomous AI agents to drive customer success.
- Industry
- Cloud Computing
- Company size
- 87000+ employees
- Founded
- 1999
- Location
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $25B raised
- 2026-03Post-IPO Debt$25B
- 2003-01Venture Round$1M
- 2001-06Series D$46.9M
- 1999-11Series C$13.2M
- 1999-06Series B$3.8M
Leadership
Chair, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
President & Chief Operating and Financial Officer
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Slack
President & Chief Strategy Officer
Recent coverage
Dealroom
Salesforce to Acquire Listen Labs to Expand AI Research Capabilities2026-09-29
Stock Titan
Salesforce Highlights Margin Expansion and Growth Targets at 2026 Investor Day2026-09-17
Salesforce News
Live Nation Makes Show Day Easier for Fans With Salesforce's Agentforce2026-09-16
Investing.com
Salesforce Prices Record $25 Billion Senior Notes Offering for Share Repurchase2026-03-12