LEAD SALES DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE

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TE Connectivity is seeking a dynamic Lead Sales Development Representative to own strategic account growth, drive design wins, and orchestrate cross region programs from their Katy, TX location. The role blends account management with solution selling for hyperscale and ODM customers, requiring a deep understanding of cloud architecture, interconnects, and copper cables. You’ll partner with FAE and Sales Architect teams to map customer needs to solutions, maintain executive relationships, and deliver accurate forecasts via Salesforce while coordinating with sales, engineering, product and ODM teams in Taiwan. To apply, tailor your resume to highlight relationship building and revenue growth, demonstrate cross functional collaboration, readiness to travel, and apply only through te.com/careers, avoiding any non official channels.

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At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world. 

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Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Data and Devices Business Unit is seeking a dynamic and experienced Account Manager in the San Francisco Bay Area to join our team. You will be responsible for all aspects of account growth, including successful relationship building to drive new design wins, market share gains and market share analysis. You will drive account strategy and provide customer solutions, coordinating programs that often encompass synchronized US and Asia activity.

What your background should look like:

• Account Management: build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including executives and account teams.
• Sales Growth: Drive revenue growth by identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities. 
• Solution Selling: Work with technical teams to thoroughly comprehend the customer’s product application and solution portfolio. Identify current and future customer needs, and, with the customer, find appropriate solutions in conjunction with your assisting FAE and Sales Architect teams.
• Market Insights: Stay up-to-date with industry trends, product roadmap, and competitive landscape to provide valuable insights.
• Customer Satisfaction:  Maintain high customer satisfaction through close communication, by ensuring that deadlines are met and by ensuring issues are resolved promptly.
• Forecasting: Provide accurate sales forecasts and reports to the management team.  Assist with Salesforce pipeline entries.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams within our organization, including sales, marketing, engineering, product and ODM teams in Taiwan, and to ensure a unified approach to meeting this major customer’s very high expectations.

 

Skills, Experience, and Education:

• Familiarity and experience selling or designing with Hyperscale and ODM customers is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Cloud architecture. (server, switch, storage, AI, related ICs, and protocols)
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering preferred.
• Background in interconnects, copper cables
• 7+ years of key account management experience preferred:
• Strong Customer focus throughout all levels of management.
• Ability to engage with Customer Development Engineers and Purchasing.
• Strong presentation skills, PowerPoint, and Excel skills.
• Persuasive personality required.
• Ability and willingness to travel as needed to meet with clients and attend industry events. <10%
• Results-driven with a focus on achieving and exceeding sales targets.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours, especially on calls with Asia in the US evening time zone.

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

COMPENSATION
•    Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $110,500 - $165,800 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
•    Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
•    Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
BENEFITS
•    A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.

EOE, Including Disability/Vets

 

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TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.