Are you a recent graduate or a professional eager to kickstart a career in sales and make an impact in an exciting, growth-driven industry? Become part of our vibrant sales team at Fortinet in London and play a pivotal role in unlocking new business opportunities within an industry leading cybersecurity company. This 18-month sales associate opportunity offers a unique chance to directly contribute to driving growth in untapped market segments, while building your expertise in cybersecurity solutions, sales strategy, and B2B marketing.
After completing the 18-month program, sales associates become eligible for hire across our sales organisation, where they can continue to grow their career within Fortinet.
This role is based in London, with occasional travel to Reading.
What You’ll Do:
- Kickstart Your Career with Cybersecurity Training
- Get hands-on experience with industry-leading cybersecurity solutions, including Fortinet certifications.
- Find Your Feet as a Consultative Seller
- Structured coaching and development to help you become a consultative seller, leveraging sales qualification frameworks like MEDDIC.
- Analyze and Segment Client Accounts
- Collaborate with team leaders to segment and prioritize accounts, designing targeted re-engagement strategies that deliver measurable impact.
- Create Tailored Sales & Marketing Content
- Develop compelling sales materials and personalized marketing campaigns tailored to the unique challenges of each account.
- Demonstrate the Value of the Fortinet Proposition to New Customers
- Build and execute outreach campaigns to book meetings and develop opportunities with Whitespace customers.
- Engage and Grow Relationships with Existing Customers
- Contribute to organising and promoting virtual and in-person events aimed at re-engaging key accounts, strengthening relationships, and showcasing Fortinet solutions.
- Measure and Optimize Success
- Analyse and report on the effectiveness of your team’s initiatives, streamlining account management and providing actionable insights to help optimise strategies and improve sales outcomes.
Skills You’ll Develop:
- Cybersecurity Expertise: Understand the B2B sales cycle in the rapidly evolving cybersecurity space.
- Fundamentals of Consultative Selling: Learn the art of crafting compelling B2B marketing content and execute targeted campaigns to capture client attention.
- Client Data Analysis: Gain hands-on experience in segmenting client accounts and developing data-driven strategies.
- CRM & Tools Proficiency: Build expertise in CRM platforms and client engagement tools to drive high-impact sales actions.
Why This Graduate opportunity?
This Graduate opportunity offers an exceptional learning opportunity to work alongside experts in a rapidly growing industry. You’ll gain direct exposure to high-level sales strategies, engage with key clients, and develop your skills in account management, marketing, and cybersecurity. As a result, this role will provide you with the foundation and hands-on experience you need to launch your career in cybersecurity, equipping you with invaluable knowledge and skills for the future.
Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
About UsFortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 615,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone.
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