Associate Sales Representative (Rolling Intake)

About Cisco Australia

Cisco, a leading technology company founded in 1984, facilitates powerful connections across various sectors such as business, education, and philanthropy through its hardware, software, and service offerings. With over 71,000 employees globally, Cisco continues to innovate in Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies, offering industry-leading products in routing, switching, and advanced areas like home networking, security, and wireless technology, alongside a range of service offerings. Through direct sales and channel partnerships, Cisco serves large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers with its comprehensive solutions.

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Your role

What You’ll Do:

Cisco Sales Associates Program (CSAP) is a global program that provides a structured training and on-the-job-experience to develop sales champions. You will learn how to position Cisco’s architectures, solutions, products and technologies to customers. Your career will continue to grow as part of Cisco’s Global Virtual Sales (GVS), a team that connects Cisco customers with solutions that can transform their businesses and change the world for the better. You’ll build long-term business relationships with customers and Cisco partners, working closely with them to understand their business strategy and uncover new business opportunities, whilst achieving their desired business outcomes. You’ll partner with Solutions Engineers and together you’ll position the benefits of their Cisco solutions to your customer, using the best-in-class collaboration tools. From there, your career can develop and grow into a variety of sales opportunities at Cisco.

Who You'll Work With:

You’ll train alongside incredibly talented individuals, like yourself, from different countries and a diverse group of backgrounds. Early on, you’ll make long-lasting friendships and belong to a rich human network that will support you throughout your career.

As a successful Associate Sales Representative (ASR), you’ll learn to discover, build and drive new opportunities to customers, with the Cisco partners, while collaborating with Cisco engineers to provide technical solutions that drive business outcomes for customers.

Training & development

The CSAP provides structured training and on-the-job experience to develop sales champions. They will develop your sales; technical and communication skills and you will be offered the opportunity to rotate and understand diverse areas of Sales via their model of Education Exposure Experience. You’ll learn from experts and coaches in an unrivalled setting using their own leading-edge technology. You’ll have your own mentor, a CSAP alumnus who’s been in your shoes and will help guide you in your development.

While challenging, it will inspire you to become the best version of yourself. You will achieve industry-standard certifications, as part of their perpetual learning approach, and be assessed and mentored through customer simulations and on-the-job activities. They’ll offer you a safe and fun environment to practice what you’ve learnt, all the while providing you with feedback to develop your potential.

Compensation & benefits

At Cisco, they strongly believe in the wellbeing of their employees and work-life balance, and their benefits package is designed to reflect this. On top of your remuneration package, and holidays, you may be entitled to receive other Benefits & Perks (May vary in location) as part of their People Deal and benefits package such as:

• Competitive compensation
• Employee stock purchase program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Annual bonuses
• Flexible work practices
• Employee discount programs
• Employee Resource Organizations
• Talent Marketplace to develop yourself and your career
• Health and fitness centers
• Comprehensive benefits such as healthcare coverage and insurance
• Support for parents
• Paid time to volunteer

Career progression

The Talent Marketplace at Cisco facilitates career progression by providing opportunities for skill development and growth through various avenues such as team assignments, time swaps, job swaps, and stretch assignments. Employees can connect with different teams, play to their strengths, learn new skills, and fulfil their career aspirations by collaborating on projects across different business groups, fostering a dynamic and enriching professional environment.

Work-life balance

They promote work-life balance by offering flexible work practices, ample paid time off including additional holidays like Veteran’s Day and Juneteenth, and designated days off such as "A Day For You" and the week between Christmas and New Year's, fostering a culture where employees are encouraged to prioritize personal time and recharge without the pressure of work-related emails. This approach recognizes employees' need for rest and relaxation, contributing to a supportive and rejuvenating work environment.

Company culture

Cisco fosters a company culture centered around a shared purpose of powering an inclusive future through initiatives like closing the digital divide, promoting the future of work, advocating for equality and social justice, and prioritizing environmental sustainability. Employees are encouraged to find their passion and contribute meaningfully to addressing societal challenges using technology, collaboration, and innovation. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Cisco values diversity and teamwork, where each individual's unique talents are leveraged to make a positive impact on creating a more inclusive world.

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About you

• Recent graduate of a business/management degree; or certified from a Boot Camp, Apprenticeship, Community College, or Vocational School with up to 3 years of professional experience (internship/work-study or apprenticeship applicable).
• You have a first experience in a selling or consulting IT role.
• 1-3 years B2B selling experience in similar or adjacent industry, start-up or consultancy company, ideally in sales with tech knowledge.
• Fluent in English.
• Technology enthusiast who enjoys innovating.
• Demonstrate eagerness to establish a long-term Sales career with Cisco.
• Approach situations with an open and curious mind, taking on challenges and growth opportunities.
• Ability to take complex problems, simplify them and thinking creatively to solve them.
• A strong communicator with the confidence to engage and talk to a wide range of people and who and views team collaboration as instrumental to achieving success.
• Must be Australian Permanent Resident or Australian/NZ Citizen.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• cisco.com/c/en/us/about.html
• cisco.com/c/en/us/about/careers/we-are-cisco/benefits-and-perks.html
• blogs.cisco.com/wearecisco/top-5-reasons-i-love-working-at-cisco