Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?
Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?
Join our Alliances Team
The Alliances team at Softcat drives strategic vendor success with sharp focus and collaborative expertise. They're the architects of our vendor strategy, working seamlessly across functions to ensure we have the right alignments to the right vendors to support our technology proposition. Working diligently with our vendors they will ensure that we have the right strategic vision that aligns to our own goals and objective, reviewing market opportunities and innovating to ensure Softcat, alongside our vendors stay as market leaders.
Success. The Softcat Way.
It's an exciting time to be at Softcat, one of the UK's most successful technology solutions businesses. We help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. We've reached the £1 billion+ pa revenue milestone, opened our first office outside the UK and picked up a series of industry awards. We've got even bigger plans for the future. So, if you share our drive and ambition, get ready to achieve more from your career.
Driving customer value through Cisco expertise and collaboration
As a Cisco Networking Product and Services Executive, you will be aligned to Cisco, building strong knowledge of their products and services and confidently articulating their value to both internal teams and customers. You will stay up to date with technology developments, maintain relevant sales and technical certifications, and collaborate across the business to support customer needs and successfully deliver our vendor propositions.
As a Cisco Networking Product and Services Executive, you'll be responsible for:
* Staying up to date with networking technologies and trends, maintaining relevant certifications and confidently articulating the value of vendor solutions to internal teams and customers.
* Building strong relationships across Softcat and with vendors, supporting effective collaboration through regular office presence, meetings and training sessions.
* Working closely with vendors and internal teams to identify customer opportunities and areas of growth, informed by market insights and customer needs.
* Engaging with customers to understand their challenges and provide tailored, value-led solutions.
* Supporting sales teams proactively by demonstrating vendor capabilities and ensuring they are well equipped to position products effectively.
* Collaborating with Commercial Enablement to create and curate content that supports vendor technologies and sales success.
We'd love you to have
* An interest in, or knowledge of, Cisco technology and a willingness to continue learning.
* The ability to build positive, effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.
* The motivation to achieve and maintain relevant sales and technical certifications, with support and development provided.
* A collaborative and proactive approach, enjoying working with others to achieve shared goals.
* Strong organisation skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and pay attention to detail.
We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!
Work in a way that works for you
We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
* Hybrid working –3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
* Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
* Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.
Join us
To become part of the success story, please apply now.
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/
Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.