Meet the Team This is an exciting time to join Ciscou2019s Small & Mid-Market Business (SMB/MM) team in Germany. Our mission is to scale revenue in an under-tapped market of millions of small businesses by leveraging partners, distributors, and innovative digital sales motions. This role is ideal for a creative, growth-oriented sales professional who thrives in a scalable, partner-driven, and digitally enabled sales environment! This isn't just another sales role. This is your chance to step up, take ownership, and build your legacy in one of Cisco's most critical growth markets! Your Impact We are looking for a high-potential leader to act as the CEO of our SMB business in Nordrhein-Westfalen, the economic heartland of Germany. High-Impact Ownership: You won't just manage a territory; you will own it. Develop your own strategy, build your business from the ground up, and directly shape Cisco's future in the region. Master In-Demand Skills: Deepen your expertise in high-growth areas like cloud-managed networking (Meraki) and software sales, positioning yourself as a go-to expert within Cisco. Join a Winning Team: Be part of a dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team that celebrates wins together and supports each other's growth. Pioneer Growth: Architect and execute a winning sales strategy to dominate the SMB market in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Build a Powerful Ecosystem: Forge deep, strategic relationships with our key 1-Tier/2-Tier partners and distributors, creating joint plans that drive mutual success. Win New Logos: Actively hunt for and secure new customers, building a robust pipeline and expanding Cisco's footprint. Champion the Cisco Vision: Be the face of Cisco SMB in your territory, inspiring customers and partners with our industry-leading solutions. Minimum Qualifications We believe in potential as much as experience. We're looking for someone who embodies: A Strategic Hunter: You have a proven ability to exceed targets, but you also see the bigger picture. You can build a strategic plan and relentlessly execute it to win new business. A Tech-Savvy Advisor: You are genuinely curious about technology (especially Meraki and software) and can translate complex solutions into tangible business value for customers and partners. A Natural Collaborator: You build strong relationships effortlessly, both internally with cross-functional teams and externally with partners and customers. You know that success is a team sport. An Ambitious Achiever: You have boundless energy, a proactive mindset, and an insatiable drive to learn, grow, and deliver outstanding results. Preferred Qualifications Meraki technology experience Why Cisco? At Cisco, weu2019re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era u2013 and beyond. Weu2019ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and youu2019ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.