{"id":278,"date":"2014-06-06T06:11:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T06:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2softsolutions.com\/blogs\/?p=278"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:21:14","slug":"sales-associate-bangalore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2softsolutions.com\/blogs\/sales-associate-bangalore\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Associate, Bangalore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Essential Functions and Responsibilities:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis position reports to the Sales Manager and will work with our global team and is responsible for the following primary duties:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide consultative sales support to business partners (resellers)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assist assigned partners in closing sales opportunities<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drive performance of business partners to meet or exceed program metrics, goals and objectives<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Expand relationships and identify opportunities with current resellers to aggressively grow sales volume<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Document all interactions in Salesforce.com<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Communicate and implement marketing programs &amp; 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