2021 Graduates UG - Sales

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At Microsoft, we look for highly energetic people with initiative and drive. We strive to find passionate, creative individuals with the ability to think laterally.

The Microsoft Aspire Experience (ASPRIE) - a 2-year accelerated career development program designed to recruit and hire top performing graduates across a broad range of roles, and aims to cultivate your talent utilizing training, mentoring and community support. ASPRIEs are hired on potential and are provided with a comprehensive on-boarding curriculum, enabling you to accelerate your career and become part of the next generation of key contributors & leaders. Microsoft invest in your career development and provide guidance and support to enable you to excel in your career. Unlike other programs, you will be placed in a challenging role with specific learning roadmaps. You will be provided with the infrastructure and resources to define and grow your career including access to World Class learning solutions.

Become the essential connection between our clients and the technologies that help them expand the size of their businesses and become more profitable. As a Sales professional at Microsoft, you’ll work closely with the sales teams which serve as the human face of our multi-billion-dollar global company. You will become a trusted counsellor who inspires consumer enthusiasm and guides enterprise clients to make shrewd technology decisions that are in the best interests of their companies.

Responsibilities

The Sales role is the primary sales contact for a territory and it is a strategic sales role intended to add value to customers by demonstrating how Microsoft technology can help solve operational concerns and positively impact the customer’s business or organization.

The Sales role performs this role primarily by developing relationships and uncovering opportunities from customers by face to face, phone, email, IM or social networking.

The successful Sales role thrives in a fast-paced selling environment, cares deeply about the customer, and uncovers opportunities by attention to detail, consistent engagement and an ability to co-sell with Microsoft partners in his/her geography.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor or Master Degree or have internships related to sales
• Have graduated from their full-time degree program less than 365 days prior to their Microsoft FTE start date.
• Able to start full time job at Microsoft Taipei office in July 2021
• Advanced oral and written communication skills, planning and organizational abilities.
• Excellent cross-group collaboration skills
• Must be able to work independently, handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, and negotiate and collaborate effectively at an intermediate to advanced level.
• Self-motivated, directed person; Ability to build strong, lasting business relationships; ability to understand consumer and market trends.
• Must be able to present Microsoft technologies to customers.
• Must be able to qualify sales opportunities and position MS partners in the overall sales process
• Microsoft product certification is a plus
• Technical pre-sales experience preferred
  
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

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