Sales Support Representative

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Sales & Business Development, Customer Service
Frisco, TX, USA
Posted on Apr 8, 2026

The Sales Support Representative (SSR) is a key member of the Fortinet sales organization, responsible for delivering standardized operational support across assigned sales districts. Operating within a centralized Center of Excellence model, the SSR ensures consistency, data integrity, and scalable execution that enables sales teams to focus on revenue generation.


In this role, you will partner closely with Field and Inside Sales Account Managers, Deals Desk, Channel Operations, and Sales Operations to support lifecycle management, quoting processes, and forecasting accuracy. The SSR role is operational in nature and does not include prospecting, business development, or individual quota-carrying responsibilities.


Fortinet invests heavily in its people, offering comprehensive onboarding and continuous training to support long-term career growth across operations and sales functions.


OFFICE LOCATION: Any office location


Responsibilities
•Manage opportunity and quote lifecycle activities in Salesforce, including creation, updates, and deal registration routing.
•Maintain Salesforce hygiene and forecasting integrity through disciplined pipeline management, valid close dates, and data accuracy controls.
•Support standardized quoting processes through coordination with Deal Desk and Finance, including quote refreshes and lifecycle updates.
•Execute operational reconciliation and month-end controls, including variance research, backlog validation, and Oracle and POS sweeps.
•Coordinate channel communications and approved escalation workflows related to quoting, finance, and order management.
•Provide consistent cross-functional operational support across assigned districts while maintaining clear non-quota, non-prospecting role boundaries.


Required Qualifications:
•Experience in sales operations, sales support, or similar operational role
•Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
•Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and process discipline
•Proficiency with Salesforce and sales operations workflows
•Ability to manage multiple priorities in a structured environment
•Collaborative mindset with strong internal communication skills


Preferred Qualifications:
•Experience supporting channel or multi-tier distribution models
•Background in networking, cybersecurity, or cloud environments
•Exposure to forecasting, quoting, or deal lifecycle management processes


Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@fortinet.com.
Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

The Sales Support Representative (SSR) is a key member of the Fortinet sales organization, responsible for delivering standardized operational support across assigned sales districts. Operating within a centralized Center of Excellence model, the SSR ensures consistency, data integrity, and scalable execution that enables sales teams to focus on revenue generation.