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Senior Manager / Director, Sales Strategy and Operations
Salesforce
London, , United Kingdom
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Role:
The Sales Strategy & Business Operations role is an instrumental role within the Sales organisation and features a mix of sales strategy, business operations, business development and transformational growth.
The Business Partners are specifically attuned to each sales leader's operational unit and its specific needs & potential. They act as a glue that holds all business units of a region together and are recognised as trusted advisors on all organisational design, business operations & strategy matters.
This role operates both at a strategic level, in process improvement areas and in detailed operational mode.
Responsibilities:
• Define the hyper-growth Go-To-Market plan for Salesforce EMEA
• Take high level business goals and define metrics, presentations, and reports/dashboards that analyze the health of the business and present recommendations to senior management for strategic decision making and investment.
• Drive forecast management excellence to maximise sustained, predictable growth across all business units.
• Orchestrate the design and implementation of all aspects of Go-To-Market under the annual sales strategy planning cycle. This includes very detailed work in territory assignment and quota setting tools.
• Create and run initiatives and programs that take the "as-is" situation to the next level using available resources.
• Build executive presentations, crafting the messages to sales leaders in the region
Desired Skills/Experience:
• Significant work experience in sales operations or equivalent function with significant exposure to sales teams and analytical roles.
• Experience working in the global market and cross-functional management
• Experience with operations and process for any of the following business areas: software, marketing, customer profiling, retention and loyalty, or a subscription based business
• Demonstrated ability with financial modeling and analytical tools such as Excel, Databases, Business Objects, etc. Nice to have: experience using Salesforce and analytics tools
• Ability to conduct sophisticated and creative analysis, yet translate those results to easily digestible messages, communications, and presentations
• Must be comfortable with changing requirements and priorities. Must be able to proactively communicate status and identify risks
• Demonstrated ability to be productive and self-motivating with minimal supervision. Must be results oriented and able to move forward without complete information.
• Excellent communications and presentation skills
• Willing to travel (primarily inside the region) to support the Strategy & Operations team and meet internal customers (field sales, presales, marketing) and customers at times
• Flexibility and ability to adjust on the fly to new demands; sense of urgency
• BS/BA required; MBA a plus, but not required
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