Sase Apj Sales Manager

SASE APJ Sales Manager

**_ Job Family Definition:_**

Please view the sub-family description (e.g. for Sales Managers, Networking & Executives, Inside Sales, Presales Consulting, etc.) below the management level definition of the Workday job profile.

**_ Management Level Definition:_**

Additional Guidance/Criteria: Manages and controls activities within a sub-region or Region; Typically manages 10 or more direct reports. Span of Control guidelines may differ from these numbers.

**_ Networking & Executives:_**

Manages a group of sales professionals in one or more of the Sales Functions (account management, territory sales, vertical industry, specialties). Responsible for setting the direction and managing the deliverables of the assigned sales team, and achieving revenue and expense objectives. Resolves customer problems and participates in important negotiations with key customers. Where appropriate, seeks to build strategic executive relationships externally with clients and internally within company, and partners with internal and external resources to develop best-in-class solutions for the customer. Manages the performance of individual contributors and the team overall, and grows and develops talent within the organization.

**_ Responsibilities: _**
**_Managing the Business:_**
- ** Sales coverage**:

- Builds well targeted business plans and strategies for allocating resources and driving sales activities to achieve margin; collaborates within the company and with the field to prioritize, facilitate and direct the use of resources.
- ** Account Planning**:

- Assists in planning sales strategy; manages the internal processes in support of sales reps and selling activities; aligns tactical account plans with overall corporate strategy; actively develops and manages geography business plans to meet revenue goals/quotas; develops plans that articulate the strategies/requirements essential for focusing sales activities, forecasts accurately and communicates sales progress; actively manages and signs off on account business plans through scheduled reviews and updates.
- ** Pipeline management**:

- Builds, monitors and orchestrates sales pipelines to ensure continuous population of near and long term opportunities; manages the size, shape and quality of pipeline; analyzes overall win rates and win/loss ratios.
- ** Deal management**:

- Reviews deals to ensure soundness and problem-free processing by the company's back-end operations; Monitors the number of deals with TAS plan reviewed by managers.
- ** Business acumen**:

- Exhibits base level of business, financial and legal acumen to develop meaningful business recommendations; continuously monitors and improves area-of-control operations to ensure alignment with the company's business direction, the quality of business practices and optimum organization performance.
- ** Strategic sales planning & implementation**:

- Orchestrates the development of strategic sales plans that reflect the company's business strategy, to advance market share/penetration, and achieve profitable growth.
- ** Competitive Positioning/Strategy**:

- Uses competitive intelligence in account planning and sales activities to develop counter strategies that will neutralize competitive influence on the customer's buying decisions.

**_ Leading & Managing Sales People:_**
- ** Coaching & Performance Management**:

- Assesses and manages employee performance to ensure individual and group excellence; counsels and supports individuals through selling challenges; manages performance and results of individuals through selling challenges; manages performance and results of high and low performers.
- ** Leadership**:

- Models effective selling skills; motivates and supports sales teams in selling; demonstrates a high level of support in the pursuit and closing of deals.
- ** People development**:

- Nurtures and advances the talent required to maintain the company's sales force excellence within area of control; sponsors and directs skill building activities to increase the productivity and accomplishments of the sales force.
- ** Change management**:

- Ability to work through an environment of change and effectively lead a sales team through transitions beyond their control.

**_ Selling as a Sales Manager:_**
- ** Focus on strategic direction**:

- Understands the overall company/TSG strategic direction and portfolio, and can assist sales teams in customizing solutions based on client needs.
- ** C-level partnering**:

- Contributes to enduring executive relationships at the highest levels of the client's organization; personally interacts with executives; establishes professional relationships and credibility with key IT and business executives in support of other established relationships with the client.
- ** Consultative selling**:

- ** Industry and client knowledge**:

- Stays current with industry and competitive research and information to enable rich client dialogue; m