Sr Mgr Strategic Sales Operations

Requisition Number: 103922 

Position Overview

The Sr Mgr Strategic Sales Operations Business Partner will serve as a trusted business partner to solution line sales leadership, providing direction and support of key sales programs to drive adoption of sales processes and tools, performance metrics, and sales compensation plans. This role enables a seamless client & teammate experience throughout the services opportunity lifecycle.  This role will also provide visibility & drive resolution on operational components of services bookings, sales reporting and MDE compensation in partnership with Finance.

What you’ll do at Insight

• Work closely with sales management to develop, communicate and coordinate sales programs designed to increase sales force motivation and help to drive incremental business for the organization. Drive (indirectly) increased revenue and margin growth through successful execution. 
• Work with the various departments within the Company and branches to help with cross-functional sales initiatives and requirements.
• Create framework connecting specialty seller goals, compensation and measurement to health of business.

• Partner with Solution Line sales leader to lead cadence and deliver sales performance insights, including recommendations and risks, creating strong linkage between actions and intended results. Provide data-driven, actionable insights to help shape sales strategy.

• Manage sales planning through quota setting and territory management in partnership with SL Leaders. Support quota and target setting through data analysis.
• Conduct regular performance reviews on sales team, key account and business performance.

• Validate attainment with leaders and sellers; troubleshoot and resolve attainment issues.
• Reinforce salesforce hygiene, discipline sales processes to manage forecast accuracy.
• Identify trends and areas for improvement within the sales funnel.
• Lead initiatives to leverage sales tools to improve sales performance and efficiency.
• Provide sales advisory by monitoring deals and forecast stages relative to time in quarter to ensure forecast stages are accurately representing commit probability.
• Analyze sales metrics to identify potential risks or gaps in achieving forecasted sales targets.

What you’ll need to join Insight

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from a four-year college or university required; with six to eight years of equivalent work experience in a sales operations or a financial analyst role supporting a sales organization. 
• Demonstrated experience in developing and leading sales process improvement projects required. 
• Must have a complete understanding of the sales process, as well as a full comprehension of key motivational approaches to enhance sales rep productivity. 
• Thorough understanding of Insight’s system and sales processes a plus.
• Strategic support of growth initiatives and ability to work in a matrixed environment.
• Must have skills in leadership and mentoring new and experienced teammates.
• Strong organizational skills and adept in process management in order to manage multiple initiatives and projects simultaneously a must. 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required. 
• Ability to analyze information and write reports and/or business correspondence needed. 
• Must be able to work cross-functionally to identify and solution business issues. 
• Must have ability to effectively present information to top management. 
• Proven skill in complex problem solving and change management required. 
• PC literacy required; includes working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project. 
• Must have one to many presentation skills.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit talk, hear, and operate a computer, telephone and keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Ability to uphold the stress of traveling.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required; including quarter-driven hours as business demands dictate.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).
• Ability to work in a confined area.
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.

Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

The position described above provides a summary of some the job duties required and what it would be like to work at Insight. For a comprehensive list of physical demands and work environment for this position, click here.

Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

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