Commercial Excellence Leader, Gulf Cluster

Schneider Electric; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric, based in Dubai, seeks a senior leader to drive Commercial & Sales Excellence across the Gulf cluster. You will partner with sales leadership to deploy best practices, governance, tools, dashboards, and analytics that enhance growth, forecast accuracy, and customer engagement.

The role requires 8+ years in related fields, strong analytical skills, and experience with CRM and AI-enabled sales tools. You will lead cross-functional reviews and champion digital selling initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Sales Excellence, Business Operations, Commercial Excellence, Sales Operations, Business Intelligence, or Strategy.

Responsibilities

• Own the Gulf Sales Excellence roadmap and transformation agenda.
• Monitor and improve commercial KPIs, pipeline quality, platforming effectiveness, and sales productivity.
• Lead monthly sales performance reviews with cluster leadership.
• Develop and maintain Sales Excellence dashboards and business reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase commercial efficiency and customer coverage effectiveness.
• Coordinate cross-functional reviews with Finance, HR, Sales Leaders, and Strategy teams.

Skills

Sales Excellence

Data analytics

CRM experience

Change management

Executive stakeholder mgmt

Communication skills

Tools

CRM

Sales Analytics tools

AI-enabled sales tools

Job description

Role Purpose

Lead the Gulf Commercial & Sales Excellence by driving sales productivity, commercial execution, customer coverage effectiveness, digital sales transformation, and data-driven decision making. The role acts as a strategic partner to sales leadership, ensuring the deployment of best practices, governance, tools, processes, and analytics that improve growth, pipeline management, forecast accuracy, and customer engagement across the Gulf cluster.

Lead the Gulf Commercial & Sales Excellence by driving sales productivity, commercial execution, customer coverage effectiveness, digital sales transformation, and data-driven decision making. The role acts as a strategic partner to sales leadership, ensuring the deployment of best practices, governance, tools, processes, and analytics that improve growth, pipeline management, forecast accuracy, and customer engagement across the Gulf cluster.

Key Responsibilities

• Commercial Excellence & Sales Performance
• Own the Gulf Sales Excellence roadmap and transformation agenda.
• Monitor and improve commercial KPIs, pipeline quality, platforming effectiveness, and sales productivity.
• Lead monthly sales performance reviews with cluster leadership.
• Develop and maintain Sales Excellence dashboards and business reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase commercial efficiency and customer coverage effectiveness.
• Sales Incentive Plan
• Govern SIP target setting, accountability matrices, validation processes, and payout readiness.
• Ensure compliance with commercial governance and global standards.
• Coordinate cross-functional reviews with Finance, HR, Sales Leaders, and Strategy teams.
• Support annual planning, target deployment, and performance tracking activities.
• Customer Coverage & Platforming Excellence
• Lead customer coverage optimization and account ownership governance.
• Drive platforming campaigns, account lifecycle management, and account data quality.
• Ensure Blue Zone, White Zone, AMP, PAM and customer coverage metrics are actively monitored and improved.
• Support sales leaders in resolving ownership, transfer, and data quality issues.
• Pipeline & Forecast Excellence
• Drive pipeline trust, opportunity quality, and sales funnel governance.
• Lead pipeline management and development.
• Partner with sales leadership to improve forecast accuracy and business visibility.
• Provide actionable insights and recommendations based on sales analytics.
• Digital Sales Transformation
• Champion adoption of Copilot for Sales, Sales Coach, Sales Engagement, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and future digital sales capabilities.
• Identify productivity improvement opportunities through automation, AI, and digital tools.
• Drive user adoption, change management, training, and business impact measurement.Partner with HR and business stakeholders to build a culture of digital selling.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years in Sales Excellence, Business Operations, Commercial Excellence, Sales Operations, Business Intelligence, or Strategy.
• Strong analytical and data management capabilities.
• Experience managing commercial transformation initiatives, change management
• Executive stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, executive communication
• Experience with CRM, Sales Analytics, AI-enabled sales tools, and performance management.

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• Country‑specific programs and initiatives may be available.

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€40 billion global revenue

+9% organic growth

150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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