Overview
The Sales Manager is responsible for overseeing the management of the team(s) supporting accounts to drive revenue and business growth, lead a sales team, and manage customer success motions (onboarding, adoption, health checks and voice of the customer) and/or revenue retention motions (product/service contract renewals, extension, upsell and expansion). Responsible for managing, building, and developing strategic client relationships through engagement with the Sales Director and external-facing clients.
Responsibilities
- Lead the team to achieve specific business targets and meet performance targets weekly/monthly/quarterly, ensuring high customer satisfaction
- Provide accurate ongoing sales forecasting and ensure data recorded in the CRM is accurate and up-to-date
- Remove roadblocks and help the team resolve challenges to support sales opportunities
- Monitor and drive team call time and productivity; conduct weekly performance reviews and coaching sessions with all team members
- Analyze data, performance and customer experience trends to develop strategic sales plays and best practices for client/specific territories
- Stay current on developments in client services and within the market and ensure the team is informed on the latest trends
- Be a point of escalation for our clients and respond promptly to any issues
- Maintain a balanced level of communication with the Sales Director and external-facing clients to foster and develop strategic client relationships
- Work with client contact on reporting and forecasting
- Ensure the team understands and achieves operating plan targets, sales targets and client performance targets (CPTs)
- Coordinate team incentives and Sales Performance Incentive Funds
- Partner and build business relationships with all partners to ensure customer expectations are met
Qualifications
- 5+ years proven work experience in a sales role
- A passion for customer experience and driving team results
- Experience in operations and strategy building
- Excellent coaching history
- A track record of developing and retaining great employees
- Experience maximizing revenue through best practices
- Experience working with Salesforce.com or similar CRM
- Experience finding solutions as a manager
Seniority level
Employment type
Job function
- Sales and Business Development
Industries
- IT Services and IT Consulting