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Head of Sales Europe

MBR Partners

United Kingdom

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GBP 80,000 - 120,000

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Job summary

A leading telecom company seeks a Sales Director responsible for directing sales strategy across all territories. The role involves engaging customers, establishing new leads, and leading a sales team to drive profitability and growth. Candidates should possess extensive experience in the telecom industry, a strong track record in sales, and the ability to develop strategic partnerships.

Qualifications

  • 10 years experience in the Roaming industry in Sales role.
  • Basic knowledge of Finance and Accounting.
  • Strong understanding of Data and Financial Clearing for Roaming.

Responsibilities

  • Driving organisational sales activities and ensuring strong customer engagement.
  • Identifying new sales opportunities leveraging contacts and industry knowledge.
  • Establishing sales objectives through accurate forecasting.

Skills

Sales Strategy
Customer Engagement
Telecom Industry Knowledge
Forecasting
CRM Systems
Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Job Summary

Directing the sales strategy for the organisation, you will be responsible for the sales strategy, tactics and action plans to attract, engage, and win new business across all territories.

Your duties will include collaborating with existing customers, establishing new leads and converting opportunities into revenue-generating accounts. You will be leading the Sales team by example to drive accuracy in forecasting, achievements in target areas and ongoing success in existing accounts. Your primary role is to sell directly; your secondary role is to lead a small sales team.

Your role is crucial to drive business profitability and key commercial growth strategies.

Requirements

• Strong experience working within the Telecom – Roaming, and familiarity with key market trends driving target customer requirements.

• 10 years working within Roaming industry, in a Sales role for a Service Provider.

• Basic knowledge of Finance and Accounting principles.

• Demonstrable evidence of leading the commercial direction of a business, with a history of overachieving targets.

• Experience working in the telecommunications/network operator industry, in SaaS sales, ideally Data/Financial Clearing and/or carrier products knowledge.

• Strong understanding of (and familiarity with selling) Data and Financial Clearing for Roaming, including a good understanding of the entire Roaming wholesale process and business management.

• Familiarity with best practice forecasting and strategic sales planning processes.

• Very comfortable with using CRM systems (Salesforce advantageous).

• Fluent in English, and ideally French and/or Spanish.

Interpersonal skills

• Excellent communication skills; oral and written communications to technical, business and executive audiences. Including effective remote and in-person demonstration and presentation techniques.

• Strong facilitation skills, with an ability to collaborate and drive progress with individuals and teams across the business.

• Comfortable working with, learning about, and understanding complex business solutions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Driving organisational sales activities and ensuring strong customer engagement on all fronts.

• Identifying new sales opportunities by leveraging contacts, industry knowledge, and working closely with internal teams.

• Responsibility for maintaining organisation’s territory/customer sales attack plans, and implementing appropriate sales and marketing strategies to achieve them.

• Establishing sales objectives through accurate forecasting; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products, and regularly reviewing/forecasting performance.

• Maintaining sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors.

• Monitoring costs, competition, and supply and demand.

• Drives Marketing plan in-line with Sales strategy and development initiatives

• Forging strong internal business partnerships to deliver customer expectations and solutions.

• Establishing consistent sales development to maximize competitive position and generate strong margin contributions across customer brand(s).

• Conferring with leadership to review achievements and discuss required changes in product and sales strategies to achieve sales goals and objectives.

• Developing and negotiating contracts with customers and their procurement teams.

• Ensuring accountability from all sales professionals and support staff.

• Working with partners in relation to lead and revenue generation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree level

Eligibility Requirements

• Candidate must be eligible to work in the countries specific to the position.

• Based in Europe, ideally in Portugal.

Please ignore the salary stated as it is open to negotiation.

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