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The MM+ Sales Manager recruits, trains, develops and supports new and experienced Account Executives to ensure that they meet specific new business goals on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Responsible for training and developing their direct reports, while also being on top of the forecast and important lead indicators of success.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff.
- Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
- 1:1s with direct reports.
- Drive and motivate the team around the key objectives.
- Identify and address gaps in performance and areas for improvement.
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
- Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Manage the accuracy of the forecast.
- Drive outbound efforts in generating and closing new business.
- Training and development and building out an ongoing skills analysis aimed at designing a scalable curriculum for improvement/advancement.
- Inter-department collaboration across product, marketing, training, support and sales enablement.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Located in San Diego area
- Knowledge of how to manage 1:1s, team meetings, overall cadence with the team and most importantly a strategy for generating and closing outbound opportunities of a high level of complexity and longer/more strategic sales cycle.
- Experience either in management or as an individual contributor at working complex accounts that require legal modifications, RFP and ROI reports, security assessments, and creating work back plans.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals who are tenured in their sales experience.
- A passion for training and development.
- Savvy with data and looking at trend analysis to measure rep performance.
- Confident and willing to take part in healthy debates.
- Detail oriented, organized and a self-starter.
- Excellent sales and customer service skills.
- Strong coaching and leadership skills.
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
Education and Experience:
- 3+ years of mid-market/enterprise/strategic Account Executive experience.
- Proven track record of being a consistent top sales performer - experience in the MarTech space a plus.
- 1+ years of team lead and/or management experience, a plus - team lead/management experience in mid-market/enterprise/strategic sales preferred.
- High school diploma or equivalent work experience, a Bachelor’s degree or above a plus.
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