Director – Sales Operations
Posted on 3/24/2023
INACTIVE
Locations
Raleigh, NC, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Management
Marketing
Sales
Salesforce
Communications
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Related Field or equivalent experience
- 8+ years' experience in driving sales performance, with relevant Global Sales Operations, Sales Management, Channel Sales/Operations, Finance, Accounting, & Compensation Management experience
- 5+ years' experience in leading, managing, and mentoring teams within Sales
- 5+ years' experience working in CRM tools, specifically Salesforce. Solid system and data flow knowledge; including learning new flows and technologies
- Demonstrate proficiency managing analytically rigorous initiatives. Strong planning, financial, excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets) and analytical skills, with proven ability to apply these skills with business acumen to complex situations
- Demonstrate achievement of sales, profit, and strategic objectives for the team supported
- Proven expertise in developing and utilizing a management operating system to drive sales performance. Includes delivering on-time implementation of sales organization quotas, compensation plans, and performance objectives
- Experience driving process improvements & thorough implementation of sales team-impacting strategic initiatives
- Ability to manage projects with multiple tracks as a high-energy leader
- Demonstrates attention to detail, a commitment to quality and must be results driven and customer focused
- Proven ability to excel in a dynamic, high-energy environment, armed with the prioritization skills to evaluate rapidly emerging opportunities
- Excellent leadership and organizational abilities
- Excellent written and oral communication
- First class people skills
Responsibilities
- Drive strategic programs with strong collaboration with Sales, Channel, Finance, Marketing & Legal Teams. Builds peer support and strong relationships with cross-functional key leaders
- Lead global sales forecasting, planning, and budgeting processes used within the sales organization. Accountable for accurate and on-time reporting essential for sales organization effectiveness. Ensures that a robust management operating system exists, including key business metrics and trends that support the decision-making process
- Support the equitable assignment of sales team quotas and ensures quotas are optimally allocated to all resources. Builds the sales incentive compensation design process. Provides input to senior leadership in the development of the incentive compensation programs. Engages with Accounting, Finance, and People Operations, to help when required to arbitrate or clarify the application of sales compensation program policies and procedures
- Proactively monitor and strive to maintain high levels of quality, accuracy, and process consistency in the sales organization's planning & reporting efforts. Coordinates planning & reporting activities with other functions and stakeholders. Monitors the accuracy and efficient distribution of sales reports and other intelligence essential to the sales organization. Recommends revisions to existing reports and assists in the development of new reporting tools as needed
- Initiate and identify opportunities for sales process improvement. Works closely with sales leadership to inspect sales process quality and prioritize opportunities for improvement. Assists sales management in understanding process bottlenecks and inconsistencies. Facilitates an organization of continuous process improvement
- Implement enabling technologies, including CRM, to field sales teams. Monitors the assigned sales organization's compliance with required standards for maintaining CRM data. Works closely with sales management to optimize the effectiveness of the company's technology investments
Log management & analytics software
Company Overview
Sumo Logic’s mission is to be the leading SaaS analytics platform for reliable and secure cloud-native apps. The company is committed to empowering modern digital businesses with their platform that ensures application reliability, protects against modern threats, and gives analytics as well as observability into cloud infrastructures.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary + bonus + RSU's
- Unlimited PTO + 12 company holidays + 4 quarterly wellness days
- 100% remote or in office
- Employee stock purchase plan- ESPP
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Paid Parental leave
Company Core Values
- We’re in it with our customers
- Bring light to dark
- One single agenda
- Work with heart
- Leaning culture