
Sales Director
- Shanghai
- Permanent
- Full-time
The roleKey Responsibilities:
- Responsible for representing the local SoftwareONE Organization.
- Adapts a sales strategy based on the group strategy.
- Yearly planning, budgeting and controlling.
- Responsible for the gross profit of the sales team.
- Ensures that cost control and optimized processes are in place.
- Being a role model in sales, taking care of own customers.
- Acquires new customers and supports team members to do so.
- Coordinates with local marketing and ensures all marketing tools are used appropriate.
- Creates and maintains appropriate organization structure to properly manage and ensure subsidiary growth.
- Responsible for recruitment, retention, career planning of employees.
- Sets up suitable regular meetings and one to one’s with the team members.
- Ensures team members are well trained, understands their roles and responsibilities, and receives feedback on their performance.
- Makes sure the subsidiary is “a fun place to work.
- Ongoing coordination with the Federation Leader.
- Communicates with Federation Leader on business requirements and sales coordination.
- Attends meetings and conference calls of the leadership team, whether online or on-site.
- Sets up communication, informs employees about achievements, plans, problems, etc.
- Minimum 10 years’ sales related work experience in IT environment with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
- Solid education, further IT/sales trainings and the willingness to deep dive into the licensing knowhow.
- Being an example, motivator and a trusted colleague for the employees.
- Ability to represent the company towards customers and vendors.
- Innovative and communicative, ability to communicate verbally and in writing English as well as local languages.
- Willingness to travel within the country and from time to time internationally.
- Superior negotiation skills with customers and vendors.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in this fast-paced environment.
- Excellent problem solving abilities and detail orientation.