Senior Manager, SMB Sales Germany

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Sales

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• As an SMB Sales Manager, you will play a key role in building and managing a team of highly visible and motivated sales executives in our growing EMEA SMB sales operation, that generates revenue and achieves individual, team and organisational quotas. Our 'Ohana' Culture is a pivotal element of our success at Salesforce so your leadership will encompass strong energy, passion, and the ability to lead a dynamic workforce! Ideal candidates should possess solid business-to-business sales and prior Sales management experience.
  
  Your Impact:
  
  • Development of a growing and diverse team who are seen as trusted advisors to our customer(s) and with internal core sales teams and overall extended team
  
  • Strategically partner with Region Sales Leadership to drive scale, innovate, and deliver exceptional growth ;
  
  • Supporting Account Executives by participating and leading in client meetings and engaging other corporate resources as required
  
  • Management of a high-performance team, including recruiting, hiring, and training
  
  • Build strong team unity, internal connections, and collaboration across the Salesforce ecosystem
  
  • Leading weekly forecast meetings and deal review meetings with the team
  
  • Driving pipeline generation initiatives to improve revenue-generating opportunities for the customer account(s)
  
  • Mentor and professionally develop Account Executives regarding strategies to ensure a high level of closure rates and opportunity identification
  
  • Engaging at the C-level in customer organisations when needed and in alignment with the account team
  
  • Develop the Go-To-Market strategy for the team
  
  • Accurate reporting on sales activity and forecasting to Area Sales Management
  
  • Attend as needed operations and strategic meetings for the Sales Region and with the Sales Leadership
  
  • Consistently supervising and enhancing the sales activities of the team
  
  • To be an enabler of an inclusive, collaborative and winning team spirit
  
  Required skills:
  
  • Experience in building/managing high performance teams
  
  • Experience in collaborative sales and working with extended teams
  
  • Able to operate and navigate successfully in a matrix / multi-product sales environment
  
  • Experience selling transformational technology solutions in ESMB across multiple industries
  
  • People management experience of a sales team
  
  • A passion for building a growing and diverse team
  
  • Proven ability to create and inspire high-performing teams
  
  • Excellent interpersonal skills ; able to inspire and build trusted relationships (internally and externally)
  
  • Passion for supporting team development, as well as for their own self-improvement
  
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  
  • A self-starter who can excel in a fast-paced environment
  
  • Business Language level in English and German mandatory