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Key responsibilities of the APJ Sales Operations Director

  • Support Zscaler APJ Sales Organization focused on alignment/partnership with the SVP of APJ, Area Sales VPs and all sales leaders for the APJ
  • Recruit, retain, lead and manage a sales operations team supporting the APJ in alignment with each Area
  • Define and deliver leading indicating sales metrics, key performance indicators and other analytics to internal stakeholders in coordination with the business intelligence team
  • Lead a weekly, monthly and quarterly operating cadence for the APJ along with the APJ Sales Leader. This includes all lead to order processes leading with forecasting and pipeline management.
  • Driving a monthly pipeline review to ensure adequate quota coverage, pipeline created, identify weaknesses in the sales process for pipeline progression and help create an action plan to maximize conversion/progression of pipeline
  • Lead Operational planning for the APJ Sales organization including local & geo Go-to-market strategies, quota / target assignment, account assignment, territory creation, and headcount planning in alignment with the annual operating plan and long-range plan/
  • Driving business process, workflow creation & re-engineering and productivity improvement initiatives.
  • Lead all functional engagement for the APJ Sales organization into other key organizations including but not limited to: Finance, Sales Compensation, Business Development, Partner/Channel, Marketing, Customer Success and others
  • Working in key sales process applications including but not limited to Clari, SFDC, Apptus, Xactly, Tableau, and others

Professional Skills:

  • Proficiency in SFDC
  • Microsoft Office Suite & Google suite proficiency is an essential skill.
  • College Degree and 10+ years related work experience required, MBA Preferred and can substitute for experience
  • Ability to interface with all levels of employees, from Executive level to employee base
  • Ability to manage multiple, concurrent projects and work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
  • Strong customer service orientation, analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills, written, interpersonal and presentation skills.
  • Strong business acumen
  • Software/SaaS Industry experience is desirable, but not required

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