Inside Sales Manager - Opportunity for Working Remotely

The Inside Sales Manager will be responsible for building and managing a team of Inside Sales Representatives (ISRs) for their specific portfolio. The ISRs are responsible for meeting and exceeding a sales quota by excelling at key critical success factors, including outbound calls, opportunity identification, pipeline maturation and upsell/cross-sell. They are expected to be trusted advisors on the topic of cloud computing and services and VMware's portfolio of SBU offerings.

• You will report to a Director within the Sales Organization, and will generally split your time 50/50 between developing the team and customer interfacing calls.
• You must possess strong leadership skills and demonstrate the ability to develop an effective sales strategy to ensure both short- and long-term goals are achieved. He or she must be able to build a positive, fun place to work in a dynamic, demanding startup-like environment.
• The Inside Sales Manager will recruit, hire, develop a full team.
• Additionally, this role will require tracking of daily, weekly and monthly activity metrics on his/her team to ensure the ISRs are spending their time on the highest value actions at all times. The Inside Sales Manager will understand VMware's urgency and execution for success every 90 days.

Required Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years in a quota carrying sales role with proven achievement in meeting sales quota
• 3 years of people management required
• Ability to establish and nurture strong internal and customer focused relationships and work seamlessly within a matrix led environment
• Excellent ability to forecast, set goals and objectives, and monitor sales activity
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• BA/BS Degree

Preferred Skills:

• The strongest applicant for this role has a track record of success in accelerating sales results, motivating change, and leading with passion within an Inside Sales organization. We are searching for a validated leader who has poise, dedication, thoughtfulness, and a true care for individuals and VMware.
• Achieve sales goals by hiring, organizing and directing quota-carrying inside sales personnel
• Collaborate with field management team on coverage of accounts
• Identify and establish effective recruiting solutions
• Develop and retain an inside sales team of professionals who consistently achieve their quota while delivering customer satisfaction that ensures consistent repeat business
• Conduct weekly or bimonthly 1:1s to monitor progress, provide feedback, and address Inside Sales issues/concerns
• Day-to-day management of the human resource aspects of the role that include: supervising, mentoring and counseling, performance appraisal, providing performance improvement/educational opportunities (including on-the-job-training); and, when needed, applying dynamic discipline and/or termination
• Create and implement Inside Sales career development plans
• Conduct quarterly self-assigned initiatives/projects that benefit the overall organization
• Organize and conduct quarterly Inside Sales team events
• Work in conjunction with the company designated training resources to insure appropriate tools and learning opportunities are provided to your team
• Work in conjunction with the Marketing organization to develop lead generating, fulfillment and tracking mechanisms that drive new opportunity and understanding of the designated market
• Create and direct effective reactive and dedicated programs for inside sales

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Category : Sales

Subcategory: Inside Sales

Experience: Manager and Professional

Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time

Posted Date: 2022-09-26

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