Mgr-Business Sales

Performance Management: Responsible for driving team to achieve all key performance objectives. Responsible for financial, budget, and sales reporting. Maintains knowledge of company and market promotional elements. Develop, assign and monitor sales goals and provide ongoing training to keep employees informed of new products, services and procedures. Attend customer meetings with team and train on effective selling strategies by demonstrating sales techniques. Develop strategies for acquiring new business, perform territory analysis and planning.

Reporting and Analysis: Includes generating and analyzing sales, forecast and funnel-management reporting. Evaluate and provide input in the development of training and competitive information, as well as Verizon Wireless's strategic and tactical plans for the Business channel. Analyze sales reports and provide recommendations for increased sales productivity and operational efficiencies during strategic / tactical planning sessions.

Market and Industry Knowledge: Train sales team on new products, services and selling skills to ensure team is fully versed in Verizon Wireless products and services and ready to represent Verizon Wireless in the highest professional manner. Participate in networking activities and perform research to generate lead development. Represent company at trade association meetings to promote Verizon Wireless and increase presence in the community by developing relationships through chambers of commerce.

Staffing / Employee Relations: Prospect for new talent. Develop, train and coach sales team to produce desired high performance results. Make decisions regarding hiring, promotion, and disciplinary actions. Assess individuals and team performance and initiate developmental plans to narrow competency gaps.

Customer Retention: Ensure that customers and prospective customers are treated with the highest levels of courtesy and professionalism. Resolves customer issues in a timely and empathetic manner. Maintain and grow existing customer base and manage churn.
Job Requirements
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience preferred.
5-7 years sales experience.

*Must have 7 years of outside business sales experience with a demonstrated ability to lead outside sales personnel.

*Prior experience in Major Account Sales, proposal development and executive relationship development.
3-5 years Business Sales management experience in a sales/marketing environment preferred.
Demonstrated successful sales experience in exceeding sales quota required.
Business planning and proposal writing skills.
Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communications skills.
Excellent leadership skills.
The ability to work well in a dynamic, fast-changing environment that requires a high degree of multi-tasking with minimal supervision.
Management/counseling/coaching skills and/or experience.
Proven leadership ability and knowledge of wireless industry preferred.
Effective use of PC including Microsoft Office required.

It takes dedicated, hard-working people like you to provide the largest, most advanced, nationwide wireless network. That's why we offer some of the best benefits around. And the best part is, the day you start is the day your medical/dental/vision/life insurance, paid vacation, training and tuition reimbursement benefits start.

We also know how important work/life issues are in today's marketplace. And we reward you with competitive time off and employee assistance programs so you can manage work with the rest of your life.

With 54.8 million customers, Verizon Wireless is known for its reliable network and award-winning customer service.
We continue to invest in our network to maintain our status as an industry leader and to remain on the cutting
edge of wireless technology. We're also strongly committed to investing in our employees - who we consider to be
our most valuable asset.

As part of our team, you'll join a group of over 60,000 professionals dedicated to providing the best overall
wireless experience. The wide variety of roles we offer includes opportunities in sales, customer service, network
engineering, marketing, accounting and any number of supporting professions that are necessary to a large
organization such as ours.

At Verizon Wireless, we devote considerable resources to sustaining our employees' ambitions, growth and
determination. Our mandate is to provide you with the opportunities to own your career and reach your greatest
goals as part of our organization. You'll receive a total rewards package that reflects our industry stature, and
you'll discover an array of training, tools and support to assist you in creating the career you've always wanted.

We're proud of the accolades we've earned, which include recognition as one of Working Mother's 100 Best Companies
for four years, one of ComputerWorld's 100 Best Companies for two years, and one of Training magazine's Top 100
Training Organizations for four years. Committed to creating a workforce that represents our customers, Verizon
Wireless believes deeply in workforce diversity, in both policy and practice. We invite you to consider joining us.

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