Director of Sales - Africa/MENA Regions

at  ApplyBoard

JOB DESCRIPTION/REQUIREMENTS

The Opportunity
:
ApplyBoard is looking for a seasonedDirector of Sales who will be responsible for helping lead the Sales Managers/Sales Team, help further grow existing markets and help expand into new markets through strategy and collaboration. You will be working closely with all aspects of sales, sales operations and marketing to ensure strategic alignment across all three functions. The successful candidate will be a highly organized sales professional who has experience defining and running similar initiatives.
Our Director of Sales will report directly to the Sr. Director, and indirectly to the CRO. You will be responsible for leading the sales and partnering closely throughout the organization with sales, sales operations, marketing and global leadership, learning & talent development functions. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience building, leading, managing & developing a high-impact and high-output team and solutions in a dynamic working environment. Our ideal candidate will be a collaborative leader and team player, with hands-on experience supporting sales methodology, the sales life cycle, technical selling tools, processes and salesperson effectiveness. While industry experience may not be required, you will bring with you a lot of experience in the areas listed above. You will also need to demonstrate/highlight you have the ability to learn the In’s and Out’s of the industry quickly and effectively.

• Leads the creation and deployment of appropriate training, learning content/sales messaging, processes, and practices to support the sales and partnership teams.
• Develop Sales LE’s vision, operating principles, strategy, approach and performance goals, in alignment with ApplyBoard’s goal alignment methodology, delivering against unified Sales & Marketing vision, strategy and plan.
• Supports product launches by preparing and enabling the sales and partnership team to understand and sell ApplyBoard’s solutions.
• Attract, develop, engage, coach and retain a world-class Sales Team to deliver effective and innovative learning experiences, processes and tools to enhance and sustain substantial growth in line with our business objectives.
• Responsible for aspects of foundational and continuous learning programs for sales, including but not limited to training content creation, scheduling and coordination, creation and deployment or delivery of sales training
• Supports the sales and partnership processes at all stages
• Supports frontline sales managers and sales leadership team in executing effective management disciplines and establishing a sales coaching program.
• Partners with global leadership, learning & talent development functions to co-develop and execute effective leadership and management practices and establish a sales coaching culture and program.
• Manages various sales projects and coordinates sales activities.
• Enable sales team to train external end-users through content creation, training, messaging, and best practices.
• Responsible for tracking and analysis of internal and external sales training and content usage.