Senior Sales Director - Global Data Center Services

As the Senior Sales Director – Global Data Center Services, you will be responsible for building out and leading a global team business development team focused on data center services.  This position will work across organizations including sales, operations and finance to develop and commercialize data center services.  You will be responsible for growing the data center services revenue and margin globally. This position will report to the VP Global Services.

Responsibilities: 

• Build out and lead a global team of data center services business development professionals
• Position data center services directly to clients and in coordination with global commercial sales team 
• Collaborate with the commercial team to develop additional data center services offerings
• Partner with operations, delivery teams and partners for the successful implementation of the services offering.
• Provide updates on data center services offering, capabilities and performance
• Identify opportunities to position and leverage Ascent capabilities as part of the data center services portfolio
• Develops go to market strategy for the specific end market within the business unit. 
• Prioritizes opportunities identified by business unit and ensures opportunity is being resourced by the center of excellence. 
• Develops and administers sales plan to ensure customer satisfaction, assigned quota attainment, and highly skilled and motivated staff. 
• Achieves annual sales and gross profit plan by implementing sales strategies and analyzing trends and results in conjunction with regional and business unit management team. 
• Establishes sales objectives for data center services team
• Forecasts expected sales volume and profit for existing and new product lines and customers. 
• Ensures establishment and expansion of national, regional, and local supplier relationships. 
• Maintains sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with market supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors. 
• Coordinates order service by directing account representatives on quotations, proposals, project order management techniques, and customer complaint resolution. 
• Maintains sales staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees. 
• Maintains sales staff results by counseling and disciplining employees, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results. 
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and participating in professional societies. 
• Forecasts and communicates intricate details to senior management. 

Qualifications: 

• High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelor’s Degree - Sales, Business Administration, Engineering, or relevant field preferred
• 10 years Related industry professional sales experience 
• 7 years experience leading and managing staff and programs at national, district or regional level
• Experience managing direct reports/level managers within the job family (ex. Sales Manager)
• Business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques, and coordination of people and resources
• In-depth knowledge of distribution industry, related solutions, and products
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, initiate and implement sales strategies to achieve forecasted goals
• Ability to present professional sales approach to help people achieve personal and positional goals
• Proven success in providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
• Strong verbal, written, analytical, persuasion and interpersonal skills
• Ability to exercise teamwork, leadership and flexibility
• Excellent time management and computer skills
• Ability to travel 25% - 50%

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