Global Sales Manager
Responsible for the management and operations of Apex Microtechnology's Global Sales, Applications Engineering, and Marketing Communications teams.• Identified and cultivated long-term relationships with strategic high-value customers, target potential clients, and critical partners worldwide to drive sustainable sales growth and develop team expertise across product segments and markets.• Organized and led domestic and international engagements with strategic clients and prospective business partners to grow sales and build synergistic partnerships focused primarily on the US, European, Japanese, & Korean markets.• Developed and implemented global sales strategies to increase market share across target regions.• Actively participated in top-level organizational strategic planning sessions as a part of the company’s leadership team reporting to the CEO to set the direction of Apex's technology development, org. structure, and long-term sales objectives.• Created Apex’s marketing communications team responsible for the development of effective regional and market segment targeted campaigns. This group executed the full rebranding of the organization’s digital footprint and implemented various digital and print marketing strategies globally. • Regularly assessed the performance of the broader sales and applications engineering teams, implemented employee development plans, and executed efficacy improvement strategies.• Trained regional sales teams on best practices in high ASP technical sales, Apex order management processes and high-quality customer service standards.• Oversaw Apex's hiring process for domestic Sales, Applications Engineering, and MarCom teams and headed international hiring and contract negotiation.