Sales Leader - Business Productivity
Redmond, Washington, Us
Communication Sector, Sales Lead - Business ProductivityExceed annual sales revenue target of $30M while driving critical business productivity solutions for enterprise communication accounts within Central US Region. Development of sales account strategy plans, accurate forecasting, contract negotiations, and alignment of resources from a virtual team. Additionally lead weekly/monthly sales activity, coordinate services, and partner resources while maximizing Microsoft revenue from Social Media, Collaboration, and Real-Time Communication Solutions. These include Content Management, Collaboration, Web Portal, BI, and Enterprise Search. Key areas of work are the development of a sales and marketing plan for solutions that include services and partners, including both ISVs and system integrators. The role includes account relationship management comprised of key business and technical decision-makers. Manage opportunity pipeline and partner engagement process within the region in alignment with virtual team members while achieving key metrics including revenue, competitive wins, and opportunity pipeline metrics. Clients include AH Belo, CenturyLink, Clear Channel, Clearwire, MetroPCS, Motorola, Publicis, RR Donnelley, Sprint, Tribune, and US CellularKey Accomplishments in 2010Exceeded FY 2010 key revenue target with 125% of plan. Closed two new enterprise agreements generating over $1.2M of new revenue for fiscal Q4 2010. Brought agreement in early for fiscal Q2 and did the same in Q3, generating over $1M in additional quarterly billed revenue. Achieved early completion of key annual metric: Reached FY 10 Annual Metric of 128 SharePoint Servers Sold in Q3. Finished year at above 153% of goal.Won fiscal Q4 Compete Share Fighter Team Award for Communication Sector.