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Reading, Berkshire
Manager, Commercial Sales Southern Europe
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It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! _We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business._ We are seeking a proactive, creative and inspirational leader to have responsibility for Commercial Sales in Southern Europe; directly managing France and working with a manager for Italy/Iberia. The existing team of inside sales professionals are driving net new business growth in the SME and Mid-Enterprise sectors throughout Southern Europe. We are looking for a dynamic leader to manage and motivate the existing team, support an existing high performing manager and team as well. This person will be responsible for driving customer satisfaction, portfolio awareness, and ultimately net new revenue growth. When required, the individual will provide executive customer facing support, driving deals alongside the team. The individual will be experienced in mobilizing channel partners to accelerate scale and growth. **Your day-to-day** + Be the first line manager for the French team whilst supporting the existing Italy / Iberia manager and their direct reports as required. Ensuring a joined up and targeted Sothern Commercial strategy. + Lead and motivate a team of New Business Account Managers to drive revenue growth through a positive, high-touch customer experience + Be an active member of the EMEA Commercial Leadership Team. + Connect Account Managers to key resources and clear roadblocks, enabling them to achieve and/or exceed their revenue goals + Work with stakeholders in region and in EMEA to align business and drive towards greater mutual growth. + Developing sales strategies to penetrate new accounts, particularly accounts up to 2500 user accounts + Maintain a positive culture that inspires performance and achievement + Instill and maintain a quality and integrity-based sales process with respect to customer interactions + Actively engage, attract and secure top talent + Provide training and ongoing coaching and development to Account Managers + Develop and execute a thorough business plan, including planning for both current and future quarter success + Prepare and present team forecast to executive management + Maintain internal partnerships with various business units including Sales Engineering and Marketing + Become a perpetual student of Proofpoint products, and the ever-changing Cyber Security industry **What you bring to the team** Direct experience of leading high performing inside sales or field sales teams + Must have prior quota carrying sales experience, preferably in security or IT related technology + Strong leadership experience, with a focus on training, coaching and motivation + Expert knowledge of the full sales cycle, from prospecting, cold calling through to negotiation and closing + Experience in solution sales environment, and ideally training/experience in a specific sales methodology such as Customer Centric Selling, the Challenger Sale, SPIN, Meddic. + Experience of driving business through a Two-tier channel model + Ability to function in "Player/Coach" role and assist account executives closing deals + Ability to provide situational coaching and advice and help guide deals to closure + Background selling Security or SaaS products is a plus + Technical aptitude, and ability to learn new concepts quickly + Experience working with Salesforce.com or similar + Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required + Fluent English and French. Additional language also desirable. \#LI-SN2 _If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!_ At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today's advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to: + Build and enhance our proven security platform + Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture + Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel + Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That's why we're a leader in next-generation cybersecurity-and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.