HOD: Enterprise Sales
Vodacom Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Full-Time
3rd November 2020
Role Purpose
- To drive revenue growth in large enterprise and public sector segments
- To be the though leader of enterprise segment driving change and defining best or’ideal’ practice models, methodologies, governance and guidance to direct sales channels
- To build and drive sales transformation programmes for the sales environment across all direct sales channels to deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, productivity and value of the segment across Vodacom
- Provide governance, oversight, and guidance on the successful delivery of wider sales programmes into the large enterprise segment including Vodafone/Vodacom formalised and approved programmes
Key Accountabilities
- Impact on the business/drive segment performance
- Raises performance standards within the large enterprise channel, driving revenue, Total Contract Value (TCV), efficiency & productivity improvements
- Proposes methodologies, systems and practices to ensure highest standards across the segment and adoption of programmes
- Runs change programmes, recommend business tactics to drive implementation and is accountable to monitor outcomes
- Delivers against annual targets on Revenue and TCV while keeping operational expenses of team to budgeted levels.
- Set targets for sales teams and individuals to ensure delivering of budgeted numbers and improving the share of customer wallet
- Ensure product portfolio, sales promotions and sales communications are relevant for sales team, Customers, supplier and third parties
- Personal involvement to win and retain large / complex accounts and develop / maintain strategic customer relationships
- Ensures Net Promoter Scores (NPS) for accounts are met / exceeded
- Responsible for managing relationships, networking and influencing across all Vodacom divisions to Executive level/third parties through day-to-day contact in order to deliver programmes on time and to budget/forecast
Competence, Qualifications & Experience
Leadership and teamwork
- Has a clear documented vision and strategy to evolve the direct sales channel including an annual sales plan
- Makes recommendations to Director on decisions that affect the operational effectiveness of the direct sales channels
- Ensures Sales Teams are motivated and that accounts and opportunities are allocated to maximize revenue growth
- Ensures diversity and attrition targets within sales teams are met
- Helps create new revenue streams from new products, via partnerships and by selling through accounts
Knowledge and experience
- Provide and direct mobile communications 'thought leadership', to the industry sector and internally within Vodacom
- Ensure appropriate training is provided to and completed by all team members and that these skills are applied in daily operations
- Guarantees team’s compliance with Sales methods & tools (i.e. SFDC quality) to ensure alignment with other teams and functions
- Outstanding communicator able to motivate team, build beneficial customer relationships and able to convince internal stakeholders
Technical / Professional Expertise
- University Degree
- 3 yrs+ experience leading sales teams of at least 20 FTE
- Proven Sales Success; min 5 yrs
- Experience with managing budgets of 100ME
- Proficiency in English and at least two other languages
- Good communication skills and sales track record
- Can-do attitude and strong execution skills
- Experience working in multinational matrix organisations
- Ability to think strategically and drive sales transformation programmes
- Deep work experience in Telecommunications / IT Industry
- MBA desirable
Skills
- Selling Business Outcomes
- Digital Selling
- Application of Vodafone Business Sales Core Processes
- Commercial Acumen in the B2B Environment
- Customer Centricity
- Application of Vodafone Business Sales Tools
- B2B Product Knowledge and Proposition Delivery