Mgr Sales Support
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Team Leadership & Oversight
Manage and mentor a team of Sales Support Representatives in Pune, India. Set performance goals, conduct regular reviews, and foster professional development. for direct reports and recommend personnel actions. Perform other personnel functions in accordance with company policy and legal requirements.
Manage and mentor a team of Sales Support Representatives in Pune, India.
Set performance goals, conduct regular reviews, and foster professional development. for direct reports and recommend personnel actions.
Perform other personnel functions in accordance with company policy and legal requirements.
Sales Operations
Oversee the Sales Support team’s accurate and timely processing of key transactions: Cost proposals and quotes Sample orders Implementations/gratis Dropship requests Order revisions and updates Case creation and resolution workflows Other sales transactions
Oversee the Sales Support team’s accurate and timely processing of key transactions:
Cost proposals and quotes
Sample orders
Implementations/gratis
Dropship requests
Order revisions and updates
Case creation and resolution workflows
Other sales transactions
Process Optimization
Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of Salesforce, SAP, Sales Hub, and Customer Care platforms. Identify and collaborate with the senior director of sales support to implement improvements in SFDC workflows to reduce errors and increase efficiency. Ensure compliance with internal approval processes and discounting rules.
Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of Salesforce, SAP, Sales Hub, and Customer Care platforms.
Identify and collaborate with the senior director of sales support to implement improvements in SFDC workflows to reduce errors and increase efficiency.
Ensure compliance with internal approval processes and discounting rules.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Customer Service, and Order Entry teams to resolve issues and streamline operations. Act as a liaison for escalations and complex transaction scenarios with the Sr. Director of Sales Support.
Partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Customer Service, and Order Entry teams to resolve issues and streamline operations.
Act as a liaison for escalations and complex transaction scenarios with the Sr. Director of Sales Support.
Reporting & Analytics
Monitor KPIs related to transaction volume, turnaround time, and accuracy. Provide regular updates to leadership on team performance and operational bottlenecks.
Monitor KPIs related to transaction volume, turnaround time, and accuracy.
Provide regular updates to leadership on team performance and operational bottlenecks.
Documentation & Training
Maintain SOPs and training materials for SFDC transaction processes. Lead onboarding and continuous training for new team members.
Maintain SOPs and training materials for SFDC transaction processes.
Lead onboarding and continuous training for new team members.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in sales operations or support, with 2+ years in a managerial role.
- Strong proficiency in Salesforce (SFDC), especially in quoting, case management, and order processing modules.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word and Excel), and ERP systems (NetSuite, SAP, etc) is a plus.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with sample logistics and drop ship coordination preferred.
- The Information Technology organization is transforming to realize our mission: Become a leader in HMH’s digital transformation, and as a strategic partner, innovate and deliver highest value, competitive advantage solutions across all corporate and business functions. Our ambition is to be a digital leader through innovation and develop and deliver leading edge technology such as robotic process automation and artificial intelligence to solve some of HMH’s greatest operational business challenges. Our professionals will have business relevant skills to connect our HMH partners to technologies that propel the businesses to deliver the greatest value for HMH and our customers.
- We are building a team of IT professionals with an insatiable appetite to learn, a relentless focus on customer service, a technological curiosity toward future possibilities, and a creativity in solving business challenges with leading technologies. Our team will find ways to work together, create a sense of community where it’s safe to take risks and learn together, develop our careers, and all have an opportunity to work on new technologies. We will work together, learn together and have fun together. As a team, we will lead HMH’s digital transformation.
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