Sales Manager
Date: 8/13/2009
Position Type: Full Time

Start Date: November 9, 2009

Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Provide sales/marketing leadership to the business in developing strategic sales and growth plans and coordinating their execution.

• Provide sales/marketing and customer insight input and guidance to the leadership team.
• Partner with other functions (technology and engineering) to identify how technology can act as an enabler and differentiator of business strategy.
• Build and maintain a project portfolio with appropriate balance of:  resources spend per product; mature vs. growth products; reactive vs. proactive technology.

2. Facilitate efforts to translate customer needs into innovative products and customer solutions.

• Function as the business senior representative in building and maintaining strategic customer relationships.
• Translate industry/market trends into new opportunities and solutions for existing and new customers/markets.
• Understand customers' needs and partner with other company functions to develop technology solutions to meet them.

3. Provide functional leadership of a high-performing sales/marketing organization.

• Provide leadership and talent-management across the sales/marketing group(s) of the business.
• Develop goals and measures for Sales/Marketing effectiveness in the business.
• Implement systems and tools that optimize effectiveness within the sales/marketing function.
• Lead and implement key people processes such as compensation management, engagement, performance-management, career-development, job descriptions, selection and training for Sales/Marketing employees.  
• Align and optimize the deployment of Sales/Marketing and Technology resources within the Business functions, as well as leveraging non-FlamencoNets/External resources.

4. Innovate, advise and implement quality solutions that enable the strategic business plan including research, development, applications, technical service, intellectual assts and regulatory activities.

• Predict and develop concepts for products, systems and technologies to meet customer expectations.
• Effectively manage the intellectual assets of the business.
• Enhance sales/marketing job family effectiveness through collaboration, knowledge capture and sharing.
• Identify, coordinate, align, and hold accountable internal functional resources and external resources.

• B.S. (IT, science, business) required. 
• Strong business/technology background required with 3-5 years relevant experience.
• Demonstrated leadership, strategic capabilities and management experience in business and/or technology. 
• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.  
• Experience with cross-functional and multi-cultural teams.
• Ability to translate industry/market trends into new opportunities and solutions for company growth.
• Experience in managing complex projects.

Other:
A criminal conviction check and negative controlled substance test are required for employment in this position.

Application Instructions:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a cover letter and resume to the Director of Human Resources, FlamencoNets, careers@flamenconets.com on or before Tuesday, September 1, 2009.