Avanade - Sales Operations Specialist

Critical services include:
• Coordination of review and approval meetings.
• Support sales reporting/analysis and forecasting.
• Support internal sales processes/tools and education around those for sales teams.
• Drive sales excellence best practices.
• Support sales governance cadences & execution against plan with a focus on sales forecasting, pipeline health management, sales performance, and data driven sales insights.
• Support the execution of the sales planning cycle.
• Drive continuous improvement and transformation.

This position reports to Sales Operations Leadership, Senior Managers, Managers, or Associate Managers.  Note that depending on your specific responsibilities you may also be aligned to and take direction from business leadership role(s).

Primary responsibilities include:  
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Be an individual contributor with ability to recognize and seek guidance on competing priorities.
• May supervise and be a people lead for a small team with oversight from a supervisor.
• Help create and execute low to medium complexity workplans.
• Interact confidently with senior leadership within sphere of responsibility.
• Provide input into the creation of operational processes.
• Demonstrate knowledge of supporting tools and processes, with expertise in specific area of responsibility.
• Have an understanding of where and how Sales Operations fits into the bigger Avanade & Accenture picture.

Knowledge & Skill Requirements:
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English – this role requires a confident communicator and team player with robust interpersonal skills and a “can-do” attitude
• Ability to work under minimal supervision and guidance, learning new responsibilities quickly
• Ability to work virtually with diverse individuals
• Excellent teaming, team-building, collaboration, and facilitation skills
• Excellent organizational / time management / data management skills 
• Analytical skills; collects, researches and interprets data
• Highly proficient in following and applying processes, quickly learning Avanade & Accenture Sales processes and being able to recognize and apply them (previous familiarity preferred)
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
• Prioritizes and plans work activities with a high degree of personal organization and the ability to supervise/coach/mentor these skills in others
• Highly proficient in Microsoft applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, IE, Outlook), particularly Excel 
• Understanding of finance concepts for a services company