Jabil

Communications, Networking and AI

SeniorDirectorofSales

$235–422k San Jose, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Senior Director of Sales at Jabil. Skills: Sales strategy, Customer relationships, Silicon ecosystem, Data center switching. Generate sales from new customers. Generate sales from existing customers”

What You'll Achieve.

Achieve key financial measures; Achieve profitability targets; Achieve RONA targets

Industry & Context.

Communications, Networking and AI
Problems you'll solve

Solve practical problems; Deal with concrete variables

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10-15 years experience, 10+ years in photonics, Ability to read, analyze, interpret and communicate regarding common scientific and/or technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents, Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community, Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors, Advanced PC skills, Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume, Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry, Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists, Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form, Proficiency in use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and e-mail skills required

Nice to Have

MBA and EE preferred, Prior contract manufacturing sales experience highly preferred, Multilingual preferred

What You'll Do.

Generate sales from new customers

Generate sales from existing customers

Ensure customer trust

Ensure customer satisfaction

Maintain contact with customer at executive level

Focus on strategic nature of relationship

Develop target customers

Define sales strategy

Develop sales strategy

Implement sales strategy

Develop trust with customer

Qualify new potential customers

Develop understanding of workcell strategies

Develop understanding of business unit strategies

Work with Business Development for quote development

Work with Operations for quote development

Work with legal groups for quote development

Work with Business Development for contract development

Work with Operations for contract development

Work with legal groups for contract development

Provide updates to VP of sales

Provide updates to marketing team

Prepare timely forecasts

Provide expense budgets

Compare forward forecast results to historical actual results

Create customer penetration strategies

Create product penetration strategies

Deploy penetration strategies for new accounts

Interpret customer requirements

Communicate customer requirements

Develop services to support new customers

Develop operational capabilities to support new customers

Develop services to support business opportunities

Develop operational capabilities to support business opportunities

Present formal presentation

Ensure key financial measures are achieved within each

Ensure profitability targets are achieved

Ensure RONA targets are achieved

Promote Jabil’s capabilities

Promote Jabil’s footprint

Promote Jabil’s services to new customers

Lead commercial negotiations with new customers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Guidance from Sr. Management; Guidance from Sector VP’s; Guidance from Business Development; Work with Business Development; Work with Operations; Work with legal groups; Work with Sr. management; Work with marketing team

Communication Scope

Present information to top management; Present information to public groups; Present information to boards of directors; Formal presentation

Process & Methodology

Change management

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