Head of Sales - 8el (Aggregated Telecom)
Reading, United Kingdom
Head of Sales - 8el (Aggregated Telecom)
Reading, United Kingdom
A succesful management professional with extensive sales experience gained working for major vendors and VARs with a variety of clients both in the UK and in EMEA (Northern and Eastern Europe).
Experience includes :
Strategic partnership development and execution
Strong sales management experience
Strong team building and personnel development skills
Exposure to a variety of clients across all major industry sectors
Major account ownership
Opportunity identification, qualification, risk assesment, negotiation to closure.
New and existing business development skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Flexibility in acquiring new skills and adapting to differing environments
Team player and self motivated
Presentation skills to board level.
Taking new Technologies to the EMEA Market, Channel development, Business Development,
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Responsible for the sales generated within 8el, both account management and new business. Since joining, I have grown sales by 40%, with the emphasis on new business as well as account retention and development. The strategic NGN Callport product, which is an IP-Centrex managed VoIP solution has been launched with just under 2,000 profiles contracted so far. The expectations for 2008 look very positive with substancial growth in NGN leveraging benefits to 8el as an organisation and changing the way in which telephony services are sold.
8el concentrates on the SME Corporate marketplace and offers excellent design, deployment and management of these organisations WAN and ISP requirements.