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Vice President International Sales (f/m/d)

NFON

NFON

Sales & Business Development
Munich, Germany
Posted on Jul 31, 2024
Your Mission
The Role:

As VP of Sales, you will have a multifaceted role that includes leading the sales team and overseeing field marketing for our entities in Austria, Poland (plus minor activities in Eastern European countries), Italy, Spain, and France. In this role, you will report directly to the Chief Revenue Officer of NFON AG. You will be responsible for all sales and sales marketing activities at these locations and provide strategic guidance to the executive management.

The work you‘ll do:
  • Developing and implementing a new strategic direction for sales in those markets
  • Leading and developing high-performing sales and field marketing teams through coaching, mentoring, and training
  • Taking responsibility for achieving sales targets, lead generation and continuously improving sales success
  • Cultivating relationships with key customers, identifying new business opportunities, and ensuring an excellent customer experience
  • Analysing and optimising sales and field marketing processes to enhance efficiency and productivity
  • Conducting market analysis to understand customer needs, identify competitive advantages, and recognise trends
  • Managing the sales and field marketing budget and ensuring financial goals are met
  • Providing strategic advisory to the headquarters management
  • Coordinating sales activities across those locations
  • Fostering a positive company culture and contributing to achieving company goals resulting in increased turnover
Your profile
  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Creative thinking ability
  • In-depth knowledge of the market and competitor analysis
  • Proficiency in the English language
  • Charisma, strong ability, and habit of motivating employees
  • Dynamism and flexibility
  • Resilience and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Minimum of two years' experience in similar roles
  • Master's/MBA degree in economics or related field
  • Experience in NFON's core business
  • Willingness to travel at least 50% to locations, partners, customers
About us
NFON who?
We’re NFON. A leader in pan-European provider of integrated cloud business communication and active in 18 countries. We’re born in the cloud, built as a start-up but now grown up.

What we do…
Think of us as an outstanding communication system for companies in Europe. Making complex things simple can be a daunting challenge. We know that. However, communication should be simple, intuitive and hassle-free. That is why we provide cloud communication solutions to satisfy today the needs of tomorrow. Our more than 55,000 satisfied customers throughout Europe show that we're doing a pretty good job.

How & why we do it
We enable our employees to experience smarter workflows. All our people have the opportunity to thrive at NFON. But it's their own decision. NFON offers all kind of tools to reach your optimum but it's what you make out of it. You do not like long processes – design your own with your boss. You want to mingle with your colleagues? Join one of our countless employee events.
Diversity is at our core.
NFON is a
n equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.