Director - Operations, Planning & Strategy , base Singapore

Title   : Director - Operations, Planning & Strategy  Company : Cisco Systems
Req No  : E845166                                     Location: SINGAPORE
Level   : Experienced - Manager                       Category: Sales        

Reporting to the VP of Asia Sales, the Director, Operations, Planning and Strategy would manage the sales operations, planning and strategy in a complex environment which comprised of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea, all of which in various stages of development and maturity.

Key responsibilities include:

• Drive operational effectiveness throughout the entire region: account planning adoption,sales process enhancement (SFDC), forecast accuracy, segmentation and sales productivity etc.
• Set up Asia’s first Business Council and driving business transformation through
• established governance, work norms and protocol.
• Establish a tight alignment with the Theater and the corporation. Be seen as the advocate of driving all Theater and corporate governance and disciplines related to the operation.
• Enable both long term and short term planning of the Asia Sales region.
• Collaborate with vertical leaders, Country Managers and Finance in review of the weekly sales commit number through funnel management.
• Work with APAC Strategy, Operations and Planning organization to build and refine
• systems for long term operational excellence.
• Work closely with HR and Finance to advise on resource allocation.
• Troubleshoot operational issues and processes impacting sales.
• Partner with Sales Enablement organization to ensure that correct training programs are deployed to up-skill the sales teams
• Ensure support the achievement of all operational goals and objectives.