Job Description

GE Lighting, a Savant Company Consumer Sales Organization has an exciting opportunity for a Sales Operations Manager to be on the forefront of our efforts to lead the lighting revolution with Lowe’s.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

In addition, you will :

• Work alongside GE Lighting sales team leaders to define quarterly objectives, standardize business reporting, and create dashboards for sales executives
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and Product Management to help accomplish the account’s goals & initiatives
• Directly enable forecasting processes supporting the Lowe’s sales team
• Provide reporting that inform sales reps, managers and leadership on historical results, current performance, and expected results in the future
• Manage the Sales Operations process to enable sales team productivity
• Proactively identify bottlenecks in the sales process and find ways to reduce them to make the sales machine run faster
• Ensure effective and efficient use of salesforce.com including administration, user setup and adoption
• Manage metrics/analytics programs to help sales leaders make data-backed business decisions
• Improve our sales process through the implementation of better measurement and execution
• Drive tactical planning throughout all levels of the organization closest to the customer
• Execute business process improvement initiatives
• Work cross-functionally to support all item listings internally and with the customer via a third-party solution provider
• Lead all aspects of product activation and maintenance to ensure data quality and a seamless online presence
• Directly manage the GE-Lowe’s sales team Co-op (summer internship) program

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, marketing or related field from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 5 year of experience Sales, Supply Chain, Product Management or related field
• Minimum of 2 years of Microsoft Excel Experience (including pivot tables, pie charts, etc.)
• Strong organizational skills
• Have owned the end-to-end process of tracking the sales process and conversion rates through the sales funnel
• Built reports that inform sales reps, managers and leadership on historical results, current performance, and expected results in the future
• Motivated self-starter, with strong leadership and problem-solving skills
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Highly customer centric with the ability to professionally and accurately deliver results
• Experience working in a team environment where the performance of others affects personal success

Additional Information

Bold cutting-edge innovation is in our DNA as our history dates back nearly 130 years to Thomas Edison and the invention of the world’s first lightbulb.  We owe our success to our diverse and hardworking employees.  Our company will grow by continuing to create a transparent and collaborative environment where people thrive while being themselves and are inspired to do their best work every day. To ensure this happens, we provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon merit, competence, performance, and business needs, without regard to protected characteristics.  We seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. 

GE Lighting, a Savant Company does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Savant and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.