Sales Operations Specialist

illumina

Location: Great Abington
Salary:
Closing Date: 02 July 2019
Apply Now
WORK PERMIT:
All applicants must be based in the UK and confirm that they are able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.

Job Description

Play a key role in enabling the sales organisation to achieve strategic initiatives and drive productivity.

Youll have the opportunity to deal with people from a variety of nationalities and cultures by providing operations support to Illumina's European sales team. Working within a small team you will actively improve the productivity, effectiveness, efficiency, ROI and job satisfaction of Illumina sales reps and managers.

Like you, we know the importance your role and offer you a collaborative and supportive environment in which you are actively encouraged to continually develop your own skills and knowledge. If you want to make a difference, Illuminas mission is to improve human health by unlocking the power of the genome - If that inspires you, lets talk.

Youll join a culture fuelled by innovation, collaboration and openness, helping change lives by driving advancements in life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture and other emerging markets. Your new colleagues are all deeply passionate about what they do, knowing that our work has the power to improve lives.

All about the role

Responsibilities will include (one or more of the following):

    Ensure sales team alignment to sales processes, policies and procedures
    Sales administration process improvement projects
    Beta testing and providing feedback on pre-launch sales admin tools
    General sales administration and support functions for Illumina sales reps and managers.
    Responsible for maintaining CRM/SFDC throughout sales cycle
    Support improvement of business processes, systems, and quality checks to enable the fast, consistent, and accurate execution of the sales process
    Proactively communicate best practices, change notices, and announcements to the sales staff and sales leadership
    Provide administration of SalesForce.com and Territory Assignment through liaising with San Diego and European sales team: creating new users, developing roles and hierarchies, creating reports and dashboards, while maintaining strict data quality

All about you

Preferred Experience & Skills:

    Excellent attention to detail, working to a high level of accuracy.
    Good computer skills proficient with Microsoft Office
    Previous experience within a client or customer facing role (e.g. sales, sales operations, customer service or commercial support) is preferred.
    Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills.
    First rate verbal and written communication skills.
    Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with multiple departments to execute mutually beneficial solutions.
    Good organisation and time management skills.
    Ability to work under pressure to targets or deadlines.
    Experience working with Salesforce.com is a plus

All about us:

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), is a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of next-generation life science tools and integrated systems for large-scale analysis of genetic variation and biological function. These systems are enabling studies that were not even imaginable just a few years ago, and moving us closer to the realization of personalized medicine. With the innovative advances in our sequencing technologies, we are rapidly impacting the clinical market in areas such as reproductive health and oncology. The expanding Illumina oncology portfolio of next- generation sequencing NGS and microarray technologies is revolutionizing cancer genomics research. Our customers include a broad range of academic, government, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other leading institutions around the globe.

Illumina has experienced phenomenal growth from $10 million in revenues in 2002 to over $3.3 billion in 2018. Forbes named Illumina #1 on the 2009 list of 25 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in the United States, the second time over a three year period that Forbes ranked Illumina #1 on its list of rapidly growing technology companies.  Illumina was also named #1 smartest company in the world as part of MITs 2014 Technology Review.  As of May 2019, the company has a $45 billion market capitalization.

INDHP

Illumina believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.

PLEASE NOTE:

We strongly recommend that you do not provide your bank account details when applying for a job. If you see a vacancy on Asian Jobsite requesting bank account details please email webmaster@asianjobsite.co.uk