Global Sales Strategy and Planning Manager, Consumer Client

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We're looking for an experienced Sales Strategy Manager to join AMD's Global Sales Strategy & Planning team focused on delivering growth in the consumer client business. This leader will be responsible for driving increased market share and revenue through partner incentive programs, analyzing and identifying market opportunities, co-developing GTM strategies with regional leadership/OEMs, building go-to-market KPIs, and ensuring coordinated execution between the Sales, Business Unit, Marketing and Finance teams.

Focused on the creation and adoption of strategic sales plans, this thought leader will collaborate with Regional Sales executives and Business Intelligence teams and Microsoft to deliver an actionable roadmap to support our AMD's goals, supporting our CSO strategy organization with a focus on optimizing Consumer sales planning.

THE PERSON:

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A successful team member should be a proven leader experienced in growing client PC sales. The ideal candidate will welcome challenges and be passionate about finding new ways to succeed.

Business, industry, and sales acumen within the Consumer PC space is critical; familiarity with the dynamics of a sales environment and culture is imperative.

• Program & Budget Management: Experience in successfully managing large sales incentive and marketing programs
• Strategic Approach: Leadership across the Consumer PC business, where you'll be looked to as the SME for GTM strategy. Having a pulse on the market, a deep understanding of the sales cycle/processes and a proven track record of structuring and conducting analyses to generate insight and recommendations to increase sales/market share.
• Follow Through: The ability to power through daily challenges to execute and finish the job. Ability to achieve quick results within established timelines.
• Execution: Ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously and grow them to completion, with a wide range of stakeholders and tight timelines. This is a fast-paced role that requires quick action, constant communication, and never-ending drive for improvement.

• Communication: Outstanding interpersonal and presentation skills; able to connect with a wide range of audiences, including executives, customers, and non-sales organizations such as finance, marketing, and legal to convey key information in an easily understood message.

• Guide dynamic design of compelling incentives from inception, financial modeling/approvals through to system requirements for all partner types
• Develop KPIs and communicate incentive performance to stakeholders at all levels
• Engage regularly with business partners, marketing, legal, and the business unit to ensure programs are adequately funded and operating optimally
• Expand AMD's business in Consumer PC, working with Sales, Marketing and Partners to grow AMD's volume through a combination of product, sales, and marketing improvements
• Analyzing market data and creating reporting that leads to go forward strategies
• Create the business planning framework to build business goals, align on go-to-market activities & investments, and track measurement of critical metrics
• Execute sales strategies for targeted growth in the Consumer PC Market, through collaboration with regional sales and marketing teams
• Oversee and track sales programs and budgeted investment dollars
• Strike the balance between influencing the desired behaviors across the sales team, while enforcing governance and good disciplines when required

• INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: proven experience in program management, partner development, or sales roles in the Consumer PC market
• PAST ROLES: Consumer Sales, Sales Strategy, & Business Planning
• CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: Microsoft, OEM, Retailer, Distributor

BS/MS MBA in business or equivalent working experience

Austin, Texas

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