Product Sales Manager- BASIC's BU

Position: Product Sales Manager

Business Unit: BASICs

Group: Amphenol Communication Solutions

Summary:

This role is for Product Sales Manager in the BASICs Business Unit in the West
Coast office. Reporting to Product Marketing Manager for North America you will
be responsible for promoting the Basics product lines to the American market,
setting strategy and direction for the product line to develop sales and
profitability by developing new business opportunities in the region. This role
will own new business opportunities in America, ensure the coordination with
Sales, Business Development and Engineering to win the new business
opportunities.

The ideal candidate must be versatile, with a good blend of business acumen,
technically savvy and be a quick learner with the ability to manage new
responsibilities in a very dynamic environment.

Duties and responsibilities:

identifying new sales leads, target accounts, and target applications
proposing appropriate solutions along with business proposal (example -
quotations)
assisting all relevant stake holders on a sales campaign
developing relationships with the sales and FAE and the customers
having an in-depth understanding of solutions offered and applications
served
promoting and advocating the BU within the sales organization
providing guidance to the engineering, marketing and management on upcoming
market trends, competitive threats, etc. etc.
assist the relevant Product Line Managers with planning, managing, promoting
the product line through the various product life cycle
assist the web developers, and marketing teams with relevant information to
help promote the BU and its solutions; also, attend trade shows
develop business plans for new product investments
some travel involved

Candidate requirements:

Minimum of a BS degree in business, marketing or a technical/engineering
discipline;
At least 5 years of experience in the sales / product marketing / business
development in the I.T. Telecom / Automotive / Interconnect industry
Extremely important to have a "can-do" attitude. Need to have willingness to
"roll up your sleeves" to get the job done.
Excellent interpersonal skills that demonstrate the ability to build
rapport, internally and externally
Highly self-motivated with strong work ethics
Excellent written and communication skills;
Willingness and ability to travel frequently.
Proficiency with Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
Be able to communicate across various time zones, and languages to get the
message across and get what you need.