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Sonia Lamendola

Sales Operations Manager
Milano

Summary

Dynamic Sales Operations Manager with a proven track record at Insight, enhancing sales revenue through strategic operations optimization and team leadership. Expert in sales analytics and fostering a collaborative mindset, significantly improving cross-departmental communication and efficiency. Demonstrated ability to motivate teams and streamline processes for peak performance.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Sales Operations Manager

Insight
01.2022 - Current
  • Analyzed sales metrics to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement in the overall operations strategy.
  • Increased sales revenue by streamlining the sales operations process and implementing effective strategies.
  • Motivated team members by offering constructive feedback during regular one-on-one sessions that foster personal growth.
  • Championed continuous improvement by conducting regular reviews of internal processes to drive efficiency gains.
  • Enhanced customer experience by addressing service issues promptly and professionally, resolving concerns efficiently.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, resulting in improved communication and coordination between departments.

Sales Team Leader

Insight
01.2020 - 12.2021

• Coordinate a team of 5 Inside sales account manager and 3 inside sales associate for the Corporate Team
• Build strategy for the achievement of sales target and goals
• Conducts regular team meetings to set, review and track performance against objectives, provide feedback and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Take action to ensure that all teammates are on track with their performance objectives and that they are demonstrating the required behaviours and attitudes
• Analyze pipeline and forecast monthly and quarterly
• Track all the sales activities and performance
• Build annual sales budget and sales target for each teammate
• Organize training for team

Inside Account Manager

Insight
05.2009 - 12.2019

Produce revenue and Gross Profit in line with current company and individual targets.
• Manage pipeline and forecast business accurately monthly and quarterly
• Understand the client’s organisation, IT strategy and objectives..
• Increase spend per client by adopting a category selling approach.
• Identify opportunities for value added services sales eg: SAM activities, software deployment, migration,
Relevant Working Experience
2
professional services and engage with Insights specialist sales team where appropriate.
• Prospect new clients proposing them Microsoft solution s and licensing, or other main
software brand solutions and agreements
• Reactivate elapsed client
• Actively Participate in product focus campaigns, and promote Alliance partners.
• Interacts with other departments (Purchasing, Licensing, E-Services, Finance, to resolve client
issues
• Solid technical awareness and how that can be applied to potential opportunities within each a
ccount
• Interacts with the main software vendor in order to plan sales activity on top clients
portfolio.
• Negotiace with supplier better cost price in order to win the client with a good offer.
• Attending training in order to improve licensing skills and It solutions and certificate on the
main software vendor solutions and licensing.

Inside Sales Account Manager

Microsoft
01.2007 - 12.2009

• Development of quality sales opportunities and grows revenues
• Builds relationships and rapport with customers and develops an understanding of the
customer’s business to establish credibility.
• Responding to customer queries & complaints
• Opportunity tracking & management
• Engage reseller for sales opportunity and interacts with them for opportunity follow up
• Cross sell, up sell activities,
• Software assurance proposition.
• Managing data quality of Accounts & Contacts
• Maintaining & improving CPE ( customer and partners experience)
• Channel Support

Sales Team Support - Sales Analyst

Microsoft Italy
01.2005 - 12.2007

• Collect data, build, manage, analyze reports and prepare structured presentation.
• Support the management team through analyses ad hoc.
• Plan internal operating procedures
• Interface with the outsourcing vendor in order to communicate new sales activities and provided training .
• Submitting and tracking of purchase orders
• Checking of vendors invoices
• Tracking of ROI
• Balanced scorecard management

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Oriental Languages

La Sapienza
Rome
04.2001 -

Skills

    Sales leadership

    Collaborative mindset

    Pricing strategy

    Sales training

    Pipeline management

    Business intelligence

    Sales analytics

    Problem-solving

    Time management

    Team leadership

    Team motivation

    Active listening

Software

Salesforce

SAP

Office 365

Timeline

Sales Operations Manager

Insight
01.2022 - Current

Sales Team Leader

Insight
01.2020 - 12.2021

Inside Account Manager

Insight
05.2009 - 12.2019

Inside Sales Account Manager

Microsoft
01.2007 - 12.2009

Sales Team Support - Sales Analyst

Microsoft Italy
01.2005 - 12.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Oriental Languages

La Sapienza
04.2001 -
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