It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.Corporate OverviewProofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint.The RoleAs a Deal Desk Supervisor, you will act as a trusted advisor to the Sales Organization with everything Deal Desk related, essentially providing various pricing techniques and strategies to ensure competitive and profitable company pricing targets.You will also support in testing and enhancement of systems and tools to help streamline and automate the quoting process.As a leader, you will scale the team for business growth and provide daily guidance to your direct team of analysts.This position is a prime opportunity for someone looking to grow their career as an entry level people leader, while working directly with a broad range of organizational stakeholders in finance, sales and product organizations. Your day-to-day Be a primary contact for both the internal Deals Desk and Sales team, as well as a point of escalation for all topics relating to quoting and pricing approvals. Provide guidance and support to direct team members for growth and development. Review, approve and escalate quotes within the CPQ tool, as needed. Drive communication with cross-functional departments that may have a direct impact on quoting to ensure audit, company guidelines and expectations are followed. Manage and track quotes to ensure the team’s standard SLAs are met to scale business growth and train analysts. Ensure updates are effectively communicated within internal and external teams. Upkeep of Salesforce Reports and Dashboard. Review Team Territory Assignment to scale and optimize operations. Identify areas of improvement and possible solutions. Hands on developing SOPs and maintenance of resources. Partake in system and tool enhancement to streamline processes. Complete side projects to help meet department overall goals, as needed.What you bring to the team Self-motivated with a knack for being detail oriented while in a high-pressure environment Strong people/customer service skills Ability to think outside the box, while understanding and enforcing standard pricing strategies Basic understanding of revenue and auditing requirements Excellent analytical skills and enjoys working with numbers Solid MS Office and Computer skills – knowing how to create formulas in Excel a plus Experience with leveraging Salesforce as quoting and CRM database. People Management Experience a plus Bachelor’s Degree or experience in Order Entry, Sales Operations, Deals Desk or Pricing AnalystWhy ProofpointProtecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpointIf you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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