Cisco Leader Solutions Engineer 

China, Shanghai 

206271831

This is an ideal position for someone who has proven leadership skills as well as industry and technical expertise to advance their career in management.
• Recruit, hire, train, and retain top technical talent who are able to work in a dynamic environment.
• Coach and develop staff; provide performance management, development planning, salary planning, and technical training.
• Plan, organize, and direct the activities of a variety of Corporate and non-sales support groups to ensure the finalization of customer system needs.
• Continuous self-development with regard to fast-paced and changing technology to ensure state-of-the-art readiness to apply diverse solutions to customer's requirements.
• Develop relationships with customers, vendors, partners, and corporate service organizations to manage successful implementations that allow customers to gain competitive advantage through use of our technology.
• Plan, organize, and direct the activities of a variety of Corporate and non-sales support groups to ensure the finalization of customer system needs.
• Develop an infrastructure that creates an environment for Channel and Ecosystem Partner development and builds a closer SE/Partner relationship at all account levels
• Responsible for focusing on major opportunities, expanding territory business, and driving critical account situations to resolution.
• Driven to grow customer satisfaction.

• Develop Country sales and business plans.
• Collaborate with worldwide systems engineering and product engineering teams.
• Advise development organizations on trends and product direction.• 15+ years related experience in the technology industry and 5+ years management experience and demonstrated leadership of technical pre-sales teams.
• Cisco product experience and/or relevant experience with competitive offerings.
• Pre-Sales experience required.
• Typically requires BS/BA (EE/CS) or equivalent.
• Understand and be conversant about company, its solutions, and product strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Solid knowledge and experience of customer management practices.
• In-depth understanding and experience in management of all aspects of sales support processes.
• Excellent communication skills to assist at the Customer Management Interface level, including negotiation and presentation skills.
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Excellent conflict resolution and team-building skills.
• Demonstrate ability to manage professionally diverse employees through mentoring, coaching, and skill development.
• Ability to establish clear objectives and direction for the team.