Build strong partnership with distributors to understand their business priorities, goals and operational top of mind
Operations Planning and Execution - tie distributor goals with operational goals to drive improvement towards partner productivity, profitability and experience
Measure performance through key outcome metrics and review progress through quarterly operational reviews
Drive and influence simplification and improvement of tools, processes, capabilities and methods through connected data and insights and by acting as ‘voice of the partner’
Advocate and consult on operational resources, capabilities, tools and processes available to promote partner self-sufficiency
Inform, educate and engage partners on operations processes and changes across commerce and transformation
Must-to-have Skills:
Deep operational knowledge (processes, policies, capabilities, Cisco organization and x-functional teams' alignment)
Deep understanding of client structure, systems, requirements, challenges
Ability to work cross-functionally inside and outside of CLO
Ability to listen and translate customers’ priorities into actions
Good-to-have Skills:
Ability to articulate client sentiments and feedback into actionable insights and problem descriptions
Accountability for client/stakeholder experience and operational performance. Willing to take action to drive satisfactory closures on all open issues.
Ability to understand the breadth and big picture but can also dig into details when needed
Ability to challenge status quo and work towards radical simplification
Insatiable curiosity to understand how systems work, data is organised, can connect the dots of various processes and systems
Analytical skills, for the collection and analysis of data as leading or lagging indicators or to pin-point specific problem areas, and can leverage analytics for problem identification and field problem articulation and data storytelling
Strong communication, presentation and relationship skills. Ability to engage at executive level for regular operational reviews. Ability to manage escalations including at the executive level.
Excellent program management and project management skill.
Fluency in English (both written and spoken) is required for advanced-level communication across diverse teams and stakeholders.
Competencies
Client Centricity - Build strong partnerships with clients to understand their personas, business priorities, goals and operational top of mind.
Experience Design – Develop Ops Plans for clients which tie client goals to operational goals and drive client productivity, profitability and experience.
Operational Advisory - Advocate and consult on operational resources, drive process/tool/support model changes that improve the client experience, promote client self-sufficiency and readiness, coordinates large ad hoc requests or projects eg. Mergers & Acquisitions.
Problem Identification and Solution Adoption- Identify and log operational problems (process, policy and capability) to drive simplification, automation, productivity and experience; drive client awareness and adoption of solutions and enhancements.
Communication Framework - Inform, educate and engage clients on operations processes and changes across commerce and transformation.
Metrics that Matter - Measure performance through key outcome metrics and review progress through quarterly operational reviews.