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This role combines sales training, coaching, event coordination, and performance development with a growing remit across general learning and development, extending proven enablement practices beyond the sales function.\nThe ideal candidate is an exceptional communicator with a growth mindset, strong facilitation skills, and practical experience applying Korn Ferry methodology to develop talent and capabilities across the organization.\nThe role also requires strong leadership, execution excellence, and project management capabilities to drive multiple strategic initiatives, align stakeholders, prioritize effectively, and deliver measurable business outcomes.\nPRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS\nDesign, deliver, and continuously improve sales onboarding, training, and enablement programs, while extending core L&D offerings (e.g., leadership development, professional skills, general onboarding) to other functions as the role grows.\nFacilitate engaging instructor-led, virtual, and blended learning sessions for sales professionals, sales leaders, and other employee audiences.\nApply Korn Ferry methodologies and principles to support capability development, competency assessment, and career growth across sales and the wider organization.\nPartner with Sales Leadership, HR, Marketing, and subject-matter experts to identify capability gaps and develop targeted learning solutions.\nProvide individual and group coaching focused on selling skills, product knowledge, customer conversations, and performance improvement, with opportunity to extend coaching beyond sales as L&D responsibilities grow.\nCoordinate sales meetings, kick-offs, workshops, and other enablement or learning events, including agendas, logistics, speakers, materials, and follow-up.\nCreate and maintain practical enablement and learning content, playbooks, learning materials, and communication plans for sales and other teams.\nMeasure training effectiveness through participant feedback, knowledge assessments, adoption metrics, and business-performance indicators.\nPromote a culture of continuous learning, accountability, collaboration, and growth across the sales organization and the company more broadly.\nHelp shape and grow the organization’s overall learning and development strategy, positioning sales enablement as one pillar within a broader L&D function.\nCOMPETENCIES\nStrong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to develop talent, build engagement, and drive accountability.\nExcellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and influencing capabilities.\nStrong execution mindset, with the ability to translate strategy into action and deliver results through others.\nEffective prioritization, planning, and decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment.\nAbility to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.\nStrategic thinker with sound business judgment and a continuous improvement mindset.\nAdaptable, resilient, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and organizational change.\nQUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE\nMaster's degree in Business, Human Resources, Learning & Development, Marketing, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered.\n10+ years of experience in sales enablement, sales training, learning and development, commercial excellence, or related capability-building disciplines.\nProven experience designing, delivering, and scaling learning, enablement, or capability-development programs, contributing to a broader L&D function or curriculum beyond sales.\nDemonstrated success coaching and developing sales professionals, leaders, and/or broader employee populations.\nWorking knowledge of Korn Ferry methodologies, competencies, assessment tools, or comparable talent-development frameworks.\nProven track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder programs from concept through implementation, leading teams, external partners, and/or matrixed project resources.\nExperience partnering with senior business leaders to shape capability, talent, and organizational development priorities.\nFamiliarity with learning management systems, sales enablement technologies, and CRM platforms.\nKorn Ferry certification or formal training is desirable.\nExperience working in a global and geographically distributed environment.\nFluency in additional languages is an advantage.\nOTHER KEY REQUIREMENTS / COMMENTS\nSuccess Measures:\nBusiness Impact & Capability DevelopmentImproved sales onboarding experience and reduced ramp-up time.\nDemonstrable improvements in sales capability, coaching effectiveness, and adoption of sales processes.\nSuccessful delivery of learning and enablement initiatives against agreed timelines, objectives, and business outcomes.\n\nLearning Effectiveness & EngagementStrong participation, engagement, and satisfaction across training, enablement, and development programs.\nPositive feedback from sales leaders and business stakeholders on the relevance, quality, and impact of learning initiatives.\nWell-executed sales and learning events that support business priorities, organizational alignment, and capability development.\nStrong stakeholder confidence in the function's ability to execute, prioritize, and deliver against strategic capability goals.\n\nFunction Growth & SustainabilityContinued expansion and improvement of learning and development offerings beyond the sales function.\nDevelopment of a scalable learning and enablement function supported by effective governance, sustainable processes, and strong team capability.\n\nSES and its Affiliated Companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all. 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