Sara Klai - Sales Manager, Pinterest

Sales Manager @Pinterest

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Sara Klai is a dynamic Sales Manager at Pinterest, where she leads a team dedicated to driving innovative sales strategies and fostering client relationships. With over eight years of experience in digital marketing, Sara has a proven track record of exceeding sales targets and enhancing brand visibility. She holds a degree in Business Administration. Outside of work, Sara enjoys exploring new culinary experiences, hiking in the great outdoors, travelling around the world and discovering new places and cultures and loves painting abstract nature.

PinterestSMB Agency Existing Business Senior Sales Manager (France & Belgium

Jan. 2023Dublin, County Dublin, IrelandLeading and Managing a high performing team of 13 Agency Partner managers and Agency Account managers who handles full cycle sales activities, including: prospecting/building pipeline, onboarding new advertisers, expanding existing clients and agencies. . Managing KPIs and OKRs, ensuring deliverables are achieved and exceeded quarter on quarter • Partnering across different Sales Teams to align with driving Long-term customer sustainability • Coaching the team to ensure operational excellence (Performance & Productivity) • Motivating and inspiring the team in a goal and results oriented way, while keeping the satisfaction of our partners and platform users our priority. • Implementing actionable plans to improve the Performance of the team quarter on quarter. • Helping members of the team to develop/improve new/existing sales skills. • Providing career coaching/ performance feedback and development opportunities on a regular basis. • Ensuring healthy pipeline and working with the team in order to grow sales and generate more revenue. • Participating in hiring and interviewing process, as well as training and ramping-up of new team members. • Assisting the team throughout their strategic sales cycles by deeply understanding customers needs and mapping them to the value of Pinterest • Regularly reporting on team and individual results through pipeline management and forecasting • Leading the team to achieve and exceed monthly & quarterly targets • Working cross-functionally and collaboratively with internal teams (sales, inside sales, customer success, support teams, marketing, ops, training & onboarding, quality & assurance)

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