Sales Readiness Specialist
About this role
Job Summary
As an Optimum Sales Readiness Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring the successful execution of sales readiness initiatives across the Optimum Consumer and Business Sales organization, including Contact Centers, Field Sales, Retail Sales, Digital Sales, SMB (Small-to-Medium Business), Enterprise, and the Optimum Market Structure. This role also supports readiness initiatives for B2B Care and Retention, helping frontline teams deliver exceptional customer experiences.
In this highly collaborative role, you will coordinate and execute readiness activities that prepare sales teams for new product launches, service enhancements, process changes, and strategic initiatives. Working closely with Sales Readiness Managers and cross-functional business partners, you will help develop training materials, communications, launch support plans, and operational documentation that enable successful execution across the organization. You will become a trusted partner to business stakeholders by ensuring readiness deliverables are accurate, timely, and aligned with business objectives while continuously identifying opportunities to improve processes and the seller experience.This position is ideal for a highly organized, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys collaborating across multiple teams.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate the execution of sales readiness initiatives supporting product launches, offer changes, system enhancements, process updates, and strategic business priorities.
- Support project planning activities by tracking milestones, documenting action items, identifying risks, and ensuring readiness deliverables are completed on schedule.
- Develop and maintain readiness documentation, including launch guides, job aids, communications, FAQs, presentations, and operational playbooks.
- Partner with Training, Communications, Product, Sales Operations, Marketing, Compensation, Reporting, and Technology teams to gather information and ensure readiness materials accurately reflect business requirements.
- Assist in developing and delivering presentations for frontline sales teams, leadership meetings, roadshows, and virtual learning sessions.
- Monitor launch readiness activities and provide post-launch support by identifying issues, documenting lessons learned, and recommending process improvements.
- Build strong subject matter expertise in Optimum products, services, offers, sales processes, and operational procedures to support frontline success.
- Maintain readiness trackers, dashboards, project documentation, and status updates to ensure stakeholders remain informed and aligned.
- Analyze business information and frontline feedback to identify trends, knowledge gaps, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Support the creation of sales communications that simplify complex business information into clear, actionable guidance for frontline employees.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure training, communications, reporting, compensation impacts, and operational readiness activities remain aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
- Assist with readiness governance activities by maintaining documentation standards, tracking project outcomes, and supporting reporting needs.
- Use Excel and other business tools to organize data, maintain offer matrices, and create simplified reference materials for frontline teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by identifying opportunities to streamline readiness processes, improve communication effectiveness, and enhance the overall seller experience.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, Education, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- 2-4 years of experience in Sales Operations, Sales Enablement, Training, Project Coordination, Communications, or a related business function, preferably within telecommunications or technology.
- Working knowledge of sales processes and customer engagement principles.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate information to diverse audiences.
- Strong organizational and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Ability to work collaboratively across multiple departments and build effective working relationships.
- Experience developing presentations, documentation, communications, or training materials.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Teams.
- Familiarity with CRM systems, learning management systems, knowledge management platforms, or similar business applications.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail.
- Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Demonstrated initiative, accountability, sound judgment, and commitment to delivering high-quality work.
Company at a glance
News 12 Networks is the New York tri-state leader in hyper-local content - providing exclusive news, weather, traffic, and sports to 7 unique local areas, all within the #1 television DMA. Owned and operated by Altice USA. While today the 24-hour news cycle is well established, News 12 Long Island was the FIRST local channel to provide around the clock local news, and the first to give Long Island a channel specifically targeted to their local issues. From that same model, 6 additional channels were launched as part of the hyper-local network, in New Jersey, Westchester, the Bronx, Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley (Rockland and Orange Counties), and Connecticut.
As an award-winning service, beloved by its customers, and tops in viewership metrics, News 12 Networks is more relevant than ever. A cable-exclusive service, proudly affiliated with Optimum, Charter, Comcast, and Service Electric, the network reaches more than 3 million households, covering nearly half of the New York television market. News 12’s digital and interactive division provides hyper- local news “on the go” with services on mobile, desktop, and OTT, exclusively for affiliated cable customers.
News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Altice USA.
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