BENGALURU: Wipro , one of the top five software services providers in India , is planning to boost its sales team, as the Bengaluru-based company tries to stem a years-long under-performance with growth lagging far behind rivals.IT companies have begun scaling up sales teams to help win larger traditional deals as well as smaller digital mandates. In addition, we are consciously strengthening our sales capabilities across verticals in geographies including the United States, continental Europe and United Kingdom, where we see strong future potential,” Wipro said in a statement. The IT major’s own jobs portal shows a slew of sales positions in markets such as Australia and the Middle East, where restructuring had put clamps on growth. Some of the new roles are being added within Wipro’s strategic sales and geographies group, which is a Bengaluru-based unit that goes after large deals. “Wipro, has clearly struggled when compared against its peer companies when it has come to sales.

Source: Economic Times May 09, 2019 01:07 UTC