- • Develop and execute quarterly marketing plans
- • Drive sales growth and expansion across an assigned North America region
- • Create and execute measurable business plans to maximize results
- • Own the sales territory forecast and drive execution with the regional director
- • Execute partner selection, co-selling, activation, and joint business-planning activities
- • Conduct quarterly business reviews with key partners and program stakeholders
- • Lead technical sales training and partner-enablement activities
- • Track and report sales metrics against goals and benchmarks
- • Analyze complex data to develop sales-play recommendations
- • Manage and communicate pipeline status to director- and vice president-level leadership
- • Train and enable HPE Networking internal channel sellers on Mist’s value proposition and business benefits for the midmarket
- • Educate and train Partner Business Managers and Distribution Business Managers on Mist for the midmarket
- • Profile and identify new potential partners
- • Educate distribution and national service provider vendor teams on Mist trends, promotions, and midmarket sales programs
- • Leverage funded business development representatives to engage and educate internal sales teams
- • Present quarterly business updates to management and vice president-level leadership
Requirements
- University or bachelor’s degree; advanced degree or MBA preferred, or equivalent experience
- 8–12 years or more of selling experience at the end-user or channel level
- Experience as a successful account or business manager selling to CIOs and other senior decision-makers
- Knowledge of the IT industry, preferably networking, channel transactional sales, and SMB and midmarket customer segments
- Proven SMB and midmarket end-user sales and/or partner-management experience at regional, worldwide, or country level
- Strong financial acumen and business-management skills
- Strong analytical thinking, technical-analysis, and data-manipulation skills
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation-communication skills
- Ability to manage and influence virtual teams
- Ability to interface effectively with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, channel partners, distributors, service providers, and external stakeholders
- Ability to travel up to 30%
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in developing and executing marketing plans, driving sales growth in the IT networking sector, and managing partner relationships. Proven ability to analyze data for strategic decision-making and effectively communicate with senior leadership.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Sales Growth Strategy
- Partner Management
- Data Analysis
- Technical Sales Training
- Financial Acumen
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Sales Forecasting
- Business Planning
- Channel Sales
- Account Management
- Data Manipulation
- Analytical Thinking
- Presentation Skills
- Technical Analysis
- Sales Metrics Tracking
- Market Analysis
Soft Skills
- Verbal Communication
- Written Communication
- Influencing Skills
- Team Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
Certifications & Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree
- MBA Preferred
Industry Keywords
- IT Industry
- Networking
- SMB
- Midmarket
- Channel Transactional Sales
- CIO Engagement
- Business Development
- Partner Enablement
- Sales Programs
- Quarterly Business Reviews