Channel Manager

AppHelp by AppDirect; West New York (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AppDirect in the United States is seeking a Channel Sales Manager to win, maintain, and expand relationships with Technology Advisors in their territory. You will own partner relationships, coordinate cross-functional teams, and meet sales targets to drive profitability and growth.

You will lead joint planning with partners, align resources, and manage communications to ensure customer success, while traveling as needed to develop strategic partnerships.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of channel sales experience in B2B sales.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Familiarity with Google G Suite, Salesforce.com, and business software applications.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Able to analyze data and identify opportunities and risks.
• Travel required.

Responsibilities

• Owns and expands relationships with assigned Technology Advisors.
• Establishes professional relationships with key personnel in advisor accounts.
• Coordinates involvement of engineering, support, and management to meet partner objectives.
• Meets targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives.
• Leads joint partner planning with mutual objectives and milestones.
• Sells through partner organizations to end users with partner sales resources.

Skills

Channel sales

Relationship management

Sales analytics

Negotiation

Communication

Travel

Team collaboration

Product knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Google G Suite

Salesforce.com

Job description

About AppDirect

Become a digital, global citizen and enable the new generation of digital entrepreneurs around the world. AppDirect offers a subscription commerce platform to sell any product, through any channel, on any device - as a service. We power millions of subscriptions worldwide for organizations. We do this by our values-driven culture - one that enables you to Be Seen, Be Yourself, and Do Your Best Work.

Become a digital, global citizen and enable the new generation of digital entrepreneurs around the world. AppDirect offers a subscription commerce platform to sell any product, through any channel, on any device - as a service. We power millions of subscriptions worldwide for organizations. We do this by our values-driven culture - one that enables you to Be Seen, Be Yourself, and Do Your Best Work.

About You

The Channel Sales Manager wins, maintains, and expands relationships with assigned Technology Advisors in their territory. The Channel Sales Manager is responsible for achieving sales, profitability, and partner recruitment objectives. The Channel Sales Manager owns the partner relationship and represents the entire range of company products and services to assigned partners.

What You'll Do And How You'll Make An Impact

• Owns the relationship with assigned Technology Advisors in their territory.
• Establishes productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned Technology Advisor accounts.
• Coordinates the involvement of AppDirect personnel, including engineering, support, service, and management resources, in order to meet partner performance objectives and partners’ expectations.
• Meets assigned targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives in assigned Technology Advisor accounts.
• Proactively leads a joint partner planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones associated with a productive partner relationship, and documents in Technology Advisor account plans.
• Proactively assesses, clarifies, and validates Technology Advisor needs on an ongoing basis.
• Sells through partner organizations to end users in coordination with partner sales resources.
• Manages potential channel conflict with other firm sales channels by fostering excellent communication internally and externally, and through strict adherence to channel rules of engagement.
• Leads solution development efforts that best address end-user needs, while coordinating the involvement of all necessary company and partner personnel.

What You’ll Need/Assets

• Bachelor's degree
• 2+ years of channel sales experience in a business-to-business sales environment.
• Advanced knowledge of industry software and hardware terminology and concepts.
• Outstanding collaboration and communication skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer-facing, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to effectively position and contrast competitive solutions to the customer.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• Familiarity with Google G-suite, Salesforce.Com, and various business software applications.
• Ability to analyze data and find opportunities and risks.
• A positive attitude. Regardless of the circumstances; you take ownership and focus on achieving the best outcomes.
• Travel required.

What You’ll Find At AppDirect

At AppDirect, we believe that innovation thrives in an environment that houses diversity of excellence, experience and thought. We respect each AppDirector as their own fingerprint; unique with no one alike. We foster an environment of inclusion without regard to race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity enabling AppDirectors to embrace their uniqueness to do their best work. As such, we strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities.

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