Strategic Partner Solutions Business Development Manager

CDW; Illinois; On-site; USD 67,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

CDW is seeking a F5 Business Development Manager to accelerate growth by leveraging our manufacturer partnerships and delivering solutions and services that meet evolving customer demands. You will coordinate with Sales, train on partner solutions, and build a robust pipeline to meet monthly targets.

The role requires strong relationship-building, executive communication, and the ability to influence across functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or six years of work experience in a technical sales/marketing/business development role.
• 6+ years of customer-facing or technical sales/marketing/business development experience in the Sales marketplace.
• Strong customer-facing and analytical skills with a history of building solid relationships with sellers and leadership contacts.
• Proven record of success in identifying new opportunities within existing accounts and exceeding sales targets.
• Proven ability to influence across all functions of an organization.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Sales to optimize and close opportunities, drive enablement and training on key partner solutions, define target markets and accounts, assess current relationships, execute growth strategies, build a long-term pipeline, and forecast against monthly sales targets.
• Develop relationships with sales professionals and leaders internally at CDW and externally at the partner to drive collaboration and results.
• Partner closely with sales to collaborate with multiple stakeholders at the customer to influence final requirements of the target opportunity.
• Serve as subject matter expert for customer visits, presentations, conferences, and webinars in large transaction sales cycles.
• Coordinate with resources to execute NDA’s and Teaming Agreements prior to RFP release.
• Identify trends in customer purchasing patterns and partner technology advancements to capture larger market share.
• Articulate partner value proposition to partners and customers.
• Align with marketing and internal stakeholders to create go-to-market plans for OEM partner strategies and regional events.

Skills

Customer-facing sales

Analytical skills

Influence across organization

Collaboration

Presentation skills

Time management

Communication with executives

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 6 years experience

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

CDW is seeking a F5 Business Development Manager to accelerate growth by leveraging our manufacturer partnerships and delivering solutions and services that meet evolving customer demands. You will coordinate with Sales, train on partner solutions, and build a robust pipeline to meet monthly targets.

The role requires strong relationship-building, executive communication, and the ability to influence across functions.