APPSMART Channel Manager Salary in the United States

The Channel Manager wins, maintains, and expands relationships with assigned channel partners. The Channel Manager is responsible for achieving sales, profitability, and partner recruitment objectives.

The Channel Manager represents the entire range of company products and services to assigned partners though may focus on a specific solution or product set if focused in a partner vertical market.

Responsibilities

• Establishes productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned partner accounts.
• Coordinates the involvement of company personnel, including 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 partner accounts.
• Proactively leads a joint partner planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones associated with a productive partner relationship.
• Proactively assesses, clarifies, and validates partner 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.
• Ensures partner compliance with partner agreements.
• Drives adoption of company programs among assigned partners.
• Proactively recruits new qualifying partners.
• Achieves assigned sales quota in designated partner accounts.
• Meets assigned expectations for profitability.
• Completes partner account plans that meet company standards.
• Maintains high partner satisfaction ratings that meet company standards.
• Completes required training and development objectives within the assigned time frame.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities         

• Knowledge of advanced strategic sales techniques.
• 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.

Minimum Education and Experience        

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field.
• Ten (10) years of channel sales experience in a business-to-business sales environment.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Physical Demands

• Some travel required.
• Work is performed in an office setting.
• Must own reliable transportation and be capable and willing to travel to appointments where necessary.