Channel Director

Channel Director

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This position reports to

VP, Industrial Channel

Your role and responsibilities

• Owner of the overall channel partner performance to meet all elements of the channel strategic vision, loyalty, commitment and excellence while ensuring the national channel strategy is being executed locally and the program is honored from both sides, documenting any deviations ac-cordingly
• Know and understand channel partners go to market strategy loosely based off affiliations (AHTD, NAED, EASA, PTDA) and their leadership initiatives
• Build executive level relationships with channel partners and within their finance, operations, marketing and sales team to better understand their overall goals and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for the business
• Continually expand relationships with channel sales team members, mitigate risk and build trust to accelerate engagement with their top sales performers by demonstrating strong sales competencies and thorough communication, allowing ABB Channel Directors to lead key pur-suits
• Lead and document in CRM (Customer Relationship Management) monthly channel planning (funnel reviews, forecasting, target account planning) for AVP (Authorized Value Provider), Partner and Performance level channel partners, pushing opportunities ahead
• Participate in VP (Vice President) of Industrial Channel Sales Funnel and Forecasting review process and organize and lead quarterly channel overall performance KPIs target to plan, gaps, trends, actions and engagement (Rebate & MDF tracking) Position is Remote : #LI-Remote

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor Degree (engineering degree preferred) and 10 years of relevant experience working in sales with a technical product OR Associate Degree and 12 year of relevant experience working in sales with a technical product required
• Experience leading channel partners including knowledge of variable speed drives, VFD's, motors, automation solutions, OEMs, and Industrial End Users
• Travel up to 50% in territory required (state of California and Northern Nevada)
• Understanding of customer needs, experience in customer interface, proven track record in exceeding sales targets in competitive markets required
• Strong skills in Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft office platform
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

More about us

ABB Drive Products is a technology leader serving industries, infrastructure and machine builders with world-class drives.

With our products, global scale and local presence, we help our customers to improve energy efficiency, productivity and safety.

Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We all together make the difference for our customers every day.

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