What You’ll Do (aka Responsibilities)
- Identify and qualify prospective partners to resell Azul products to their customer base and via a partner program
- Educate prospective partners on the partner program, requirements and deliverables
- Develop opportunities for prospecting and marketing generated leads
- Promptly and efficiently respond to, engage with and qualify inbound leads and inquiries from partners
- Collaborate with sales and marketing team members on strategic sales approaches as it relates to partner productivity
- Develop and execute a strong and effective prospecting plan of attack for new partners in the UK, Ireland and Norther Europe
- Ensure successful follow through of sales cycle by maintaining accurate activity and lead qualification information in SFDC
- Provide in depth information to both the Account Executives and the VP Sales in the region regarding recruitment efforts
- Conduct new partner and ongoing enablement and training using the partner portal
- Maintain accurate and thorough records for partner calls, emails, notes, tasks, demos and other relevant information in compliance with organization policy
- Travel required across the region from time to time
What You’ll Bring (aka Experience, Skills Education)
- Minimum 10+ years' experience in Channel sales working with global top tier partners such as SoftwareOne, Insight, SHI, Logicalis, etc. throughout the UK and Northern Europe.
- Minimum 5+ years' knowledge or experience working with development platforms or development tools.
- Bachelor’s Degree and MBA is a plus
- Any prior direct sales experience will be an advantage as well
- Experience in SFDC and Clari preferred
- Strong verbal and written communications
- Excellent time management and organization skills
- Strong negotiating skills
