Lead Channel Sales Manager - Irvine or Los Angeles - Full-time / Part-time

CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting, and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice, video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport network.

The Lead Channel Sales Manager is part of the Channel Alliance Sales organization and is responsible for sales and revenue growth in a geographic territory which includes designated Regional Partners, Subagents and branches of National Partners. Our Channel Sales Managers are expected to use consultative selling skills along with a strong understanding of the datacenter industry, network connectivity and hybrid / public / private cloud to consistently achieve quota attainment in the hosting, managed services, cloud and/or colocation business. They are also expected to develop highly productive reseller and referral partner relationships so that partners become self-sufficient in marketing and selling our products. The Channel Alliance Sales Manager will be the Execution Arm of our Partner Program and in addition to recruiting new Partners they will be working with existing Direct or sell thru/with accounts in tandem with those account primes

Responsibilities:

Management of sales opportunities with all designated Partners, providing accurate and updated sales funnel with current status

Management and execution of Partner planning document

Development of territory plan, including documenting recruiting strategy

Meeting with Partners, participation in joint sales calls to customers and assisting the Partner in closing opportunities

An in-depth knowledge of the features and benefits and requirements of the Business Partner Program and the ability to articulate it to Partners along with the value proposition

Assisting Partners in broadening their product expertise and sales opportunities, striving for growth from all associated selling resources

Training partners on Product, Process, Partner & Marketplace

Escalation of any pricing, SLA or other issues as needed

Coordination of Partner access to Sales Engineering, Field Marketing and overlay resources as appropriate

Maintaining an up-to-date sales funnel in Marketplace

Dissemination of all communications and announcements

Coordination of local Partner participation in events and training

Driving product and promotions and programs

Keeping all Partners profiled in Marketplace

Attendance of Shows and conference calls, as designated by management

Reading of all communications and maintaining a high level of knowledge on all products, programs and promotions

Management of all market development fund requests and claims

Accountable for Partner Account relationships

Basic Qualifications:

BA/BS Degree or equivalent experience

Minimum of 5 years of experience selling voice/data, hosting, managed services, cloud and/or colocation solutions to businesses

Regional Travel Required

Must have a valid driver's license and satisfactory driving record required

MS Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous experience meeting and exceeding a monthly sales quota

Presentation skills for both small and large groups

Strongly prefer experience selling and supporting within an indirect channel or partner based sales program for IT Organizations, Independent Software Vendors, PaaS, IaaS, VARs , System Integrators and telecommunications agents

Experience with internal CenturyLink systems

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Alternate Location: Los Angeles

Requisition #: 124211

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