Channel Partner Manager - Northern Europe
Itron
- Ireland
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Prepare a compelling pitch to onboard carefully selected channel partners in your markets.
- Identify, contact, pitch, sign, and onboard new channel partners to support the budget plan.
- Work closely with the local sales team and regional leadership to synchronize efforts and deliver impactful initiatives as a team.
- Establish account plans for key accounts, in alignment with the Itron sales, presales and marketing teams & financial objectives.
- Ensure proper execution of the account plan and business activities for all key partner accounts in your region aligned to the partner lifecycle. Such activities include:
- Cultivate and sustain strong relationships with partners, collaborating closely to achieve shared goals.
- Foster engagement within the channel community, addressing conflicts and challenges promptly.
- Track and report enablement progress of your accounts to share progress in the region.
- Drive excellent program hygiene through CRM (Salesforce) and PRM (IMPartner).
- Share key learnings & adopt best practices with your peers in other regions.
- Market Monitoring: Stay abreast of industry trends, competitor activities, and market conditions to inform strategic decisions.
- Experience in Channel Partner Management (5-10y) linked to program management.
- Proven track record of setting up account plans and delivering them successfully.
- Excellent collaboration skills in an international environment and matrixed organization.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, ability to build positive relationships, and engage across all levels in the organization.
- You are energetic, methodical and get things done.
- You have a passion for bringing people together to outline the path to success and shepherding the team to achieve these goals.
- Positive outlook and collaborative mindset.
- Fluent in English