Channel Account Manager, Reseller

**Job Category **:Alliances & Channels

**Job Details**:
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We are looking for a highly motivated leader and teammate to join the Alliances and Channels team to design, launch and support aggressive plans to strategically grow our Channel Resell partnerships in ASEAN.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Act as a liaison between Salesforce and our reseller partners to build, maintain and handle relationships with current and prospective partners
- Support all facets of partner development, including: partner identification and recruitment, sales campaign creation and execution, relationship building, developing launch activities, validating partner value proposition, assessing partner competencies, driving certifications, and managing incentives and benefits
- Play a proactive role in the development of our reseller partner ecosystem and reseller program as both grow and evolve
- Work closely with partner / direct sales, marketing, product, business development, and strategy to design the go-to-market plan and drive execution of related activities
- Provide consistent partner management to ensure that our Reseller partners are developing their sales, pre-sales and post-sales capabilities in line with Salesforce strategy
- Liaise with and motivate individuals at all levels of the partner relationships
- Initiate and conduct/coordinate sales, pre-sales, product readiness and post-sales training events
- Serve as internal ambassador and champion for CRM resellers
- Co-develop and execute partner marketing plans and events in conjunction with internal and partner resources

**Qualifications**:

- 2+ years experience working with SI partners or OEM, VAR, and ISV channels
- 8+ years in direct sales in the enterprise software industry
- Outstanding knowledge of partner development approaches to seed and grow software partner businesses
- Experience working with multiple Sales teams driving and building the partner ecosystem
- Ability to think strategically and develop compelling plans for new partner initiatives
- History of successfully developing and leading multiple strategic partnerships
- Working knowledge of Salesforce technology and SaaS, PaaS, and aPaaS markets
- Experience creating and building differentiated relationships with Reseller partners
- Strong knowledge and network/references from partners and contacts in ASEAN

**Knowledge/Skills/Experience**:

- Sound business acumen skills; thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
- Excellent spoken and written communication, interpersonal, relationship building skills
- Highly motivated and independent contributor
- High energy, enthusiasm, and passion for the business
- Presentation skills
- Ability to communicate at the executive level
- Comfortable working with multiple internal teams, from individual contributors to senior executives, as well as building/maintaining executive-level relationships with clients, partners, etc.
- Willing and able to travel in Asia Pacific, 50% + travel. Flexible to work remotely, as required.
- Strong ethical approach

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