Channel Account Rep (Inside)
LenovoMarkham, ontario, canadaUpdate time: April 9,2021
Job Description
Position Description:
About Lenovo:
Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, we are
developing world-changing technologies that create a more inclusive,
trustworthy and sustainable digital society. By designing, engineering and
building the world’s most complete portfolio of smart devices and
infrastructure, we are also leading an Intelligent Transformation – to create
better experiences and opportunities for millions of customers around the
world. Join us in defining our world of tomorrow and creating smarter
technology for all!
Who You’ll Work With:
ISG (Infrastructure Solutions Group) – Lenovo's Infrastructure Solutions Group
is innovating the future-defined data center, today. From the simplest to the
most complex IT environments for all types of workloads, our servers, storage,
networking and solutions help maximize the potential of data centers.
About you:
We are seeking enthusiastic, career-minded professionals to join our Data
Center Group Inside Channel Sales Team. The ideal candidate will be
aggressive, goal-oriented, articulate and possess sound phone skills. The
ideal candidate will be bilingual and have the ability to speak
French/English. A strong personality with the desire to reach high performance
goals is a must.
What You’ll Do:
This role will work with our Channel Partners to develop business across
acquisition accounts in either the public sector, large enterprise or mid-
market segment. This position will be responsible for uncovering
opportunities, selling the benefits of the full Lenovo Data Center Product
Portfolio and selling against the competition. The Inside Channel Account
Representative will assist the Channel Partner with configurations and
quotations for enterprise sales solutions, as well as provide proactive
follow-up, product information and overall support via the telephone. They
will also work with the Channel Programs & 4P team to drive initiatives
including weekly forecast and opportunity management.
The Inside Channel Account Representative possesses enterprise industry
knowledge around x86 solutions, including ThinkSystem, ThinkAgile, Lenovo
Networking and Storage. In addition, this role supports the end user sales
reps in pre-sales activities and post-sales activities as appropriate. Ideal
candidates will have extensive experience in providing both detailed product
presentations and demonstrations via phone, computer, or a combination of both
(Webex, etc). This will be a key task that is perform consistently.
The Channel Account Representative will also be expected to effectively
leverage all internal Lenovo technical support resources and processes to
deliver technical resolutions for required customer support.
Additional Responsibilities:
• Identify/manage resellers and sell to them Lenovo products within a specific
segment and sell benefits of the full catalog of Lenovo products against the
competition primarily over the telephone.
• Generate demand for Lenovo products with targeted resellers.
• Drive targeted marketing activities together with the resellers in order to
increase the sales and achieve the targets set.
• Provide proactive follow-up, product information and overall support to
resellers via the telephone and e-mails etc.
• Manage weekly sales forecasts, use activity reporting and opportunity
management via internal Lenovo tools.
• Responsible for the overall satisfaction of specific resellers.
• Manage and maintain account relationships through various level engagements.
Aid in developing and executing strategies for exponential growth of Lenovo's
business with profit in the Business partners.
• Engage where necessary with extended teams in responding to Business
Partners needs for sales. Track the business with the rest of the sales teams
in Enterprise, product transition plans, and marketing.
#### Position Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:
• A minimum of 1+ years proven track record selling in a technical
environment, specifically in the server/storage/networking space
• A Bachelors degree in a relative discipline
Preferred Qualifications:
• 3+ years of experience
• Experience working with Channel Partners
• General industry knowledge specific to Channel Partners, storage, storage
virtualization, networking, enterprise workload applications, software, and
services required –with particular emphasis selling full portfolio solutions.
• Familiarity with critical ISV partnerships in the Data Center industry
around virtualization, cloud computing and software defined storage offerings.
• Strong communications skills
• Must be a team player, a competitive personality and the ability to manage
complex sales engagements
• Must have an entrepreneurial approach and a drive to achieve
Why Lenovo?
Lenovo is a US$50 billion Fortune Global 500 company, with 57,000 employees
and operating in 180 markets around the world. We are #1 PC company on the
planet, BCG's 50 most innovative companies, and one of Interbrand’s 100 BEST
global brands. Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for
all, we are developing world-changing technologies that create a more
inclusive, trustworthy and sustainable digital society. By designing,
engineering and building the world’s most complete portfolio of smart devices
and infrastructure, we are also leading an Intelligent Transformation – to
create better experiences and opportunities for millions of customers around
the world.
Learn more about why it’s great to work at Lenovo -
https://www.lenovobenefits.com/why-join-lenovo
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any
employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age,
religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis
of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.
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