Channel Account Manager South Africa
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Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
Channel Account Manager
Location: Johannesburg South Africa
The Channel Account Manager (CAM) will build and promote the companys position as the worldwide leader in Cyber Security specifically through the engagement with the partner community in South Africa. Must be a key contributor to the revenue growth of the region and manage to the company growth targets. Accountable for managing reseller partnerships at expert levels in line with the guidelines of Fortinets channel programs within the geographic territory spearheading new business development and strategic engagements with assigned channel partners. Will motivate educate and train the partners in the Companys products and technologies. The CAM is responsible for achieving sales revenue and partner compliance objectives.
Job Responsibilities
- Establish productive professional relationships with executives and key personnel in assigned partner accounts
- Build a plan for partner enablement and growth in assigned territory for partners
- Coordinates the involvement of company personnel including support service and management resources in order to meet partner performance objectives and partners expectations
- Assume full responsibility for accurate sales forecasting by demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of sales cycle and update SalesForce accordingly
- Meet and exceed sales quotas and revenue goals
- Proactively leads a joint partner planning process that develops mutual performance objectives critical milestones (e.g. training certification) in conjunction with Distribution resources (sales support etc)
- Ability to work in corporate environment
- Manages potential channel conflict by fostering excellent communication internally and externally and through strict adherence to Fortinets channel program guidelines
- Drives sales of new technology adoption in assigned territory
Job Experience Required
- 5 years channel sales and territory management in networking or security sectors
- Experience building business and marketing plans with partners
- Experience with the Distribution channel model
- Experience in sales forecasting opportunity identification and drive to close
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to speak English fluently
- Excellent presentation skills
- Candidate must thrive in a fast-paced ever-changing environment
- Competitive self-starter team player
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Company Policies
- Customer Service
- Financial Performance
- Revenue Growth
- Oversight
- Regional Sales
- Account Management
- Project Management
- Product Line
- Ensure Compliance
- Human Resources
- Procedures
- Sales Goals
- Direct Reports
About Company
From the start, the Fortinet vision has been to deliver broad, truly integrated, high-performance security across the IT infrastructure. We provide top-rated network and content security, as well as secure access products that share intelligence and work together to form a cooperativ ... View more
