Channel Account Manager

4 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa f5 Full time

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

At F5, our mission is based on the fact that businesses depend on apps.

At F5 we actively build a culture that everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. As a global business leader, we know diversity drives innovation, makes everything we build better for our customers, and fuels our success. We know the magic ingredient is our differences, when embraced with humility and respect. And because we know this, we believe that top talent is found in a diversity of individual backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to help us all thrive.

As part of our growth, we are now searching for a talented Channel Account Manager to join us in South Africa. You’ll be a recognized and talented performer in this role with high energy, self-reliance and take ownership of your numbers and how you execute selling to customers in your territory.

We’ve detailed some of the finer points on the role below. Take some to read through and we look forward to speaking with you about this opportunity.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for increasing revenue in region/territory/district through identifying, recruiting and developing opportunity generating partnerships with Partners (Value Added Resellers (VARs), Large Account Resellers (LARs), system builders and distributors). Ensure that VAR partners are operating as an extension of F5's direct sales team through effective sales and technical training, demand generation marketing efforts and mutual business planning.

**Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
- Sales Training - partner with the F5 sales team to coordinate sales training opportunities; ensuring partners have the tools to selling F5 solutions and understanding business transaction (including deal registration and other processes)
- Pipeline Management - Ensure Partners (VAR’s, LAR’s, System Builders and Distributors) and field sales reps and management are working together in the sales process, lead generation, registering opportunities, accurately forecasting revenue and tracking to required revenue goals established by their discount tier.
- Relationship Management - developing strong top to bottom relationships throughout the partner organization, ensuring partner compliance with the F5 Advantage Partner Program and fostering working relationship between the F5 sales and technical teams and the partner sales and technical teams
- Resolve business problems associated with partners relationships; including but not limited to deal registration, service renewals and credit issues
- Marketing/Demand Generation - Identifies, in conjunction with Partners (VAR’s, LAR’s, System Builders and Distributors), new sales opportunities leveraging F5 marketing funds when necessary. Manage channel marketing funds to ensure event and partner success
- Business Planning - Develop top partner and territory activities using business and territory planning templates. Ensuring that partner is able to effectively position F5 as best solution to customer such as, common sales objectives, training initiatives, marketing activities, evaluation gear strategy, certification opportunities and developing accurate profiles of the partners business
- Foster sales engagements between Strategic Partner sales force and F5 sales force
- Special Projects/Reporting - working on strategic initiatives as established by channel management and reporting business issues/opportunities as requested by channel and/or executive management
- Manage distribution relationships in the field
- Leverage all F5’s resources to maximize opportunities with Strategic Partner
- Utilize relationships with strategic Business Development partners in the field
- Identifies new sales opportunities with current channel partners
- Develop territory activities with partners
- Manage and execute quarterly marketing budget to support account strategy
- Develop relationships with new channel partners
- Create and execute awareness and training programs for sales force
- Perform other related duties as assigned

**Qualifications**:

- BA in Marketing or Business or relevant experience
- A number of years experience in technology sales in a channel environment
- Experience in marketing in a technology organization
- Experience in two-tiered and direct channel resale models
- Background in software/hardware sales and distribution - with large Software, Hardware, and/or Networking Companies
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