Windstream Holdings

Channel Account Manager

Windstream Holdings$80K — $120K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4 to 8 years of experience in co-selling with agents and managing sales funnels
  • 5+ years of experience in new logo generation within Cloud/SaaS/Managed services
  • Proven capability in developing agents for multi-tower solutions like SDWAN/UCaaS/CCaaS/Security
  • Experience in selling solutions across various industries including retail and healthcare
  • Strong skills in funnel progression and forecasting
  • Effective communication skills to interact with executives
  • Ability to resolve conflicts in channel partnerships

Responsibilities

  • Manage channel sales agents to exceed sales quotas
  • Carry a mid-level MMF sales quota
  • Qualify and onboard prospective sales agents
  • Coach sales agents on products and processes to enhance productivity
  • Attend sales calls with end users for qualification and solutions presentation
  • Collaborate with sales agents to strategize on potential sales opportunities
  • Prepare accurate sales proposals and ensure profitability on deals
  • Establish strategies to support the company’s vision for channel partners

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Plans
  • 401K Plan
  • Health & Flexible Savings Account
  • Life and AD&D, Spousal Life, Child Life Insurance Plans
  • Educational Assistance Plan
Full Job Description
About the Role:

As a Channel Manager, you will lead the strategy and day-to-day operations of our channel partnerships. You will utilize a strong understanding of the telecommunications' landscape to navigate both complex business relationships and the technical requirements for implementing channel partners. The Channel Manager seeks, qualifies, trains and manages sales agents to become consistent revenue producers for Uniti Solutions. The Channel Manager position is perfect for an ambitious, motivated leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, energy and confidence.

What You'll Do:
  • Manages channel sales agents to perform at a level of sales at or above quota
  • Carries a mid-level MMF sales quota
  • Meets with prospective candidates and qualify them to become sales agents
  • Coaches and educates sales agents, face to face, regarding Uniti's products, processes and procedures to improve their productivity and results
  • Attends sales calls with end users to qualify and present Uniti solutions
  • Collaborate with sales agents to qualify and strategize prospective Uniti sales opportunities
  • Collaborate with sales agents to provide complete and accurate sales packages
  • Interfaces with multiple departments to ensure delivery of services and ongoing sales agent and customer satisfaction
  • Prepares agent and customer sales proposals and is proficient in meeting sales profitability goals on a per deal basis
  • Establish and maintain a strategy to expand and support the company's vision of serving as the platform of record for channel partners.

Do You Have?
  • 4 to 8 years of experience, co-selling (sell through model) with agents and partners & managing funnels and forecast effectively in this model.
  • 5+ years of new logo opportunity generation experience in a co-selling model in Cloud/SaaS/Managed services experience.
  • Experience developing agents to bring multi-tower solutions that include managed SDWAN/UCaaS/CCaaS/Security.
  • Demonstrated accountability of funnel progression & forecasting efforts managed through agents.
  • 5+ years of experience selling multi-tower solutions across industries like Retail/Retail like, Health care, financial, insurance, non-profit etc.
  • Experience selling cloud solutions like UCaaS and CCaaS, leading with assessment and solving business problems.
  • Sophisticated decision-making skills in resolving complex challenges involving trade-offs between revenue opportunities, resource availability, and overarching strategic objectives
  • Effective communications skills, including the ability to work directly with executives at other companies with polish and professionalism.
  • Conflict resolution skills that can be well applied to solving channel conflicts.
  • Demonstrated ability and strong desire to operate in a team environment

College Degree and 1-4 years professional level job related experience outside, direct sales experience; or 5-8 years professional level equivalent related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. This is a safety sensitive position.

Our Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Plans
  • 401K Plan
  • Health & Flexible Savings Account
  • Life and AD&D, Spousal Life, Child Life Insurance Plans
  • Educational Assistance Plan


Actual base pay for this job will depend on the candidate's primary work location and other factors, such as relevant skills and experience.

About Windstream Holdings

GCI Communication Corp is a telecommunications corporation operating in Alaska. Through its own facilities and agreements with other providers, GCI provides cable television service, Internet access, wireline and cellular telephone service. It is a subsidiary of Colorado-based company Liberty Broadband, a company affiliated with Liberty Media that also owns a 26% interest in Charter Communications, having been originally acquired by Liberty in 2015.
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