Fortive

Partner Sales Specialist

Fortive$90K — $120K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Partner Operations, Sales Operations, or Business Operations, ideally in a SaaS or channel-focused setting
  • Strong proficiency in CRM systems, particularly Salesforce, and partner portals
  • Expertise in processing quotes and renewals
  • Proven skills in workflow automation, process design, and optimization
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
  • Demonstrated capability to lead cross-functional initiatives
  • Versatile in operating strategically and tactically within fast-paced environments
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and meet aggressive deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Support and optimize partner operations including recruiting, onboarding, and renewals
  • Continuously improve processes to enhance partner experience and internal efficiency
  • Drive the quote-to-order process for partner transactions
  • Manage workflows for renewals to enhance retention and forecast accuracy
  • Establish proactive management practices for timely renewals
  • Design automated workflows to scale partner support and reduce manual efforts
  • Document and refine standard protocols for quoting and renewals
  • Manage lead tracking and attribution for partner opportunities
  • Serve as liaison for partner portal development and issue resolution
  • Enhance portal usability and partner engagement
  • Refine the onboarding program to accelerate revenue generation
  • Collaborate with Enablement team to develop training content
  • Implement systems to track onboarding performance and effectiveness
  • Partner with leadership on evolving program structures and policies
  • Ensure scalability of systems and reporting for future enhancements

Benefits

  • Dynamic international team environment with global colleagues
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a fast-moving SaaS organization
  • Competitive remuneration and comprehensive benefits package
  • Inclusive culture that values new ideas and allows for meaningful impact
Full Job Description
Partner Sales Specialist

The Role
The Partner Sales Specialist is responsible for managing and optimizing the operational backbone of the partner ecosystem. This role ensures a seamless partner experience across quoting, renewals, onboarding, and lifecycle management, while driving efficiency through process excellence and continuous improvement.

This individual partners cross-functionally with the Partner Team, Deal Enablement, Order Management, Revenue Operations, Technology Partnerships, and Finance to drive operational rigor, visibility, and consistency across all partner-facing processes, while helping operationalize evolving partner program initiatives.

What You'll Do
  • Support and optimize back-end partner operations across recruiting, onboarding, growth, and renewals
  • Continuously improve operational processes to enhance partner experience and internal efficiency
  • Drive the quote-to-order process for partner deals, including coordination across systems and teams to enable fast and accurate execution
  • Manage and optimize renewals workflows to improve retention, minimize churn, and enhance forecast accuracy
  • Establish proactive renewal management practices (e.g., daily/visual management) to prevent late or missed renewals
  • Design and implement automated workflows to reduce manual effort and increase scalability of partner support
  • Leverage the Fortive Business System (FBS), Lean, or similar methodologies to continuously improve processes and eliminate waste
  • Document and evolve standard work for quoting, renewals, and partner operations
  • Manage lead routing, tracking, and attribution for partner-driven opportunities
  • Serve as the primary liaison with technical teams for partner portal development, ongoing management, and issue resolution
  • Drive portal enhancements to improve usability, self-service, and partner engagement
  • Refine and operationalize the partner onboarding program to accelerate time-to-revenue
  • Partner with the Enablement team to develop scalable onboarding and training content
  • Design and implement systems to track onboarding progress, completion rates, and performance
  • Partner with leadership to operationalize evolving partner program structures, policies and requirements
  • Ensure systems, processes, and reporting scale to support future program enhancements


What We're Looking For

Must have:
  • 5+ years of experience in Partner Operations, Sales Operations, or Business Operations (preferably in a SaaS or channel-driven environment)
  • Strong experience with CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) and partner portals
  • Expert in quote and renewal processing
  • Demonstrated expertise in workflow automation, process design, and optimization
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive alignment
  • Ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a fast-paced environment
  • Comfort working in ambiguity with aggressive timelines

Nice to have:
  • Experience supporting channel / partner ecosystems at scale
  • Familiarity with deal registration, renewal management, and partner lifecycle workflows
  • Experience optimizing or scaling partner programs

What We Offer
  • A dynamic, international team environment with colleagues across the globe.
  • Opportunities to develop, grow, and build your success in a fast-moving SaaS company.
  • Competitive remuneration and benefits package.
  • An inclusive culture where new ideas and initiatives are welcomed, and your work has real impact.


Bonus or Equity
This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

About Fortive

Fortive is a diversified industrial growth company comprised of Professional Instrumentation and Industrial Technologies businesses that are recognized leaders in attractive markets. With 2019 revenues of $6.3 billion, Fortive's well-known brands hold leading positions in field instrumentation, transportation, sensing, product realization, automation and specialty, and franchise distribution. Fortive is headquartered in Everett, Washington and employs a team of more than 17,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative employees in more than 50 countries around the world.
Learn more about Fortive
Size
18,000 employees
Market Cap
$22.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.6 billion
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
-0.5%
Revenue
$6.5 billion
NASDAQ

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