Partner Specialist

CDW

(Chicago, Illinois)
Full Time Travel Required
Job Posting Details
About CDW
CDW is a leading multi-brand technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. A Fortune 500 company with multi-national capabilities, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs approximately 8,600 coworkers.
Summary
The Partner Specialist position supports Account Managers with pre sales questions. The Partner Specialist will have direct day-to-day contact with the sales force and is also responsible for educating Account Managers on the technologies and resources available to them.
Responsibilities
**Key Areas of Responsibility** * Answer pre sales technical or program questions for CDW Account Managers. * Assist Account Managers in providing solutions to their customers. * Educate Account Managers on the products and resources to help them become as self-sufficient as possible. * Review quotes and orders to minimize RMAs and identify potential add-on opportunities. * Work with other departments at CDW to further relationships with customers, CDW, Partners, and Account Managers. * Conduct conference calls with customers. * Obtain relevant industry and/or partner certifications and attend approved outside trainings. * Tracking of sales interactions. **Other Responsibilities** * Provide feedback to CDW Product Management and Purchasing concerning stocking levels and sales trends. * Assist in training of Account Managers. * Identify ways to increase partner profitability through program utilization and solution selling. * Achieve assigned revenue and profit goals that align to company objectives. * Assist partners to execute to the mutually agreed upon strategies between the partner and CDW through sales awareness activities. * Identify tools for increasing Account Manager productivity. * Assist Partners with internal marketing efforts at CDW designed to increase sales. * Concentrate on certain areas of technology driven by partner focus or company technology objectives. * Participates in red carpets and customer meetings as appropriate.
Ideal Candidate
**Minimum Qualifications** * Bachelor’s Degree or 2 years’ experience in technology sales or pre-sales consultation * 1 year experience in sales and/or marketing **Other Required Qualifications** * Strong passion for learning and teaching others * Proven group presentations skills. * Motivated and self starting. * Ability to think creatively and come up with proactive ideas that will increase sales. * Strong problem solving skills * Must be able to communicate effectively and in a constructive manner with management, peers and coworkers. * Concentrate on certain areas of technology driven by partner focus or company technology objectives **Preferred Qualifications** * Experience in technology sales * Relevant partner technical certifications * Experience working in a fast-paced work environment

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