Sophos is a global security company founded in 1985. Sophos provides its clients with a wide range of products consisting of corresponding encryption, endpoint,
Channel Sales Manager – with Leadership Responsibility
Location
Germany
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Channel Sales Manager – with Leadership Responsibility
Sophos
• Lead the team through necessary and contemporary changes related to the company’s strategic goal to be a next-generation cybersecurity leader • Recruit, mentor, and manage a team CAEs in the allocated region • Execute channel-sales and go to market strategies • Identify requirements for Sophos in this part of the market • Achieve bookings quota to achieve company goals • Provide accurate forecasting • Develop the key-partners handled by the CAEs to the next level and assure proper growth as well as selling of next-gen solutions, especially Cybersecurity as a Service • Structure our channel Right: Use and know your metrics: unrenewed rate, BOD, ARR, white space list etc • Increase Channel knowledge by regular training, workshops, webinars • Push New topics / growth enabler like MSP and Cloud – new routes to market • Ensure tight management of partner programme requirements through the CAE Team: 100% program adherence, revenues and certification, renewals, active business plans etc., understand what partner's Business and customer set is • Success Measurement: Accelerate revenue and channel growth; persistent communication with stakeholders in all relevant departments to collect right and appropriate Information, ensure close teamwork of the CAE team with Inside-Sales as well as direct touch teams especially with the enterprise Team; promotes and supports the exchange of knowledge and best-practice-sharing between the different channel teams in EMEA Central.
Job Requirements
- Several years team leadership experience
- Working experience in 2-tier channel business, knows how this works, able to operate all tools in the background: Partner Portal, Partner Contracts, On boarding of partners, business plans for partners
- Experience in working with partner, customer and internal C- level executive contacts
- Experience in Sales Operations / process optimisation
- Working in a commercial IT environment
- Channel Sales experience
- Outstanding “can-do” nature that enjoys overcoming objections and challenges.
- Excellent organizational skills with ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks.
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Understanding of sales and order process
- Understanding of software license and hardware products
- Financial Acumen, Ability to understand & forecast recurring revenue model (added)
- Knowledge of Salesforce, PowerBI
- Willingness to travel in Region
- Fluent in German and English
Benefits
- Sophos operates a remote-first working model
- Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
- Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
- Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
- Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
- Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
- Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
- Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
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