Sensata Technologies

Channel Account Manager

Sensata Technologies

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $97,100 - $133,430 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • The Channel Account Manager plans, develops, and executes channel partner programs to expand our customer base in targeted vertical markets (areas include Sales, Marketing, Asset Management, Operations)
  • Maintains sales budget responsibility for assigned distributor accounts but remains supportive of entire channel program
  • Organizes and conducts corporate distributor meetings; coordinates the involvement of necessary Sensata personnel including support, service and management resources
  • Collaborates, builds rapport, and negotiates with channel partners
  • Gathers and utilizes market data to gain competitive advantages
  • Maximizes and deepens engagement with channel partner centralized and/or specialized selling and technical teams
  • Drive field sales activities through collaboration on training, distribution report cards, and territory analysis
  • Provides analysis and insight, and direction for distributor product selection and maximization of inventory investments
  • Coordinate implementation of product specific co-operative marketing programs and campaigns
  • Facilitates and leads website/intranet content audits for accuracy & completeness (landing pages, branding, marketing content, product ordering information, customer tools, product attributes, pricing, supplier positioning)
  • Assist in events planning, including Channel Summit, Electronics Distribution Show, distributor hosted training opportunities
  • Voice of the Customer; share distributor feedback (supplier scorecards, best practices) internally at Sensata to improve service levels and ease of doing business
  • Contributes to Channel Policy and Procedure maintenance & adherence and any related internal or external communication
  • Maintains and submits on a regular basis all required reports as deemed necessary by Channel Sales Manager

Requirements

  • A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience
  • Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
  • Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
  • Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
  • Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
  • Holds self-accountable to achieving goals and standards
  • Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers
  • Advanced in Excel and Power Point
  • Learning, training, teaching experience in technology product environments
  • Upselling/cross-selling, brand awareness sales skills
  • Approximately 30% travel, including some weekend and international travel