Channel Sales Manager (16768)
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for selling ANSYS solutions in a specified region through channel partners while exhibiting ANSYS Channel principles.
- Owns the sales plan for specified region.
- Provide hands-on leadership for sales opportunities.
- Gain access and manage relationships with senior level customer executives.
- Coach and motivate channel partner representatives to grow their Ansys selling skills.
- Make joint customer visits, coach channel partner reps, and ensure sales, technical and principal trainings and certifications are performed in a timely manner.
- Provide accurate and timely forecast. Review forecast and pipeline with channel partners on a regular basis.
- Ensure successful implementation of ANSYS Partner Program, including marketing programs, to achieve success and effectively manage and develop the region for future growth.
- Mediate channel partner requests and/or issues: customer pricing, discounting, special offerings, customer concerns such as software performance issues, and assist in development of tactical solution strategies.
- Interface directly with customers to ensure satisfaction with ANSYS solutions.
- Act as a liaison between channel partners and ANSYS Business Units, Marketing, Legal, Finance, and Business Operations to ensure efficient workflows and problem solving.