Partner Sales Manager

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COMMERCIAL SALES ACCOUNT MANAGER 2

The Role

We are looking for a Channel Account Manager to be part of the Commercial sales team. This role is customer-facing and will be responsible for building AMDs commercial systems channel business in support of our customers commercial PCs, servers, and professional graphics. You will be responsible for driving business development with Distribution, NSP and VAR partners by evangelizing AMD technology, building sales programs, enabling sales teams through training, and managing executive relationships. 

The Person

A sales professional with a passion to build lasting relationships with internal and external customers. A person who can influence, lead, inspire a team of professionals to achieve and surpass goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand the customers business goals and requirements; foster relationships and manage customer expectations to mutually aligned business goals with AMD
• Educate partners on AMD technologies and solutions; may be brought in by partners to help sell AMD technology in OEM products to end customers 
• Create and implement sales and marketing programs to grow AMDs business within the channel
• Manage executive relationships between partners and AMD. 
• Establish and maintain account plans to promote sales growth. 
• Achieve assigned quota for AMD products
• Be a strong advocate for the customer internally to AMD, reporting and resolving customer issues
  
  
  

• An established background and relationships with IT product distributors, NSPs, VARs, and OEMs (eg. Dell, HP, Lenovo)
• Ability to influence and project-manage global, cross-functional teams. 
• Executive presentation skills to multiple stakeholders: customers, analysts, technical experts and business leaders
• Willing to travel up to 50% of the time
  
  
  

• Bachelors or Masters degree in related discipline