Channel Sales Executive - Netherlands

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Channel Sales Executive – Storage, Virtualisation, DR Back Up Software

An excellent opportunity for a Channel focused Sales Executive, with experience of selling enterprise storage, virtualisation, disaster recovery and business continuity software for an award winning globally recognised start up based in the Netherlands. Have you a demonstrable track record of achieving sales targets selling to through and with the channel community into the corporate end user for a small or start up company? Then we would like to hear from you.

Type: Permanent
Location: Amsterdam
Salary: €55k OTE €110k uncapped plus Pension

As a Channel Sales Executive – Storage, Virtualisation, DR Back Up Software, you will be working closely with the country manager and existing direct sales and Pre Sales team, to achieve sales targets working with the existing Channel Partner community. Our client has an established channel partner (including distribution) community in place and now needs someone who is sales driven, passionate and motivated to achieve to join them.

Responsibilities for the Channel Sales Executive – Storage, Virtualisation, DR Back Up Software will include (but not limited to):

• Work with an existing Channel partner community to sell to, through and with them, to the corporate end user. We are not looking for an end user sales specialist but someone who has sold to the end user with partners.
• Plan and execute a channel sales strategy working with and utilising the support from the country manager, field sales, marketing and pre sales colleagues in the region.
• Focusing on our clients enterprise-class disaster recovery and business continuity software specifically for virtualized data centers and cloud environments.

Skills required for the Channel Sales Executive – Storage, Virtualisation, DR Back Up Software include (but are not limited to):

• Candidates must have Channel, Partner, Vendor or Distribution experience, specifically within the Storage, Virtualisation, DR or Backup software markets.
• If this experience has been gained with a smaller company or start up, then that is an added benefit.
• Must be fluent Dutch and English speakers.
• Current working knowledge of working in Amsterdam / Netherlands / Benelux region.
• Ideal candidate will likely be educated to Degree level, have in region of 5 – 6 years experience within the IT sales sector, specifically within the Channel, Partner community.
• Self motivated, hard working and team player.
Please contact us for further information.