Sr. Channel Account Manager, Johannesburg

Sr. Channel Account Manager

Job Locations ZA-Johannesburg Requisition ID 20069339 Job Category Alliances and Channels Travel Requirements 25-50%

Senior Channel Account Manager - Johannesburg, South Africa (Hybrid)

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We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.

We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here.

About the job

The Alliance and Channel Team is looking for a Senior Channel Account Manager (CAM) based from Johannesburg, South Africa. Supporting both South Africa and the wider Sub Saharan Africa geo, the Senior Channel Account Manager (CAM) is a quota-carrying, revenue-producing role, responsible for building, maintaining, and managing productive and profitable relationships with current and prospective channel partners (SAS Solution and SAS Service Providers) within an assigned territory to successfully achieve channel sales targets.

In this role you'll:

Analyze assigned territory to identify coverage gaps, based on SAS channel product family portfolio and total addressable market opportunity.If applicable, with management support, identify, and selectively recruit new high-potential Partners.Build strong relationships with key Partner stakeholders ensuring SAS significance and commitment.Understand Partner’s business model and prepare business cases to incentivise Partner investment.Set sales targets and key result areas for Partners appropriate to the market opportunity & business plan, ensuring coverage across partner portfolio is sufficient to exceed CAM assigned sales target and objectives.Collaborate with assigned Partners to develop annual joint business plans that define strategies and activities to exceed revenue goals; identifying and resolving Partner performance participation issues before they impact performance.Coordinate the onboarding and the overall ongoing enablement process with Partners to maximize Partner self-sufficient, and value, in selling and delivering SAS.Work with Partners to leverage benefits of distribution program, SAS Global Campaign Initiative, and other key initiatives in support of partners.

Required qualifications:

Extensive experience in Channel Account Management gained over 8 -10 years career in Indirect Sales or Sales. Thorough understanding of all channel sales and partner business models, skilled at recruiting, enabling and managing high performance partners. For this role, it's important to know the local market and industries, stakeholders, customers, and partners.Fluency in English is mandatory. Ability to travel as per business demand.Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, or other relevant discipline or equivalent experience.You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our and influence everything we do.

Please note: Recruitment will be managed in line with SAS’ affirmative action measures in accordance with the Employment Equity Act, and as such candidates from designated groups will be preferred. 

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At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.