Why you should apply for a job with CDW Corporation:
CDW Corporation is on FGB’s Best Tech Companies for Women of 2019.
FGB'ers gave this company an overall job satisfaction of 4.5/5.
FGB’ers working at CDW Corporation rated their manager’s support at 4.7/5.- 88%of reviewers say women and men are treated equally at CDW Corporation.
- 91%of reviewers recommend CDW Corporation to other women.
- 92%of reviewers say the CEO supports gender diversity.
CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers.- Offers tuition assistance, industry recognized certifications and free online learning tools.
- Offers competitive compensation and profit sharing, along with 401(k) plans, financial management tools and our own credit union.
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The Partner Specialist position supports Account Managers with presales questions. The Partner Specialist will have direct day-to-day contact with the sales force and is also responsible for educating Account Managers on the technologies and resources available to them.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- Answer presales technical or program questions for CDW Account Managers
- Assist Account Managers in providing solutions to their customers
- Educate Account Managers on the products and resources to help them become as self-sufficient as possible
- Review quotes and orders to minimize RMAs and identify potential add-on opportunities
- Work with other departments at CDW to further relationships with customers, CDW, Partners, and Account Managers
- Conduct conference calls with customers
- Obtain relevant industry and/or partner certifications and attend approved outside trainings
- Tracking of sales interactions.
Other Responsibilities
The Partner Specialist may also be responsible for any of the following activities, based on specific role:
- Provide feedback to CDW Product Management and Purchasing concerning stocking levels and sales trends
- Assist in training of Account Managers
- Identify ways to increase partner profitability through program utilization and solution selling
- Achieve assigned revenue and profit goals that align to company objectives
- Assist partners to execute to the mutually agreed upon strategies between the partner and CDW through sales awareness activities
- Identify tools for increasing Account Manager productivity
- Assist Partners with internal marketing efforts at CDW designed to increase sales
- Concentrate on certain areas of technology driven by partner focus or company technology objectives
- Participates in red carpets and customer meetings as appropriate
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or 2 years' experience in technology sales or pre-sales consultation
- 1 year experience in sales and/or marketing
Other Required Qualifications
- Strong passion for learning and teaching others
- Proven group presentations skills
- Motivated and self starting
- Ability to think creatively and come up with proactive ideas that will increase sales
- Strong problem solving skills
- Must be able to communicate effectively and in a constructive manner with management, peers and coworkers
- Concentrate on certain areas of technology driven by partner focus or company technology objectives
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in technology sales
- Relevant partner technical certifications
- Experience working in a fast-paced work environment
Need convincing? Let's review CDW Corporation's best features:
- CDW Corporation is on FGB’s Best Tech Companies for Women of 2019.
- FGB'ers gave this company an overall job satisfaction of 4.5/5.
- FGB’ers working at CDW Corporation rated their manager’s support at 4.7/5.
- 88%of reviewers say women and men are treated equally at CDW Corporation.
- 91%of reviewers recommend CDW Corporation to other women.
- 92%of reviewers say the CEO supports gender diversity.
- CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers.
- Offers tuition assistance, industry recognized certifications and free online learning tools.
- Offers competitive compensation and profit sharing, along with 401(k) plans, financial management tools and our own credit union.