Storage Brand Partner Specialist- Ohio

With 1st class skills in developing and cultivating professional relationships, you'll establish trusted advisor status with your assigned 'Sell' partners. You'll develop partner plans for assigned key partners, which identify strategic growth areas, revenue objectives, enablement goals, and define key milestones to measure success.
A natural collaborator and networker, you'll be the lynchpin between partner engagements and IBM's breadth of capabilities (e.g., Hybrid Cloud Build Team, Technical Sellers, Expert Labs, Marketing) as you experientially co-create on demos and prototypes that compel clients to invest in IBM's products, services, and people.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
Engagement with Local Sales Teams and Partners: Engage local country/market sales teams, Digital Sales teams, Marketing, and technical teams to activate joint go-to-market plans for high-value engagements and opportunities.

Partner Enablement and Collaboration: Activate partner capabilities and capacity by implementing skills enablement plans, co-marketing strategies, and leveraging promotions and incentives at both the partner firm and seller level.

Collaboration for Results: Collaborate with others to deliver results, making a meaningful contribution to both immediate and third-party teams, while prioritizing group needs over individual ones.

Negotiation for Commitment: Negotiate to successfully secure commitment to solutions while maintaining integrity and relationships with internal teams, external partners, and clients.