Business Development, AWS Public Sector - West

The Ideal candidate will have experience in Public Sector preferably AWS motions in the channel with a partner or a distributor .

The BDE will be managing a book of AWS PS partners either wholistically or shared with another team member that has the commercial side of the house.

Travel : 25-40% travel / Will meet with partner stakeholders and will attend AWS events that Ingram Micro is a part of as a rep for the business

The Business Development Executive is focused on driving depth and breadth across a category solution and existing partner base utilizing data insights to identify growth opportunities to deliver on Ingram Micro's goals and

outcomes across a category/vendor(s). Your focus will be on cultivating strong relationships with partners and vendors, identifying new business opportunities, and executing sales strategies to retain and expand market share. This role requires a deep understanding of the platform industry, exceptional negotiation skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve category objectives.

- Category Strategy: Develop and execute a category strategy to drive growth and new business development within the category. Identify emerging trends, customer needs, and potential market opportunities to shape

- New Business Opportunities: Identify and pursue new business opportunities within existing partners, including strategic partnerships, alliances, and end-customer acquisition motions, to expand the category's offerings and market reach.

- Vendor and Partner Relations: Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key vendors and strategic

partners. Negotiate and secure favorable terms and conditions to ensure mutual success and accelerate category growth.

- Market Analysis: Conduct in-depth market research and analysis to stay ahead of market trends, competitor activities, and emerging opportunities. Utilize data-driven insights to make informed decisions and guide category acceleration efforts.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with various internal teams, including sales, marketing, product management, and operations, to align strategies and accelerate new business development.

- Customer Engagement: Engage directly with key existing customers to understand their unique needs and challenges. Leverage Customer feedback to drive product improvements and deliver exceptional Customer

- Product Portfolio Expansion: Work closely with the product management team to identify opportunities for product expansion or development to meet existing customer demands and capitalize on market trends.

- Xvantage Expertise: Drive insights and actions for reseller partners and vendors. Identifies opportunities to increase usage of the Xvantage platform for both reseller partners and vendors.

- Solution Selling: Focused on a category / portfolio of vendors to build a full solution (vs a specific vendor); Assigned to a vendor, group of vendors and/or accounts.

- Strong understanding of strategic selling principles, order management, project management, and operations.

- Advanced knowledge of Ingram Micro's solutions, products, services, and value proposition.

- Proven success in growing and maintaining year-over-year sales results.

- Skilled in negotiations, closing sales, coaching associates in high performance culture, and order management.

- Effectively able to manage profit and loss concepts and forecasting.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to present in both technical and non- technical

- Ability to: demonstrate business and financial acumen, use influence effectively to drive ideas and initiatives with internal and external partners, multi-task, respond to rapid change, manage projects, manage detail,

manage relationships and resources, and set realistic and achievable goals/objectives and timelines.

- Ability to travel is required - conduct in person customer engagements on regular basis.

A high school diploma (or equivalent) required, bachelor's degree preferred. Minimum of six years previous strategic, outside sales, account management experience (preferably in a related industry), or four years of technology or distribution experience in a sales or customer service capacity.

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $58,000.00 - $98,600.00 per year.