Global Channel and Sales Enablement Manager

• Set the strategy for internal sales enablement and the external channel, ensuring both are industry leading and reflect B2B best practice

• Partner with the new Global Channel Sales Director to shape a channel programme that balances global consistency with regional market needs

• Own the design and launch of the global channel partner programme, from partner tiering and criteria through to measurement, reporting, training and MDF management

• Sponsor the selection and implementation of a new sales and channel enablement platform with IT, Procurement, Marketing and Sales

• Shape the partner capability agenda with Training, Product and Service teams, from onboarding through to advanced certification

• Direct the creation of partner-facing playbooks and hunting guides that target priority verticals: Mining, Chemical, Pharmaceutical and New Energy

• Establish the governance model for the co-marketing MDF programme, from application and approval through to claims and ROI measurement

• Define the partner reward and incentive structure with the Global Channel Sales Director, Finance and Legal, ensuring it drives the right partner behaviours

• Own the global channel narrative, driving regional rollout and closing the loop on partner feedback

• Set and champion the global sales enablement strategy across the business

• Lead, develop and grow a team of three: Channel Programme Lead, Sales Enablement Manager and Enablement Content Lead

• Owning the channel programme end to end, from strategy and business case through to global rollout and value realisation

• Building consensus across Sales, Marketing, Training, Portfolio, Pricing, Finance, Legal and IT to deliver one consistent global programme

• Shaping the partner value proposition and tiered benefits so the reward structure drives the right partner behaviours and mix

• Setting the enablement platform roadmap and owning the vendor relationship, content strategy and adoption plan

• Diagnosing capability gaps across the partner base and directing the curriculum needed to close them

• Stewarding the MDF investment and approval governance, steering regional marketing teams on co marketing plans and localisation

• Holding the programme to account on performance, partner engagement and return on investment, and acting on the insight

• Driving adoption of the new enablement platform so it demonstrably improves seller productivity and win rates

• Min 10 years’ experience in Channel

• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills with ability to plan over 5-year time span

• Extensive Senior stakeholder management experience

• Strong team management skills

• Ability to work cross-functionally in dynamic and flexible environment Bachelor's degree ideally in business/marketing

• Demonstrated track record of executing channel programmes, preferably in an industrial B2B environment, and be comfortable interfacing with internal/external partners

• Must have a high degree of written and verbal communication and presentation skills in English

• Must have the ability to work cross-functionally in a dynamic and flexible environment.

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