Job Description

Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we’re the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges.

The Partner Investment Specialist fosters relationships with internal stakeholders and partner to develop, deliver and manage investment programs to drive mutual business objectives and desired outcomes. The role is responsible for articulating the unique value proposition of CDW’s investment opportunities across marketing, incentives, and product promotions and align them with partners strategies. The Partner Investment Specialist is also responsible for coordinating program effectiveness reporting and making recommendations to go forward efforts. This role works directly with CDW’s PPM and Sales organizations as well as with partners.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Meet or exceed financial results specific to the roles function and area of responsibility

Deliver an excellent customer experience with both internal and external customers

Develop a knowledge of CDW’s category and partner go to market strategies and funding sources

Proficiently position CDW investment opportunities to both internal and external customers

Uncover, qualify, position, negotiate, and close investment opportunities for in order to achieve CDW’s financial goals

Communicate program results tied to CDW’s investment opportunities to both internal and external customers

Track, analyze, and provide regular updates on assigned book of business to leadership

Achieve quarterly checkpoints for delivering frameworks and effectiveness reporting for assigned top partners

Conduct trainings on Partner Investment process, programs, and tools to both internal and external stakeholders

Analyze data to make business decisions

Engage regularly with assigned partners to maintain an open channel of communication at all times to ensure that CDW and partner stakeholders are kept up to date on any and all issues, initiatives, meetings, and conferences related to a partner's investment at CDW

Identify challenges or risk in the business and escalate to leadership for review

Education and/or Experience Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and 2 years sales/marketing experience OR

6 years’ experience sales, marketing, or CDW PPM 

Required Qualifications

Proficient communication, project management, and organizational skills

Ability to effectively interact and present to all levels of stakeholders

Ability to conduct and favorably close negotiations

Self-motivated with a history of working independently

Ability to build and maintain working relationships

Proven record of multitasking and identifying priorities

Demonstrated financial and analytical skills

Strong attention to detail

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience in the technology industry

Sales incentives experience