Lenovo ISG (Data Center) Business Development Manager – Vertical Market

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Job Summary

The Lenovo ISG Business Development Manager is responsible for accelerating growth within the Vertical Markets business segment, including Healthcare and Financial Services, by leveraging our manufacturer partnership to provide solutions and services to customers that meet their evolving business demands.

What you will do

• Own the development, execution, measurement, and reporting of a strategic business plan aligned to both CDW and Lenovo objectives, specific to the Vertical Markets business segment.
• Design and drive scalable, repeatable, and measurable growth strategies, leveraging technology and data-driven tactics to track performance and clearly communicate business impact.
• Partner with Sales to optimize and close opportunities through enablement and training on key solutions, target market and account identification, relationship assessment, pipeline development, and forecasting against monthly sales targets, while providing subject matter expertise on creative pricing strategies to support successful deal execution.
• Develop relationships with sales professionals and leaders internally at CDW and externally within Lenovo to build relationships and drive collaboration between both organizations
• Support opportunity-driven customer engagements in close partnership with sales, influencing requirements and outcomes by engaging executives, program leaders, technical stakeholders, and procurement.
• Act as the lead subject matter expert for customer-facing engagements and as a central point of connection to cross-functional SMEs and resources, supporting execution across large and complex sales cycles.
• Identify trends in customer purchasing patterns, partner technology advancements, and broader industry developments, translating insights into actionable plans that enable sales teams to capture a larger share of business.
• Effectively articulate Lenovo’s value proposition to CDW sellers, partners, and customers, while also representing the CDW value proposition to Lenovo sales teams to drive alignment and results.
• Partner with CDW marketing leaders and internal PPM stakeholders to create a go-to-market plan supporting Lenovo partner strategies and regional events.
• Coordinate with appropriate resources to execute necessary legal and financial agreements, such as NDA’s and Teaming Agreements prior to RFP release.

What we expect of you

Basic Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or six years of work experience in a technical sales/marketing/business development role
• 6+ years of customer-facing or technical sales/marketing/business development experience in the Sales marketplace.
• Strong customer-facing and analytical skills with a history of building solid relationships with sellers and leadership contacts.
• Proven record of success in identifying new opportunities within existing accounts, building new accounts for the partner, and consistently exceeding sales targets.
• Proven ability to influence across all functions of an organization.
• Demonstrated collaboration behavior with excellent facilitation and negotiation skills.
• Strong critical thinking skills with demonstrated ability to find solutions while working independently.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and in a constructive manner with executives, management, peers, and coworkers.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities/projects, meet deadlines, facilitate change, and delegate responsibility.
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to travel at least 25%

Preferred skills, experience, and qualities needed

• Experience working with vertical market clients
• Familiarity with datacenter environments
• Candidates located in the Chicagoland area

Pay range: $65,000 - $75,000, depending on experience and skill set 
Annual bonus target of 100% subject to terms and conditions of plan 
Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/ 
Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials

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