What you will do The Channel Development Specialist proactively maintains ongoing relationships with key customers and sales staff, supporting the sales process with issues identification and resolution, marketing communications, training, data analysis and reporting, etc.  The Channel Development Specialist will report to the National Sales Manager for the Source1 Parts business and will interact extensively with the Source1 Parts Customer Service, Marketing, Materials Management, Operations, and Warranty Administration teams and with the BHC equipment sales team(s) for their assigned channel(s). The Channel Development Specialist will proactively identify parts sales opportunities within their base and work with the Source1 Account Manager in helping to secure these opportunities.How you will do it  You will proactively maintain positive, personal relationships with customers and internal staff. Regularly contact customers to support customer parts goal achievement, identify and develop sales opportunities, and resolve service issues. Create and distribute frequent customer-facing communications and occasional presentation materials. Follow up with customers on sales and marketing initiatives. Train customers on system tools (esp. Solution Navigator and Go Temp Pro applications). Fulfill occasional field requirements for customer-specific ad-hoc sales and performance reporting, recommended to stock lists, marketing collateral materials, etc. Periodically review open order reports and otherwise proactively identify and resolve issues before they are raised by customers.Occasional travel (<5%) may be required for training, customer or industry events, joint sales visits with outside sales team members, or independent sales visits.
