Channel Account Manager    The Channel Account Manager (CAM) will build and promote the company’s position as the worldwide leader in Unified Threat Management, specifically through the partner community within the assigned territory.  Must be a key contributor to the revenue growth of the region, and manage to the company growth targets.  Accountable for managing all reseller partnerships at Bronze and Silver levels within the guidelines of Fortinet’s channel programs within the geographic territory, spearheading new business development with assigned channel partners. Will motivate, educate and train the partners in the Company’s products and technologies.  The CAM is responsible for achieving sales, revenue and partner recruitment objectives.   Job Responsibilities   <ul> <li>Establish productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned Silver and Gold level partner accounts</li> <li>Build a plan for partner enablement and training in assigned territory for key partners</li> <li>Coordinates the involvement of company personnel, including support, service and management resources in order to meet partner performance objectives and partner’s expectations</li> <li>Assume full responsibility for accurate sales forecasting by demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of sales cycle and update SalesForce accordingly</li> <li>Meet and exceed sales quotas and revenue goals</li> <li>Proactively leads a joint partner planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, critical milestones (e.g. training certification) in conjunction with Distribution resources (sales, support, etc)</li> <li>Ability to work in a high volume low-end and mid-market sector</li> <li>Manages potential channel conflict by fostering excellent communication internally and externally and through strict adherence to Fortinet’s channel program guidelines</li> <li>Drives sales of new technology adoption in assigned territory</li> <li>Proactively recruits new qualifying partners</li> </ul>   Job Experience Required   <ul> <li>3+ years channel sales and territory management in networking or security sectors</li> <li>Experience building business and marketing plans with partners</li> <li>Experience with the Distribution channel model</li> <li>Experience in sales forecasting, opportunity identification and drive to close</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to speak English fluently</li> <li>Excellent presentation skills</li> <li>Candidate must thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment</li> <li>Competitive, self-starter, team player</li> </ul>     #LI-RemoteAbout Us Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network—today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud, or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.