Distribution Sales Manager - Southern Europe
Listed on 2026-09-13
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Sales
Business Development, Sales Manager, B2B Sales
Connect Wise is an industry and Global leading software company with over 3,000 colleagues in North America, EMEA and APAC. As a community-driven software company dedicated to the success of technology solution providers, our suite helps over 45,000 of our partners manage their businesses better, sell more efficiently, automate service delivery, and remotely control technology so they can consistently deliver amazing customer experiences.
Our company is powered by our connections, our colleagues, and our community. And, we accept all kinds.
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We see you and value you for your unique contributions. Our inclusive, positive culture lays the foundation to ensure every colleague is valued for their perspectives and skills, giving you the choice of how YOU make a difference.
Curious? Read this opportunity to learn how YOU can make a difference at Connect Wise!- Fluence in Italian or Spanish is essential for this role.
The Distributor Sales Manager owns the strategic, commercial and operational relationship between Connect Wise and its authorized distributors across the EMEA region, driving indirect revenue growth through strategic distributor engagement and joint business planning for his assigned Distributors. The role is accountable for distributor alignment, performance, enablement, and governance, ensuring each distributor is positioned to successfully recruit, support, and grow MSP partners on the Connect Wise platform.
The Distributor Manager works in close partnership with the Regional Sales Manager (RSM), who leads sell through execution to MSP customers of the distributor. Together, the DSE and RSM ensure a clear separation of responsibilities while delivering a coordinated, high impact two tier go to market motion.
- Own the distributor relationship end-to-end (strategic, commercial, and operational)
- Act as the single point of accountability for the distributor relationship within Connect Wise
- Build and maintain executive-level relationships with distributor leadership
- Define distributor strategy, coverage models, and investment priorities
- Lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and joint planning cadences
- Ensure distributor alignment with Connect Wise’s MSP-first strategy and platform vision
- Align with management on priority distributors, MSP segments, and regional focus areaa
- Own the distributor relationship end-to-end (strategic, commercial, and operational)
- Act as the single point of accountability for the distributor relationship within Connect Wise
- Build and maintain executive-level relationships with distributor leadership
- Define distributor strategy, coverage models, and investment priorities
- Lead quarterly business reviews (QBRs) and joint planning cadences
- Ensure distributor alignment with Connect Wise’s MSP-first strategy and platform vision
- Align with management on priority distributors, MSP segments, and regional focus areas
- Deliver distributor-sourced revenue against EMEA targets across new logos, expansion, and renewals
- Drive ARR growth across the Connect Wise portfolio, with focus on platform adoption and multi-product penetration
- Develop and execute Joint Business Plans (JBPs) with each distributor
- Set distributor-level targets for revenue contribution, MSP recruitment and activation, and portfolio/platform adoption
- Monitor distributor KPIs, pipeline health, and forecast accuracy
- Identify performance gaps and drive corrective action plans
- Ensure distributors are enabled to sell, demo, quote, and support Connect Wise solutions
- Own distributor enablement across sales readiness, technical capability, and support/onboarding motions
- Partner with Channel Marketing to deliver annual joint planning for events, webinars, campaigns, and social activity
- Partner with Connect Wise Enablement, Partner Success, and Product teams to ensure distributors can position the value proposition, sell platform-led and multi-product motions, and support MSP onboarding and growth
- Work closely with the RSM to translate distributor strategy into MSP-level sales execution
- Ensure clear rules of engagement between distributor, RSM, and MSPs
- Enable the RSM with distributor context, capability insights, and…
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