Associate, Partner Relations

Country: United States of America

USA Job Family Description: Identifies and pursues new sales prospects within existing or untapped markets. Gathers market intelligence, generates leads, and develops proposals/campaigns to garner new business, ensuring a consistent flow of new revenues to the company. Uses knowledge of markets, industries, and clients to determine demand, future trends and potential projects. Works pre-developed lead lists to generate business and identify new customer prospects. USA Job Function Description: Responsible for client relationships, including attracting and retaining new clients and strengthening current relationships. Activities include maximizing cross-sales opportunities through customer profiling with the ultimate goal of cultivating interest in other business banking products. Provides support to help clients coordinate solutions, manage accounts, obtain advice and administer services. Ensures customer questions and issues are answered correctly and efficiently by documenting and identifying trends in customer service needs. Resolves and oversees customer issues surrounding consulting, information, and software services, solutions and products. Makes presentations to potential clients and contributes to the achievement of sales targets. Essential Functions/Responsibility Statements: Prepares and conducts meetings in accordance with the partnership agreement. Monitors and reports SLA’s defined in the partnership agreement. Coordinates with customers and vendors as needed. Develops and manages Partner Relations direct reports in line with corporate objectives. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: Business, Marketing, Sales or related field or equivalent field. Req Work Experience: 5+ Years Demonstrable history of success in a relationship-based sales position Req Skills and Abilities: Ability to develop competent, timeline-focused business plans with partners that show mutual compromise and investment in business partnerships Excellent communication skills; confidence in building a rapport with and nurturing good working relationships Ability to work effectively as a team member. Ability to maintain confidentiality. Strong time management and organizational skills. Ability to adjust to new developments/changing circumstances. Diversity & EEO Statements: At Santander, we value and respect differences in our workforce and strive to increase the diversity of our teams. We actively encourage everyone to apply. Santander is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Working Conditions: Frequent Minimal physical effort such as sitting, standing and walking. Occasional moving and lifting equipment and furniture is required to support onsite and offsite meeting setup and teardown. Physically capable of lifting up to fifty pounds, able to bend, kneel, climb ladders. Employer Rights: This job description does not list all of the job duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You may be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not a contract for employment and either you or the employer may terminate at any time for any reason. Bachelor of Science (BS) English

Primary Location: Austin, TX, Austin

Other Locations: Texas-Austin

Organization: Santander Consumer USA Inc.