Channel Manager

Drive new product introductions through focused channel partners and coordinated end-user specification activity.

Identify priority vertical markets and end-user opportunities that can be developed jointly with channel partners and Territory Business Development Managers.

Monitor competitor activity, channel trends, pricing and changes in market coverage.

Provide Voice of Customer and channel feedback to Marketing and Product Management to support future product and market development.

Work closely with Territory Business Development Managers to align distributor activity, end-user opportunities and account ownership.

Partner with Customer Service, Marketing, Operations and Product Management to improve the customer and distributor experience.

Represent Justrite at distributor conferences, trade shows, industry events and customer meetings.

Travel nationally as required to distributor locations, customer sites and company meetings.

Customer & Market Focus - Develops a strong understanding of distributor, end-user and market

needs and uses these insights to identify growth opportunities. Maintains awareness of

competitor activity, market trends, customer requirements and changing channel dynamics,

translating these into actions that strengthen Justrite’s market position and customer value

proposition.

Channel Development - Builds and develops a high-performing distributor network that expands market

reach and drives profitable growth. Assesses partner potential and capability, identifies coverage gaps,

recruits and onboards appropriate partners, and improves distributor effectiveness through

engagement, training, joint field activity and portfolio development.

Commercial Acumen - Understands the commercial drivers of the business and makes decisions that

balance revenue growth, gross margin, investment and long-term value. Uses sales, profitability, pricing,

pipeline and market data to identify opportunities, assess commercial performance and prioritize

resources and activities.

Strategic Account Management - Develops productive, long-term relationships with strategic channel

partners at multiple organizational levels. Creates and executes joint business plans based on shared

growth priorities, target markets and account opportunities, while proactively identifying ways to

increase partner performance, portfolio penetration and mutual value.

Negotiation & Influencing - Builds commitment and achieves commercially sound outcomes through

effective negotiation and influencing. Understands stakeholder priorities, prepares clear commercial

positions, handles objections constructively and gains support from distributor partners, customers and

internal stakeholders without compromising long-term relationships or company policies.

Business Planning - Translates business strategy and sales objectives into clear, actionable channel

plans. Establishes priorities, targets, activities and measures of success across short-, medium- and long

term horizons, and regularly reviews performance to adjust plans based on results, pipeline, market

conditions and emerging opportunities.

Drive for Results - Demonstrates a strong focus on achieving and exceeding sales, gross margin and

growth objectives. Proactively identifies opportunities, maintains momentum, follows through on

commitments and addresses performance gaps. Balances strategic thinking with disciplined execution to

convert plans and opportunities into measurable commercial results.

Communication & Presentation - Communicates clearly, confidently and persuasively with audiences ranging from distributor owners and senior leaders to branch sales teams and end users. Delivers

effective presentations, product training and commercial discussions, adapting the message and level of

detail to the audience and desired outcome.

Collaboration - Works effectively across organizational and company boundaries to achieve shared commercial outcomes. Builds strong working relationships with Territory Business Development Managers, Customer Service, Marketing, Operations and Product Management, ensuring channel activity and end-user opportunities are coordinated and responsibilities are clear.

Accountability - Takes ownership for commitments, decisions and commercial outcomes. Maintains high standards of planning, follow-through, CRM discipline, forecasting and reporting. Identifies issues early, takes appropriate corrective action and can be relied upon to deliver agreed actions without requiring excessive oversight.

Minimum 7 years’ B2B sales or channel management experience in technical, industrial or related markets.

Demonstrated experience managing and growing distributor or reseller relationships in a multi-channel environment.

Proven ability to develop joint business plans, grow revenue and margin, and improve partner performance.

Strong commercial, negotiation, presentation and relationship-management skills.

Ability to analyse sales performance, market trends and pipeline data and translate insights into action.

Experience using Salesforce or a similar CRM system and strong capability in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Current unrestricted Australian driver’s licence.

Willingness and ability to travel nationally.

Experience in workplace safety, industrial products, manufacturing, mining, construction, transport, utilities or related markets.

Experience working with national and regional industrial distributors.

Business, Sales, Marketing or Technical qualifications.

Experience supporting new product launches and channel-led market development.

Achievement of annual channel sales revenue and gross margin targets.

Growth in sales through strategic distributor partners.

Improved distributor engagement, capability and market coverage.

New distributor recruitment and activation where required.

Joint business plan execution and strategic account growth.

Pipeline generation, conversion and forecast accuracy.

Growth in new product and portfolio sales through the channel.

CRM compliance and quality of account and opportunity data.

Effective collaboration between channel partners and the Justrite field sales team.