VP of Channel & Business Development - Europe
Just in case this is the first time you’ve visited our website Vend is an award winning web based point of sale software for retail.  We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software, all of this to make life easier for our retailers.  Vend is a fast-growing tech start-up, since launching in 2010 we’ve now got 10,000+ customers and 650 partners all over the world with more than 120 employees shared between our Auckland, Melbourne, Toronto &amp; San Francisco offices.Now the day has finally arrived, we’re setting up our London and Berlin teams and we’re kicking it off good and proper like with this VP of Channel &amp; Business Development role to be based in London.If you’re familiar with our (and most other SaaS companies) business model you’ll know and understand the importance of a strong partner channel to complement direct sales. With a relatively untapped environment in the UK &amp; Europe we’re looking for someone who can take this huge opportunity and develop strong and strategic partnerships with major vendors, the retail industry, the payment industry and technology partners throughout the territory.As Vend grows and becomes even more popular with retailers the opportunities that exist with larger retail chains and franchises are huge. You’ll be used to working through these kind of deals and will be a total boss at contract negotiations, commercials and implementation of projects. Not only will you be managing those important external relationships you’ll also need to ensure you have close ties with other Vend teams in ensuring that we’re able to deliver the things we need to delight our customers.We’re running a million miles an hour as we become the worlds number one retail platform and you’re going to be one of the first UK based employees for Vend. This is a huge opportunity to really drive the Vend brand and successes in that territory. You’ll spend some quality time with our Kiwi team and be joined by some of our finest Venders who are relocating. You’re going to need to be ready for the roller coaster.
Title: VP of Channel & Business Development - Europe
Salary: None
Description: Just in case this is the first time you’ve visited our website Vend is an award winning web based point of sale software for retail.  We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software, all of this to make life easier for our retailers.  Vend is a fast-growing tech start-up, since launching in 2010 we’ve now got 10,000+ customers and 650 partners all over the world with more than 120 employees shared between our Auckland, Melbourne, Toronto &amp; San Francisco offices.Now the day has finally arrived, we’re setting up our London and Berlin teams and we’re kicking it off good and proper like with this VP of Channel &amp; Business Development role to be based in London.If you’re familiar with our (and most other SaaS companies) business model you’ll know and understand the importance of a strong partner channel to complement direct sales. With a relatively untapped environment in the UK &amp; Europe we’re looking for someone who can take this huge opportunity and develop strong and strategic partnerships with major vendors, the retail industry, the payment industry and technology partners throughout the territory.As Vend grows and becomes even more popular with retailers the opportunities that exist with larger retail chains and franchises are huge. You’ll be used to working through these kind of deals and will be a total boss at contract negotiations, commercials and implementation of projects. Not only will you be managing those important external relationships you’ll also need to ensure you have close ties with other Vend teams in ensuring that we’re able to deliver the things we need to delight our customers.We’re running a million miles an hour as we become the worlds number one retail platform and you’re going to be one of the first UK based employees for Vend. This is a huge opportunity to really drive the Vend brand and successes in that territory. You’ll spend some quality time with our Kiwi team and be joined by some of our finest Venders who are relocating. You’re going to need to be ready for the roller coaster.
Requirements: Director experience, None education
Fraudulent: No