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Global Sales at HPE is about building the future. We are redefining what’s next and combining our legacy of innovation with a bold new goal to accelerate everything we do. Our sales organization is comprised of 10,000+ professionals in sales, presales, service, and support functions. Together with our partners, we deliver global, commercial, public sector & small/medium business customers throughout 11 geographies. We’re transforming businesses. Join us redefine what’s next for you.
Job Responsibility
Seek out new opportunities and expands and enhances existing opportunities to build and manage the pipeline in specialty area
Maintains knowledge of competitors in account to strategically position the company's products and services better
Develop pursuit plans and manage the pipeline to ensure alignment with account managers
Establish a professional, working, and consultative, relationship with the client, by developing a core understanding of the unique business needs of the client within their industry
Contributes to proposal development, negotiations and deal closings
Work closely with and supports account manager, providing technical expertise and support, and participating in client engagements up to C- level engagements for more complex solutions in smaller accounts
May focus on growing contractual renewals for mid size accounts with some complexity, to higher-total contract- value renewals
Interface with both internal and external/industry experts to anticipate customer needs and facilitate solutions development
Build sales readiness and reduce client learning curve through effective knowledge transfer in area of specialization
Requirements
University or Bachelor's degree
Technical degree preferred
Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, diversity of business customer and higher level customer interface
Detailed knowledge of key customer types or customers on given products services
Typically 6-10 years of experience in specialty sales
Deep knowledge of products, solution or service offerings as well as competitor's offerings, to be able to sell expansive systems or services and attached products
Understands the industry and market segment in which key accounts are situated, and integrates this knowledge into consultative selling
Understands the role of IT within area of specialization and how the company's solutions differentially address specific vertical industry challenges as well as their cross-segment capabilities
Negotiates and drives deals to ensure successful closes and high win rate
Broad understanding of the customer needs
applies standard as well as creative solutions to meet those needs
Uses client engagement skills in collaboration with account leads to propose expansive systems or service solutions to client
Leadership and initiative in successfully driving specialty sales in accounts - prospecting, negotiating and closing deals
Translate product knowledge into customer's added business value
Uses specialty knowledge to actively prospects within accounts to discover or cultivate sales opportunities
Conceptualizes and articulates well-targeted solutions in area of technical specialty -- from proposal to contract sign-off
Ability to take a deal through the sales cycle including closing or supporting the close of a deal
Demonstrates high service knowledge and professionalism in researching and sharing service- related information with account teams and customers
Understand the channel and work an effective plan to increase sales with our partners
Regular use of SFDC updating deal profile and forecasting accurately
Understands services as part of strategic product sales
Good prioritization and delegation skills in order to focus on the key client opportunities
Knowledge of industry trends, associated solutions, and key partner/ISV solutions