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The Zerto Sales Specialist is responsible for leading pursuit and provide specialist expertise within the Enterprise sales team. They drive proactive campaigns to build the pipeline, uses specialized knowledge and skills to prospect, qualify, negotiate and close opportunities.
Job Responsibility:
Responsible for sales of Zerto products and solutions
Seeks out new opportunities by expanding and enhancing existing opportunities
Develops pursuit plans and builds and manages the Zerto sales pipeline
Contributes to proposal development, negotiations and deal closings
Build sales readiness and reduces client learning curve through effective knowledge transfer in data protection
Participates in client engagements up to C- level for complex solutions in smaller accounts
Directs and coordinates supporting sales activities related to pipeline hygiene through account managers, Presales, channel partners and other relevant stakeholders
Effectively uses internal sales tools to maintain a healthy pipeline and the account plan in a timely fashion
Collaborates across the HPE teams to deliver a consistent approach to developing business, including account planning for end-to-end solutions
Assesses solution feasibility from a technical and business perspective to determine qualify in/out status
Negotiates profitable deals so that the company can expand opportunities based on the existing business, and increase the company's footprint and revenue in data protection
Drives sales of the Zerto portfolio, using strong leadership and initiative to successfully prospect, negotiate and close deals
Establishes a professional and consultative relationship with the client by achieving a developed understanding of the unique business needs of the client within the industry
Interfaces with both internal and external/industry experts to anticipate customer needs and facilitate solutions development
Effectively leads, evangelizes, and helps to coordinate Zerto marketing campaigns (digital/new techniques) to ensure successful launches and maintenance of campaign momentum, in alignment with the account strategy
Reinforces and articulates HPE's strategy and portfolio to partners and champions to uncover new business opportunities and contacts, including new logos when appropriate
Effectively uses references to craft a story that makes complex technologies seem simple and understandable for the customers
Actively generates customer interest and understands the customer's buying trends. Links business and financial benefits with technology offerings. Illustrates the ROI & TCO advantages of HPE offerings for the customer's business
Requirements:
University or bachelor's degree preferred
Typically, 6-10+ years of sales experience
Experience in storage sales, ideally Min 2-3+ years
Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, interface with diverse business customers
Extensive vertical industry knowledge required
Data protection and resilience related sales experience strongly desired
Uses expertise to negotiate and drive deals, to ensure successful closure and a high win rate
Uses client engagement skills in collaboration with account leads to propose expansive service solutions to client
Demonstrates hunter mentality to actively pursue solution opportunities in acquisition and development accounts and to pursue new business
Possesses knowledge of digital and modern methods to connect and sell
Deep knowledge of data protection solution or service offerings as well as competitor's offerings
Understands how the company's solutions differentially address specific vertical industry challenges
Understands services as part of strategic product sales
Understands how and when to engage different types of partners effectively
Solid communication skills and actively supports account team with expertise, proposal support, presentations, and other customer/partner communications
Understands how changing requirements and unintended consequences impact success and builds contingencies to manage these factors
Willing to take calculated risks in line with the vision from senior leadership