Federal Storage Sales Specialist

  

This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

   

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for sales of storage products and solutions in assigned territory, industry or accounts.Uses advanced storage expertise to seek out new opportunities for customer value by expanding and enhancing existing opportunities.Creates and drives the storage sales pipeline. Captures leads outside of specialization and uses closed-loop lead management to ensure assignment and follow-up by others.Collaborates with the account pursuit teams to leverage their solutions expertise for business development.Build sales readiness and reduces client learning curve through effective knowledge transfer in storage.Contributes to development of quota objectives and future direction for storage product lines.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""""/""""qualify-out"""" status.Negotiates and drives profitable deals to ensure successful closure and a high win rate.Drives sales of the storage portfolio, using strong leadership and initiative to successfully prospect, negotiate and close deals.Establishes a professional and consultative relationship with the client by achieving an advanced understanding of the unique business needs of the client within the industry. Works with clients up to and including the C-level for mid-to-large accounts.Leverages advanced knowledge of competitors and industry trends to strategically position the company's products and services.Focuses on and works with the channel to forge relationships, provide enablement of key technologies, and co-sell to end-users.Effectively leads, evangelizes, and helps to coordinate Storage marketing campaigns (digital /new techniques) to ensure a successful launch and maintenance of the campaign momentum, in alignment with the account strategy.Acts as a trusted storage solutions consultant for the slated accounts/region.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 customersActively generates customer interest and anticipates 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.Cultivates and maintains positive relationships with customers to ensure account retention and growth, to position the company as the preferred vendor to meet business needs.Supports deal closure in partnership with relevant internal stakeholders including account managers and channel partners

Education and Experience

5+ years of Federal sales experienceExperience in storage sales, typically 2-3+ years.Proven customer relationships with 5 major customers in the assigned territoryExpert in working with indirect channel modelDeep competitive knowledge of at least 1 major storage vendorExpert in selling complete data lifecycle management portfolio – block, file, backup, ransomware protection & othersDeep expertise in at least one of the major verticals (FSI, manufacturing, Healthcare) and related solutionsAbility to perform hands-on demo of portfolio sold in the pastSelf-starter and able to ramp quicklyUniversity or Bachelor's degree preferred.Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, interface with diverse business customers at all levels.Extensive vertical industry knowledge required.Project management experience required.

Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning (Inactive), Active Listening, Assertiveness, Bias, Building Rapport, Buyer Personas, Coaching, Complex Sales, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Interactions, Design Thinking, Empathy, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 6 more}

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Sales

Job Level:

Expert

    

States with Pay Range Requirement

The expected salary/wage range for a U.S.-based hire filling this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. If this is a sales role, then the listed salary range reflects combined base salary and target-level sales compensation pay. If this is a non-sales role, then the listed salary range reflects base salary only. Variable incentives may also be offered. Information about employee benefits offered can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html.

USD Annual Salary: $189,500.00 - $445,500.00

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