HP posted a job you might be interested in October 23, 2014 at 10:00PM

HP



Federal Storage Sales Specialist

Washington D.C. Metro Area, US - Computer Hardware

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company and ranked 10 on the Fortune 500 list for 2012, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to serve more than 1 billion customers in over 170 countries on six continents. HP invents, engineers, and delivers technology solutions that drive business value, create social value, and improve the lives of our clients. And at HP, we know that our people and values are the most important elements in this success.

Our vision for HP Storage is to remove the boundaries between Storage and the rest of IT – so we can help customers wherever they are in their IT journey. The new products we’re introducing are the most modern in the industry. They’re achieving double- and triple-digit growth year over year. We’re executing against our strategy and beating the revenue leaders in their installed base. This portfolio is transforming the industry, and helping enterprise and service provider customers address the challenges they face in their datacenters: eliminating downtime, lowering storage costs and slashing administration time.

• Develops long term sales pipeline to increase HP's market share in specialized area.

• Use specialty expertise to seek out new opportunities for customer value by expanding and enhancing existing opportunities to build the pipeline in and drive pursuit in specialty area.

• Provide support to the Account managers. Set direction for business development and solution replication.

• Creates and grows reference customers

• Sell complex products or solutions to customers on a partnership basis. May act as a dedicated resource to a few strategic accounts.

• Services specialists may also be responsible for selling small outsourcing deals.

• For Services Consultants: Focus on growing contractual renewals for large accounts with more complexity, to higher-total contract-value renewals.

• Establish a professional, working, and consultative, relationship with the client, including the C-level for mid-to-large accounts by developing a core understanding of the unique business needs of the client within their industry.

• Maintain and use overall cross-portfolio knowledge to support account leads with integration of solutions.

• Contribute to enduring executive relationships that establish HP' consultative professionalism and promote its total solution capabilities

• Maintains expertise on IT at all levels - new applications, maintenance, typical budgets of the CIO's, typical objectives, measures, metrics.

• Maintains broad market and competitor knowledge to ensure credibility with Customer Executives

Qualifications
Education and Experience Required:

• University or Bachelor's degree; Advanced University or MBA preferred.


• Directly related previous work experience.


• Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota diversity of business customer, and higher level customer interface.


• Prior selling experience includes multiple, diverse set of selling responsibilities.


• Viewed as expert in given field by company and customer.


• Considered a mentor of selling strategy, including designing strategy.


• Typically 12+ years of related sales experience.


• Project management skills required.


• 3-5 years' experience in the desired specialty.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Is considered a master in knowledge of products, solution or service offerings as well as competitor's offerings to be able to sell large, complex solutions.


• Know strengths and weaknesses of key competitors in account and how to leverage this knowledge in the account.


• Uses expertise in specialty, consultative solution selling and business development skills to align the client's business needs with solution.


• In-depth knowledge of client's business, organizational structure, business processes and financial structure.


• Considerable knowledge of the customer's infrastructure and architecture.


• Demonstrates leadership and initiative in successfully driving services sales in accounts - prospecting, negotiating and closing deals


• Demonstrates leadership and initiative in successfully driving full portfolio including hardware, software and services needed for the customer's requirements.


• Strategic planning on a business development level; can build an effective business case reflecting the value of an appropriate strategy.


• Balance strategic and tactical pursuits to optimize coverage and develop a predictable revenue stream.


• Uses C-level engagement skills in collaboration with account leads to offer value-add solutions to the client.


• Excellent project oversight skills.


• Works with the account team to build an effective account plan and strategy to drive incremental revenue in the account.


• Utilizes Siebel as an expert and accurately forecasts business.


• Successful partner engagement experience. Works effectively with our partners to drive additional revenue.


• Understand and sells high value software solutions.


• Demonstrates the ability to leverage HP's portfolio of products and services to change the playing field against our competition.


• Understands the leverage of services as part of strategic portfolio of products. Promotes services as part of all strategic opportunities.


• Maintain knowledge of industry trends, associated solutions, and key partner/ISV solutions.

No salary provided



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