HP South Africa: ESS Sales Specialist

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ESS Sales Specialist
Title: ESS Sales Specialist
Location: South Africa-Durban
. Responsible for managing sales pipeline within assigned territory on the Enterprise Storage and Servers unit.
. Capture leads outside of specialization and use closed-loop lead management to ensure assignment and follow-up by others.
. Maintain knowledge of competitors in account to strategically position HP’s products and services better.
. Use specialty expertise to seek out new opportunities and expand and enhance existing opportunities to build the pipeline in and drive pursuit.
. Provide support to External Active Monitoring (EAM)s/Client Account Manager (CAM)s and provide input regarding business development and solution expertise.
. Development of quota objectives and future direction for defined product category.
. Some Technical Management Solutions (TMS) specialists also responsible for selling small outsourcing deals.
. Establish a professional, working, and consultative, relationship with the client, up to and 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.
. Spend large portion of time working with and leveraging external partners to deliver sale.
. For Technical Specialist (TS)/TMS: Focus on growing contractual renewals for mid-to-large accounts with more complexity, to higher-total contract-value renewals.
. Directs or coordinates supporting sales activities
. Works on accounts of greater dollar value; typically of higher risk to HP.
. May perform project management role.
. Extensive time working external partners.
. Significant percentage of time spent directly with customer; interfaces with all levels, including highest within customer organization.
. May develop business plan in conjunction with customer.
. Typically assigned higher than average quota.
Education and Experience Required:
Directly related previous work experience. Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, diversity of business customer, and higher level customer interface. Extensive selling experience within industry and on similar products. Typically 8-14 years of advanced sales experience. Project management skills required. 2-3 years of product sales in the desired specialty.
Knowledge and Skills Required:
. Is considered an expert in knowledge of basic enhanced products, solution or service offerings as well as competitor’s offerings to be able to sell large solutions.
. Understands the industry and market segment in which key accounts are situated, and integrates this knowledge into consultative selling.
. Understands and applies program/project management methods and processes to define, plan, cost, resource, track and ensure successful pursuit.
. Understands the role of Information Technology (IT) within area of specialization and how HP’s solutions differentially address specific vertical industry challenges as well as their cross-segment capabilities
. Account planning and accurate account revenue forecasting skills.
. Collaborates with management and sales teams in shared accounts to ensure seamless integration of specialist sales with other sales activities.
. Cultivates & maintains positive relationships with customers to ensure account retention & growth, and position HP as the preferred vendor for meeting all business needs
. Excellent project management skills.
. Establishes a professional working relationship, up to the executive level, with the client.
. Demonstrates leadership and initiative in successfully driving specialty sales in accounts
– prospecting, negotiating and closing deals.
. Demonstrates high service or product knowledge and professionalism in researching and sharing service-related information with account teams and customers.
. Deep knowledge of basic enhanced products, solution or service offerings as well as competitor’s offerings.
. Understands how to leverage HP’s portfolio and change the playing field on our competitors.
. Understands and sells high value software solutions
. Understands selling of services sales.
. Leverages services as part of strategic product sales.
. Maintain expertise of industry trends, associated solutions, and key partner/ISV solutions.
. Maintains expertise on IT at all levels – new applications, maintenance, typical budgets of the Technical Specialist (CIO)s, typical objectives, measures, metrics.

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