Role Description
This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.
Serves as the overall account lead (single point of contact) for numerous, large named accounts in an assigned country, geographic territory and/or industry; understands a client’s key business and IT challenges and requirements and is focused on driving value for the client, while maximizing revenue and margin for the company.
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Specializes in a value or volume specialty (computers, servers, storage, services, printers) with focus on growing the base business, complex solutions, and new business opportunities.
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Accounts may be managed remotely.
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Supported primarily by presales and inside sales resources.
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Focus on selling to customers, typically through work that occurs outside HPE offices.
Responsibilities
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Builds growth opportunities using the account planning process; actively manages planning process through scheduled reviews and updates.
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Extensive time working with and leveraging external partners to deliver solution sale.
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Significant percentage of time spent directly with customer; interfaces with all levels, including highest within customer organization; highly diverse set of functions and buyers; focus in on management level.
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Develops business plan in conjunction with customer.
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Applies consultative-selling techniques to identify and advance opportunities that result in ongoing profitable revenue growth for the company.
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Maintains high-level of customer loyalty and builds trust and integrity, as indicated in company conducted surveys and reports.
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Responsible for achieving/managing quarterly, half yearly, annual quota and/or margin.
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Enters all opportunities in pipeline tool and updates them weekly. Recommends and implements industry leading Pipeline management practices.
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Ability to implement margin recovery activities/strategies.
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Acts as a first interface for international accounts in collaboration with members of global business teams, and local teams.
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Identifies customer requirements, matches with company capabilities and chooses the respective company supply chain accordingly (Volume Direct or Indirect).
Qualifications
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University or Bachelor's degree.
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Detailed knowledge of key customer types or customers on given products.
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Viewed as expert in company; sought out by other Sales Representatives and/or first level managers for input.
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Typically 8-12 years of experience as referenced above.
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Industry experience required.
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Experience in product specialty (computers, printers, servers, storage).
Knowledge and Skills
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Good leadership skills and cross functional expertise.
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Good time management skills.
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Broad understanding of the customer's needs; applies standard as well as creative solutions to meet those needs; particularly considering the specific industry/market.
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Ability to coordinate multiple internal and external partners on multiple levels to deliver appropriate solution sale.
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High level customer management relationship building, working at management and executive level in lines of business.
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Partner organization intelligence aligned with partner management skills.
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Advanced sales negotiation, and deal closing skills.
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Identifies and effectively leads the account resources to ensure coordinated, efficient, account management, and accountability for achieving business results.
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Expertise in managing end-to-end sales processes in large deals.
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Relevant knowledge of client's industry; keeps abreast of trends and lead discussions with IT on strategic directions and linking discussions.
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Knowledge of the company's breadth of solutions and engages specialist resources as needed.
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Ability to understand the customer's business issues and translate to the company's solutions.
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Ability to prioritize and drive strategic sales activity on a complex solution basis.
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Excels in competitive selling skills.
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Sells across platform and specialty.
Benefits
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Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
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Personal & Professional Development: Investment in your career with programs to help you reach your career goals.
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Unconditional Inclusion: Commitment to creating an inclusive workplace and celebrating individual uniqueness.