CloudOps Account Executive

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is hiring a CloudOps Account Executive in Bengaluru for a hybrid role with approximately two days per week in an HPE office. You will drive the sales pipeline, manage accounts, and collaborate with partners to deliver comprehensive solutions across the edge-to-cloud spectrum.

The role requires a university degree, a proven sales track record, and 8–12 years of advanced sales experience.

Qualifications

• University or Bachelor's degree required.
• Directly related previous work experience in sales or account management.
• Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota and strong customer interface.
• Extensive selling experience within industry and on similar products.
• Typically 8-12 years of advanced sales experience.
• Project management skills.
• 2-3 years of product sales in the desired specialty.

Responsibilities

• Create and drive your sales pipeline.
• Capture leads outside of specialization and ensure proper assignment and follow-up.
• Maintain knowledge of competitors to position products/services effectively.
• Seek new opportunities and expand existing ones to build the pipeline and drive pursuit.
• Provide support to Account managers and input on business development and solution expertise.
• Develop quota objectives and future direction for defined product category.
• Some specialists may be responsible for selling outsourcing deals.
• Establish professional, consultative relationships with clients up to the C-level for mid-to-large accounts.
• Collaborate with external partners to deliver sales.
• Focus on growing contractual renewals for complex mid-to-large accounts.

Job description

CloudOps Account Executive

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

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 varied 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:

Global Sales at HPE is about building the future. We are redefining what’s next and combining our legacy of innovation with a bold new goal to accelerate everything we do. Our sales organization is comprised of 10,000+ professionals in sales, presales, service, and support functions. Together with our partners, we deliver global, commercial, public sector & small/medium business customers throughout 11 geographies. We’re transforming businesses. Join us redefine what’s next for you.

Job Family Definition:

Sales Specialists & Consultants are product, services, software or solution specialists that are responsible for leading pursuit in their assigned focus areas. Collaborates with and supports Account Managers and provides specialist expertise within the sales team. Drives proactive campaigns to build the pipeline, uses specialized knowledge and skills to prospect, qualify, negotiate and close opportunities. May have named accounts allocated, cover a designated geography, or may be allocated to one high-potential, competitive attack account.

Management Level Definition:

Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to solve complex business issues and is regarded as a subject matter expert. Frequently contributes to the development of new ideas and methods. Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors. Leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives. Acts as an expert providing direction and guidance to process improvements and establishing policies. Frequently represents the organization to external customers/clients. Exercises significant independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices to determine best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives. May provide mentoring and guidance to lower level employees.

What you’ll do:

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating and driving their sales pipeline.
• Capture leads outside of specialization and use closed-loop lead management to ensure assignment and follow- up by others.
• Maintains knowledge of competitors in account to strategically position the company'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 Account managers and provide input regarding business development and solution expertise.
• Development of quota objectives and future direction for defined product category.
• Some specialists also responsible for selling 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.
• May invest time working with and leveraging external partners to deliver sale.
• For Services Consultants: 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.

What you need to bring:

Education and Experience Required:

• University or Bachelor's degree
• 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 8-12 years of advanced sales experience.
• Project management skills required.
• 2-3 years of product sales in the desired specialty.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Is considered an expert in knowledge of 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 IT within area of specialization and how the company'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 positions the company as the preferred vendor for meeting all business needs.
• 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 products, solution or service offerings as well as competitor's offerings.
• Understands how to leverage the company's portfolio and change the playing field on our competitors.
• Utilizes Siebel as an expert and accurately forecasts business.
• 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 CIO's, typical objectives, measures, metrics.

Accessibility

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What We Can Offer You:

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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.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied 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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