Storage Sales Specialist Toscana & Liguria – Public and Private Sector
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Location: The candidate must be based in Tuscany / Liguria (mainly Florence or Genoa, or surroundings within Tuscany and Liguria region).
Job Family Definition
Sales Specialists & Consultants are product, services, software or solution specialists that lead pursuit in assigned focus areas. They collaborate with account managers, provide specialist expertise, drive proactive campaigns, prospect, qualify, negotiate and close opportunities. They may have named accounts, cover a designated geography, or allocate to high‑potential competitive attack accounts.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for sales of storage products and solutions in assigned territory, industry or accounts.
- Collaborates with account pursuit teams to leverage their solutions expertise for business development.
- Build sales readiness and reduce client learning curve through effective knowledge transfer.
- Contribute to development of quota objectives and future direction for storage product lines.
- Direct and coordinate supporting sales activities related to pipeline hygiene through account managers, presales, channel partners and stakeholders.
- Collaborate across HPE teams to deliver a consistent approach to developing business, including account planning for end‑to‑end solutions.
- Assess solution feasibility from a technical and business perspective to determine "qualify‑in"/"qualify‑out" status.
- Negotiate and drive profitable deals to ensure successful closure and a high win rate.
- Drive sales of the storage portfolio, using strong leadership to prospect, negotiate and close deals.
- Establish a professional, consultative relationship with the client by achieving an advanced understanding of the unique business needs within the industry; work with clients including C‑level for mid‑to‑large accounts.
- Leverage advanced knowledge of competitors and industry trends to strategically position products and services.
- Focus on and work with channel partners to forge relationships, provide enablement of key technologies, and co‑sell to end users.
Education and Experience
- University or Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, interfacing with diverse business customers at all levels.
- Typically 6–10+ years of sales experience; experience in storage sales, 2–3+ years.
- Extensive vertical industry knowledge required.
- Project management experience preferred.
Knowledge and Skills
- Expert in storage, cloud, solution or service offerings and competitors to sell large solutions.
- Strong understanding of industry and market segments for key accounts; integrates knowledge into consultative selling.
- Knowledge of partner engagement and ability to map right partner to opportunities.
- Excellent persuasion, negotiation, interpersonal, empathy and personality understanding skills.
- Motivating, coaching and supporting peer sales team members; counsels through selling challenges.
- Advanced financial acumen and ability to profile each account’s business unit.
- Maintains expertise on IT at all levels – new applications, maintenance budgets, typical objectives, measures.
Seniority Level
Associate
Employment Type
Full‑time
Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
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