NA Compute Sls Specialist II

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Personal & Professional Development

Unconditional Inclusion

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in California is seeking a NA Compute Sls Specialist II for a hybrid role requiring an average of 2 days per week in an HPE office. The position focuses on pursuing opportunities, pipeline management, and solution selling in coordination with account managers.

The ideal candidate typically has 2–5 years in specialty sales with deep knowledge of IT products, services, and differentiators. Strong communication and enterprise-level engagement are valued assets.

Qualifications

• University or Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Typically 2-5 years of experience in specialty sales.
• Deep knowledge of product/service/solution differentiators in IT.

Responsibilities

• Actively prospect within accounts to uncover solutions opportunities in specialty area.
• Manage sales pipeline and forecast opportunities.
• Formulate and expand solutions to increase attachments and upsell revenue.
• May sell through channel partners; build professional relationships with clients at IT management level.
• Contribute to pipeline by generating leads and referrals within specialty area.
• Grow contractual renewals for smaller accounts and complex deals.
• Interface with internal/external experts to tailor solutions and drive deals forward.

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

NA Compute Sls Specialist II

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:

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.

Responsibilities:

• Actively prospects within accounts to discover or cultivate solutions sales opportunities within area of technical specialty (in close cooperation with the account manager.
• Manage sales pipeline.
• Formulate and expand solutions to generate additional product or service attachments and up sell revenue.
• Certain roles may also sell through the channel.
• Establish a professional, working, and consultative, relationship with the client, by developing a core understanding of the unique business needs of the client within their industry.
• Work with the client up to IT management level.
• Contribute to building of the pipeline by generating leads and referrals and new customer opportunities within specialty area.
• May focus on growing contractual renewals for small-to-mid size accounts with limited complexity, to higher-total contract-value renewals.
• Interface with both internal and external/industry experts to anticipate customer needs and facilitate solutions development.
• Build sales readiness and reduce client learning curve through effective knowledge transfer in area of specialization.

Education and Experience Required:

University or Bachelor's degree preferred. Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, diversity of business customer and higher level customer interface. Detailed knowledge of key customer types or customers on given products. Typically 2-5 years of experience in specialty sales.

Knowledge and Skills:

In depth knowledge about product, service, solution and differentiators between own offerings and what competitor's offerings. Applies specialized technical product/service/ solution knowledge in working with account teams to screen and prioritize multiple leads for feasibility. Use knowledge in specialty, and consultative selling skills, to proactively help customers with making IT business decisions. Assesses solution feasibility from a technical and business perspective to determine "qualify-in"/"qualify-out" status Solid communication and presentation skills within IT at the manager level. Product demonstration, customer training, product installation skills. (for product specialty roles) Conceptualizes and articulates well-targeted solutions in area of specialty - product, service, solution -- from proposal to contract sign- off. Have enough knowledge about a product, service or solution to be able to qualify a deal. Negotiates profitable deals so that the company can expand opportunities based on the existing business and increase the company's footprint and revenue. Opportunity prospecting as related to specialty area and in expanding existing client business, in order to generate leads/referrals to account team. Maintain knowledge of industry trends, associated solutions, and key partner/ISV solutions.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

• Health & Wellbeing 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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Job: Sales Job Level: Intermediate

Salary & Compensation:

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. – United States of America: Annual Salary USD 126,000 - 252,500 in California This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 60%/40%.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

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Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

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