Storage Sales Specialist - Commercial Accounts

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 189,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Storage Sales Specialist to manage sales for storage solutions in the Seattle area. In this role, you'll utilize your expertise to drive sales and develop strategies while collaborating closely with account managers and supporting customer engagements. This position offers the unique opportunity to grow professionally in a tech-forward environment, and thrive in a culture that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits for health and wellbeing

Career development programs

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of sales experience in storage technology.
• Must reside in Seattle or Seattle Metro area.
• Deep knowledge of at least one major storage vendor.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for sales of storage products and solutions in assigned territory.
• Develops pursuit plans and manages the storage sales pipeline.
• Collaborates with the Account Manager to drive sales.

Skills

Sales

Customer Relationship Management

Negotiation

Strategic Thinking

Active Listening

Building Rapport

Complex Sales

Education

5-8 years of selling experience with a major storage company

Job description

Storage Sales Specialist - Commercial Accounts

This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.

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 onfinding 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:

Storage Sales Specialists are product, services, software and solution specialists that are responsible for leading pursuit in their assigned territory. Collaborates with and supports Account Generalists and provides storage expertise within the sales team. Drives proactive campaigns to build the pipeline, uses specialized knowledge and skills to prospect, qualify, negotiate and close opportunities. Will cover a designated geography.

How You'll Make Your Mark -

• Responsible for sales of storage products and solutions in assigned territory, industry or accounts.

• Seeks out new opportunities through prospecting, industry networking and events.

• Develops pursuit plans and builds and manages the storage sales pipeline.

• Contributes to proposal development, negotiations and deal closings.

• Works closely with and supports the Account Manager, providing technical expertise and support. Participates in client engagements up to C- level for complex solutions in smaller accounts.

• Directs and coordinates supporting sales activities related to pipeline hygiene through account managers, Presales, channel partners and other relevant stakeholders.

• Collaborates across the HPE teams to deliver a consistent approach to developing business, including account planning for end to end solutions

• Assesses solution feasibility from a technical and business perspective to to qualify/disqualify opportunities

• Negotiates profitable deals so that the company can expand opportunities based on the existing business, and increase the company's footprint and revenue in storage.

• Drives sales of the Storage portfolio, using strong leadership and initiative to successfully prospect, negotiate and close deals.

• Focuses on and works with the channel to forge relationships, provide enablement of key technologies, and co-sell to end-users.

• Effectively leads, evangelizes, and helps to coordinate Storage marketing campaigns (digital/new techniques) to ensure successful launches and maintenance of campaign momentum, in alignment with the account strategy.

• Acts as a trusted storage solutions consultant for the slated accounts/region.

• Reinforces and articulates HPE's strategy and portfolio to partners and champions to uncover new business opportunities and contacts, including new logos when appropriate.

• Effectively uses references to craft a story that makes complex technologies seem simple and understandable for the customers.

• Actively generates customer interest and understands the customer's buying trends. Links business and financial benefits with technology offerings. Illustrates the ROI & TCO advantages of HPE offerings for the customer's business.

About You -

Education and Experience

• 5-8 years of selling experience with a major storage company (Dell/EMC, Pure, NetApp)
• Candidate must reside in designated territory to be considered - Seattle, WA or Seattle Metro
• Proven customer relationships with 5 major customers in the assigned territory
• Expert in working with indirect channel model
• Deep competitive knowledge of at least 1 major storage vendor
• Expert in selling complete data lifecycle management portfolio – block, file, backup, ransomware protection & others
• Deep expertise in at least one of the major verticals (FSI, manufacturing, Healthcare) and related solutions
• Ability to perform hands-on demo of portfolio sold in the past
• Self-starter and able to ramp quickly

Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning (Inactive), Active Listening, Assertiveness, Bias, Building Rapport, Buyer Personas, Coaching, Complex Sales, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Interactions, Design Thinking, Empathy, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 6 more}

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.

Let's Stay Connected:

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Job:

Sales

Job Level:

Expert

States with Pay Range Requirement

The expected salary/wage range for a U.S.-based hire filling this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. If this is a sales role, then the listed salary range reflects combined base salary and target-level sales compensation pay. If this is a non-sales role, then the listed salary range reflects base salary only. Variable incentives may also be offered. Information about employee benefits offered can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html .

USD Annual Salary: $189,500.00 - $445,500.00

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity .

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