Workstations Sales Specialist - State, Local & Education

HP; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Co. seeks a Workstations Sales Specialist to promote HP offerings to State, Local & Education accounts and focus on contract renewals and extensions. You will support account managers, nurture client relationships, and tailor solutions that align with business objectives.

Responsibilities include managing pipelines, presenting customized proposals, and guiding junior team members in consultative selling and closing deals in a dynamic market.

Qualifications

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Typically 4–7 years of work experience in technical selling or consultative selling or related field.

Responsibilities

• Understand and promote HP offerings to State, Local & Education clients.
• Support account managers in engaging with clients and maintaining relationships.
• Tailor solutions and proposals aligned with clients' business objectives.
• Help manage sales pipelines and track leads and opportunities.
• Lead or coach junior team members in sales techniques.

Skills

Product Demonstration

Presales

Sales Process

Sales Prospecting

Customer Relationship Management

Enterprise Sales

Solution Selling

Marketing

Education

4-year or Graduate Degree in Sales/Marketing/Business

Job description

Workstations Sales Specialist - State, Local & Education

The Workstations Sales Specialist is responsible for understanding and promoting HP's offerings to potential State, Local & Education clients and focusing on contract renewals and extensions. The role supports account managers in engaging with clients, maintaining strong professional relationships, and customizing solutions. The role stays updated with the latest advancements to manage the sales pipeline while ensuring adherence to ethical standards and guiding junior team members.

• Demonstrates a deep understanding of the organization’s products and services while explaining product features and benefits to potential customers.
• Offers technical expertise and support to the account managers in identifying potential clients, nurturing leads, and driving revenue growth.
• Utilizes various sales and marketing techniques to engage with potential clients and helps in tailoring sales pitches and solutions.
• Creates and presents customized solutions or proposals that address the client's needs and demonstrate the alignment of the organization’s offerings with the client’s business objectives.
• Maintains strong relationships with existing clients providing ongoing support, addressing client concerns, and actively seeking opportunities for upselling or cross-selling.
• Manages sales pipelines by tracking leads, opportunities, and sales prospects through various stages of the sales process and identifies improvement areas.
• Guides junior team members in sales techniques and methodologies, such as consultative selling, relationship building, objection handling, and closing deals.
• Focuses on growing contractual renewals, especially for mid-sized accounts with varying levels of complexity, to achieve higher total contract-value renewals while retaining and expanding existing client relationships.
• Ensures adherence to company and industry-specific compliance and ethical standards in all sales activities.
• Attends industry events and seminars to stay updated on new techniques and technologies and continuously adapt in a rapidly changing business environment to enhance sales efforts.

Education & Experience

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in technical selling, consultative selling, account management, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.

Knowledge & Skills

• Balancing (Ledger/Billing)
• Business Development
• Business To Business
• Customer Relationship Management
• Demonstration Skills
• Enterprise Sales
• Marketing
• Merchandising
• Outbound Calls
• Presales
• Product Demonstration
• Product Knowledge
• Sales Engineering
• Sales Process
• Sales Prospecting
• Selling Techniques
• Solution Selling
• Technical Sales
• Value Propositions
• Wireless Sales

Cross-Org Skills

• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope

• Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.

Complexity

• Responds to moderately complex issues within established guidelines.

Disclaimer

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The on-target earnings (OTE) range for this role is $162,050 - $239,050 annually, with a 60/40 (salary/incentive) mix. There are additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to US candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 13 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

Job - Sales Schedule - Full time Shift - No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel - 50%

Relocation - No

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)

HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s). Please be assured that you will not be subject to any adverse treatment if you choose to disclose the information requested. This information is provided voluntarily. The information obtained will be kept in strict confidence. For more information, review HP’s EEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal