* Serves as the overall account lead (single point of contact) for numerous, large named accounts in an assigned country, geographic territory and/or industry.
* Understands a client's key business and IT challenges and requirements and is focused on driving value for the client, while maximizing revenue and margin for the company.
* Specializes in a value or volume specialty (computers, servers, storage, services, printers) with focus on growing the base business, complex solutions, and new business opportunities.
* Is supported primarily by presales and inside sales resources.
* These jobs focus on selling to customers, typically through work that occurs outside HPE offices, so must be prepared to travel for client meetings., Coordinates/Owns account plans for commercial accounts in the account planning process.
* Focuses on deals/opportunities and value and/or volume portfolio management, and selling a range of company products and solutions.
* Uses specialty to leverage existing opportunities in account.
* Establishes a professional working relationship (up to the executive level) with clients, focusing mainly on specialist buyers, e.g. IT.
* Analyzes win/loss rates and drive recommendation to improve ratios
* Works with and leverages external partners to deliver solution sale.
* Refers company volume products and certain value products to other specialists or partners as needed.
* Utilizes the support of pre- sales and specialists, and depending on account coverage with inside sales to lead deal pursuit.
* Responsible for achieving/managing quota based on regional guidelines
* Enters and is accountable for all opportunities in pipeline tools and processes. Recommends and Implements Pipeline management practices.
* Ability to implement margin recovery activities/strategies in full ownership of the account or in partial ownership depending on account coverage.
* Acts as a first interface for owned accounts in collaboration with members of global business teams.
* May Train/Coach and lead Inside account reps/Inside Sales
* Contributes to or designs sales policy and strategy for assigned business segment.
University or Bachelor's degree preferred.
* Detailed knowledge of key customer types or customers on given products.
* Typically 3-5 + years sales experience.
* Account management experience required.
* Experience in product specialty (computers, printers, servers, storage)
* Possible experience in industry.
* Inside Account experience of large commercial of large complexity.
Knowledge and Skills:
* Solid IT acumen on how to align with specific company services or product lines.
* Partner organization intelligence aligned with partner management skills.
* Assess solution feasibility from a technical and business perspective to determine qualify- in/quality-out status.
* Conceptualizes and articulates well-targeted solutions in area of specialty - from proposal to contract sign off.
* Negotiation skills and ability to frame the value proposition for the customer.
* Ability to utilize resources effectively in or order to pursue revenue generating opportunities in the account.
* Ability to understand the customer's business issues and translate to company solutions.
* Enough knowledge about product, services and client's core business, to be able to sell transitionally, as well as generate leads.
* Ability to prioritize and drive strategic sales activity on multi-product basis or solution basis.
* Competitive selling skills.
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}
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