Storage Sales Specialist (f/m/d)
This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2-3 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 diverse 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:
In a typical day as a Sales Specialist Storage you:
- Position the HPE Storage product and solution portfolio working on selected local account cross industry in Southern Germany.
- Expand existing and develop new long-term storage customer and strong channel partner relationships.
- Focus on business outcomes for our customers, gladly with the support of our GreenLake Offerings and our Private Cloud and AI portfolio.
- Develop a deep understanding of the end customer's business drivers to implement customer requirements in sustainable HPE business via a comprehensive consulting approach at all levels of the customer.
- Convince customers of the quality and performance of our portfolio as a potential element of their hybrid cloud and digitization strategy.
- Build a well-founded, long-term pipeline for both new and existing storage to increase the HPE Storage share in the German market through their conclusion.
- Lead projects over the entire lifecycle from initial contact, PoCs, preparation and response to tenders, negotiations to the conclusion of the contract as a lead, managing contracts over the lifecycle.
- Work closely with Digital Sales and Sales Support teams as well as with Presales, the GreenLake team, Zerto Sales, the Hybrid Solutions Group and the Storage Category.
If you are…
- A team player good at partnering, innovating, and making things happen? Good start, you are aligned to our core values!
If you have these Skills, Expertise, Attitude and Education…
- Academic degree in business administration or similar
- +8 years of sales experience with complex IT solutions, especially storage
- Good knowledge of the storage market
- Ability to take the sales responsibility for storage opportunities (including Service and aaS )
- Reliability in building a sales pipeline, forecasting and customer management (sales excellence)
- Eagerness to develop a deep knowledge of our storage products and solutions with differentiation from the competition
- Distinctive customer orientation and consulting skills combined with assertiveness and sales attitude
- Team and goal-oriented work
- Creativity, initiative and reliability
- Negotiation security
- Excellent communication, presentation and closing skills
- Business fluency in German and English language
Join us and make your mark!
We offer:
- Competitive salary and extensive benefits package (pension scheme, insurances, company car, bike and car leasing, and other fringe benefits)
- Work-life balance (flexible working time and hybrid workplace model, 30 vacation days, four HPE Wellness-Fridays, up to six months paid parental leave)
- Support for education, training, and career development
- Diverse and dynamic work environment
Part-time work or job-sharing is also applicable to this position.
HPE is:
- Ranked in the Top 3 in the Women's Career Index Germany in 2024 for the eleventh time
- Named Gold Champion in Pride Index Germany in 2023
- Ranked 9th on Fortune’s 2023 list of Best Workplaces in Technology
- Ranked 5th on Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024
- Named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for the eighth year in row
- Recognized as one of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Seramount in 2023
Want to know more about it? Then let’s stay connected!
https://www.facebook.com/HPECareers
https://twitter.com/HPE_Careers
#LI-Hybrid
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.
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know diverse 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:
Follow @HPECareers on Instagram to see the latest on people, culture and tech at HPE.
#germany#sales
Job:
Sales
Job Level:
Master
HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to diversity and building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global diverse 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.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.
HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hewlett Packard Enterprise and has not been reviewed or approved by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
-
Parental & Family Support — HPE is associated with extensive paid parental leave and transition options that allow a part-time return for an extended period, alongside supports like adoption and fertility resources. Family-oriented programs such as backup care are also part of the package, reinforcing day-to-day caregiving support.
-
Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing offerings include always-available virtual counseling, mindfulness resources, and fitness access, positioning mental health support as a visible benefit. “Wellness Fridays” and paid volunteer time add lifestyle-oriented time flexibility beyond standard PTO.
-
Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) match, alongside standard insurance coverage, which provides a baseline level of long-term financial support. An employee stock purchase option is also described, adding an additional savings mechanism for participants.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Insights
Similar Jobs
What We Do
In 1939, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, college friends turned business partners, started the original Silicon Valley startup in the space of a rented Palo Alto garage. Starting with audio oscillators, the friends built the foundation for a company that would grow to become a global leader in enterprise technology. More than 75 years later, our success is exemplified through our employees’ drive to advance ideas that bring meaningful innovations to life for our customers and partners around the globe. We are guided by our mission to help customers use technology to turn ideas into value, and empower them to transform industries, markets and lives. We simplify Hybrid IT, power the Intelligent Edge and provide the expertise to make it all happen.
