HP Career:IPG Partner Sales Specialist

Job Description 

IPG Partner Sales Specialist (NIGERIA)-540210 Description  •Serves as the expert to the partner for complex information regarding product, services, and software transitions, promotions, and configurations. •Educates and updates partners on new HP technologies or solutions. May be brought in by partners to sell HP brand to end customers. •Establishes and maintains account plans to promote sales growth •Achieves assigned quota for HP products, services, and software •Transactional and relationship selling working within a team of selling professionals •Creates, fills-in and manages HP funnel for deals with partners and transforms potential leads into joint sales activities. •Establishes relationship with partner at all organization levels including senior executives •Ensures partners are compliant with legal and SBC practices •May drive SOW growth with distributors who are managing small partners on behalf of HP •May recruit and develop business relationship with new partners •Carries quota at least at the  average local/country/ regional quota per account mgr ratio •Primary focus for partners sales on SMB segment Qualifications  Education and Experience Required:   •University or Bachelor's degree preferred •Typically 5-8 years of selling experience at end-user account or partner level •Solid experience in selling to partners in a complex environment   Knowledge and Skills Required:   •Solid understanding of the IT industry, competing vendors, and the channel.  Dimensions include competitive positioning. •Solid understanding of HP's organization & operations, including key business rules, and alignment with HP GBU go-to-market strategies, partner segmentation, key programs & initiatives, structure. •Solid understanding of many of HP's products, software, and services.    Able to communicate the strengths of HP's offerings, and overcome objections •Effectively sells HP offerings by building strategic relationships with partner decision makers;  and promoting HP programs and offerings •Develops account plans with partner to grow HP's share of the business •Partners effectively with others in the account to ensure coordinated efficient account management. •Ability to motivate partner's sales force. •Solid understanding of pipeline management discipline and ability to explain benefits to partners   Critical Competencies to Drive Business Results:   Alliance/Partner Business Development Expands partner business to advance HP's mindshare and partner's value-add   Alliance/Partner Selling Support Contributes the support essential for successfully pursuing and winning customer-facing opportunities for the partner and HP   Alliance/Partner Business Transformation Collaborates with partners to transform their business vision and relationship with HP   Alliance/Partner Relationship Building Develops enduring partner business relationships based on trust, professionalism, and responsive support in line with HP's standards of business conduct   Alliance/Partner Business Intelligence Develops a solid knowledge of partners as the cornerstone of a mutually beneficial HP/partner business relationship   Account Management Effectiveness Account Planning. Sales Pipeline Collaboration and Margin Management   Sales Effectiveness Fundamentals HP Tools & Resource Utilization, Business & Offers, Organizational Collaboration     Job - Sales Primary Location - Nigeria-Lagos Schedule - Full-time Job Type- Experienced Shift - Day Job Travel - Yes, 25% of the time To Apply  Click Here  Choose, Country - Nigeria, City - Lagos and click search