Compute/Server Specialist<p style="text-align:inherit">  </p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><b>Who We Are:</b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left">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 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.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Job Description:</b></p><p style="text-align:inherit">   </p><p>Develops and nurtures a strategic/mutually beneficial relationship with the partner or with a targeted set of resellers, distributors, Systems Integrators (SIs) and/or Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and their ecosystem partners to drive additional revenue with joint sales efforts. Works closely with business development colleagues and sales teams to increase awareness of alliance related opportunities, and engages with the appropriate HPE executive to build targeted strategic relationships to build long term business opportunities for the company. These jobs focus on selling to customers, typically through work that occurs outside HPE offices.</p><p></p><p>Applies developed subject matter knowledge to solve common and complex business issues and recommends appropriate alternatives. Works on problems of diverse complexity and scope. May act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process. Exercises independent judgment to identify and select a solution. Ability to handle most unique situations. May seek advice in order to make decisions on complex business issues.</p><p></p><p>You must have the ability to visit Partner locations 2-3 times a week in the Dallas area.</p><p></p><p><b><i>Responsibilities: </i></b></p><ul><li>Influences large account sales teams to partner for near-term revenue growth, while at the same time, develop joint relationships, initiatives and programs for long-term sustained account success.</li><li>Develops nurtures and maintains a strong business relationship with Alliance Partner.</li><li>Creates, fills-in and manages company funnel for deals with partners and transform potential leads into joint sales activities.</li><li>Coordinates the input of specialists to assess opportunities and make recommendations.</li><li>Advocates Alliance perspective internally and troubleshoots inhibitors to effective selling or fulfillment.</li><li>Ensures appropriate resources, sales awareness and technical certification are in place to ensure successful implementation of joint initiatives.</li><li>Creates, fills-in and manages company funnel for deals with SI/O/ISV's by generating leads for partners and for the company in all our areas of business and customer segments.</li></ul><p></p><p><b><i>Education and Experience Required: </i></b></p><ul><li>University or Bachelor's degree preferred.</li><li>Typically 5-8 years of selling experience at end-user account or partner level.</li><li>Solid experience in selling products and services.</li></ul><p></p><p><b><i>Knowledge and Skills: </i></b></p><ul><li>Understands relationship/value partner management requirements - solution focus, alliance building and resourcing.</li><li>Good understanding of end user needs with regards to the BU.</li><li>Leverage consultative selling in account to identify opportunities.</li><li>Partner effectively with others in the account to ensure coordinated efficient account management.</li><li>Advocate for client needs in negotiating sales & troubleshooting solution delivery issues.</li><li>Actively manage the account to protect & grow company's business.</li><li>Forecasting, planning and reporting skills in relation to partner/alliance deals.</li><li>Shape offers in pursuit of new business and/or portfolio enhancement.</li><li>Solid understanding of the IT industry, competing vendors, and the channel.</li><li>Dimensions include competitive positioning.</li><li>Solid understanding of company's organization & operations, including key business rules, and alignment with company GBU go-to-market strategies, partner segmentation, key programs & initiatives, structure.</li><li>Solid understanding of many of company's products, software, and services.</li><li>Able to communicate the strengths of company's offerings, and overcome objections.</li><li>Effectively sells company offerings by building strategic relationships with partner decision makers; and promoting company programs and offerings</li><li>Develops account plans with partner to grow company's share of the business.</li><li>Partners effectively with others in the account to ensure coordinated efficient account management.</li><li>Ability to motivate partner's sales force.</li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><b>Additional Skills:</b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, 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}<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><b>What We Can Offer You:</b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align:left"><b>Health & Wellbeing</b></p><p style="text-align:left">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.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Personal & Professional Development</b></p><p style="text-align:left">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.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Unconditional Inclusion</b></p><p style="text-align:left">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.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><b>Let's Stay Connected:</b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><span>Follow <a href="http://instagram.com/hpecareers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@HPECareers</a> on Instagram to see the latest on people, culture and tech at HPE. </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>#unitedstates<h3></h3><h3></h3><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Job:</b></p>Sales<p style="text-align:left"><b>Job Level:</b></p>Specialist<p style="text-align:inherit"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="WHN0"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">    </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.<br> – United States of America: Annual Salary USD 120,500 - 284,000 in Texas<br>This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 60%/40%."<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><span>Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at </span><a href="https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html</span></a></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><span>HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="WHN0"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">Veterans/Disabled/LGBT</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> 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: </span><a href="https://hr.ext.hpe.com/Equal-employment-opportunity-policy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Equal Employment Opportunity</a><span>.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.</span></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit">   </p><p style="text-align:left"><span>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.</span></p><p style="text-align:inherit">   </p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>No Fees Notice & Recruitment Fraud Disclaimer</span></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"><b><span> </span></b></p><p style="text-align:left"><i><span>It has come to HPE’s attention that there has been an increase in recruitment fraud whereby scammer impersonate HPE or HPE-authorized recruiting agencies and offer fake employment opportunities to candidates.  These scammers often seek to obtain personal information or money from candidates.</span></i></p><p style="text-align:inherit"><span> </span></p><p style="text-align:left"><i><span>Please note that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), its direct and indirect subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and its authorized recruitment <span><span><span class="WHN0"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">agencies/vendors </span></span></span></span><b>will never charge any candidate a registration fee, hiring fee, or any other fee in connection with its recruitment and hiring process.  </b>The credentials of any hiring agency that claims to be working with HPE for recruitment of talent should be verified by candidates and candidates shall be solely responsible to conduct such verification. Any candidate/individual who relies on the erroneous representations made by fraudulent employment agencies does so at their own risk, and HPE disclaims liability for any damages or claims that may result from any such communication.</span></i></p>