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Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the largest technology solutions provider in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and worldwide. Hewlett Packard Development Company (HP) is currently recruiting for the following position(s) in Nigeria:
Job Title: Technology Services Sales Specialist
Reference: 642079
Primary Location: Nigeria-Lagos
Schedule: Full-time
Description:
• Actively prospects within accounts to discover or cultivate solutions sales opportunities within area of technical specialty (in close cooperation with the account manager.
• Formulate and expand solutions to generate additional product or service attachments and up sell revenue.
• Certain roles may also sell through the channel.
• Establish a professional, working, and consultative, relationship with the client, by developing a core understanding of the unique business needs of the client within their industry.
• Work with the client up to IT management level.
• Contribute to building of the pipeline by generating leads and referrals and new customer opportunities within specialty area.
• May focus on growing contractual renewals for small-to-mid size accounts with limited complexity, to higher-total contract-value renewals.
• Interface with both internal and external/industry experts to anticipate customer needs and facilitate solutions development.
• Build sales readiness and reduce client learning curve through effective knowledge transfer in area of specialization.
Education and Experience Required:
• University or Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota, diversity of business customer and higher level customer interface.
• Detailed knowledge of key customer types or customers on given products.
• Typically 3-5 years of experience in specialty sales.
Knowledge and Skills Required:
• In depth knowledge about product, service, solution and differentiators between own offerings and what competitor's offerings.
• Applies specialized technical product/service/ solution knowledge in working with account teams to screen and prioritize multiple leads for feasibility.
• Use knowledge in specialty, and consultative selling skills, to proactively help customers with making IT business decisions.
• Assesses solution feasibility from a technical and business perspective to determine "qualify-in"/"qualify-out" status
• Solid communication and presentation skills within IT at the manager level.
• Product demonstration, customer training, product installation skills. (for product specialty roles)
Critical Competencies to Drive Business Results:
• New Business Acquisition: Aggressively searches for opportunities in new or existing accounts, expanding business in a way that ensures profitability for HP
• Opportunity Qualification, Development and Closing: Assesses feasibility of pursuing an opportunity given what the customer is trying to accomplish, competitive presence and strength, and risk to HP of proceeding. Defines and positions well-targeted solutions to generate customer acceptance, develop internal HP buy-in, and wins the deal
• Knowledge Transfer: Establishes HP' technical credibility with customers, educates account teams in area of specialization, and provides an interface between HP and its customer base
How to Apply:
Please follow the steps below for further information and to submit your application:
1. Visit this link: Search Jobs - HP (http://hp.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en)
2. Under "Job Number", type the Reference Code.
3. Then, click "Search for Jobs".