Sr. Sales Manager Global Channel Partner in London

Unique mastery and recognized authority on relevant subject matter knowledge including technologies, theories and techniques. Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas. Successfully operates in the most complex disciplines, in which the company must operate to be successful. Provides highly innovative solutions. Leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects that affect the organization’s long-term goals and objectives. May participate in cross-division, multi-function teams. Provides mentoring and guidance to lower level employees. Routinely exercises independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and criteria for achieving objectives. Develops strategy and sets functional policy and direction. Acts as a functional manager within area of expertise but does not manage other employees as a primary job function.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the expert to the partner for a wide range of extremely complex information regarding product, services, and software transitions, and configurations.
• Integrates HP offerings to become a key part of the partner's business and solutions; may be brought in by partner to sell HP brand to end customers.
• Establishes and maintains global account plans to promote sales growth.
• Leverages partner solution stacks, partner intellectual property, and other capabilities (off-shore/near shore, etc.) to broaden the HP footprint in targeted industries and/or customers.
• Achieves assigned quota for HP products, services and software.
• Transactional and relationship selling working within, and directing, a team of selling professionals.
• Grow HP business overall and HP's share of business by developing deep strategic relationships with partners.
• Actively engages HP resources and senior executives to build strategic relationships with the partner which ensures long-term business opportunities for HP.
• Provides the business rationale and risk assessment for making HP investments in the partner.
• Works with largest partners accounts with a high strategic value or high risk to HP.
• Ensures that partners are compliant with legal and SBC practices.
• Will drive SOW growth with partner.
• May recruit and develop business relationship with new partners.

Education and Experience Required:

• University or Bachelor's degree; advanced degree or MBA preferred.
• Typically 15+ years or more of selling experience at end-user account or partner level.
• Experience as successful account/business manager, selling to CxO and decision-maker level.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Deep understanding of the IT industry, competing vendors, and the channel. Dimensions include competitive positioning and business models.
• Deep 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 and business model.
• Deep understanding of HP's products, software, and services. Able to communicate the strengths of HP's offerings relative to competition, and overcome objections.
• Effectively sells HP offerings by building strategic relationships with partner senior management, principles and decision makers; aligning partner and HP processes; and promoting HP programs and offerings.
• Develops strategic plans with the partner to grow the size of the business and HP's share.
• Partners effectively with others in the account to ensure coordinated efficient account management.
• Ability to motivate partner's sales force.
• Coordinates and directs efforts across HP sales teams.
• Deep understanding of pipeline management discipline and ability to explain benefits to partners/sales teams.