Pre-Sales Solutions Specialist Lenovo, HP or Dell

Overview

Pre-Sales Solutions Specialist - (Lenovo, HP or Dell)

Schaumburg, IL

At Connection, our purpose is simple: we connect people with technology. From hardware—PCs, printers, servers, and more—to cutting-edge cloud, cybersecurity, and professional IT services, we design, build, and support the IT solutions that thousands of companies, schools, and government agencies rely on every day. We’d love for you to join us and make your mark on the future of technology.

Overview: Connection has a fantastic opportunity for a Services Solution Specialist in Schaumburg, IL.

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department.

Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others.

You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family. Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive. We value the importance of our employees’ emotional well-being. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources.

You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days.

• Collaborates with partners to design technical solutions as needed.
• Advises on pricing programs and deal registration.
• Serves as subject matter expert to Account Managers on IT solutions such as Data Center, Networking, Cloud and Security.
• Engages Connection Technology Practices to ensure optimal results for the client based on the solution(s) selected.
• Collaborates with Account Managers and Sales Leadership on business development to identify solution opportunities and target accounts through proactive engagement.
• Leverages Company and external tools to identify strategic prospects for advanced technology solutions.
• Engages in customer and prospect calls to discover and qualify advanced technology opportunities within these accounts.
• Forecasts and manages pipeline to meet monthly recurring revenue (MRC) target.
• Continuously develops knowledge of IT solutions, applications, and services, keeps abreast of trends and market conditions, and maintains and/or achieves certifications for professional development.
• Attends applicable industry and manufacturer training sessions to increase knowledge in respective practice area.
• Achieves vendor certifications through online or onsite training.
• Supports sales enablement through education of selling organization on strategies and tactics to grow the practice area in the assigned business segment successfully.
• Assists in the creation and presentation of technical training.
• Coaches Account Managers on advanced solution technologies and partner offerings.
• Supports connectivity marketplace partners to stay abreast of new technologies and offerings to incorporate into ongoing training and development materials.

• Proficient use of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Teams and relevant internal business systems.
• Product knowledge of Lenovo, HP or Dell.
• IT aptitude with strong desire to continually learn and apply latest technologies.
• Working knowledge of advanced technologies such as server, storage, networking, cloud and security.
• Working knowledge of advanced technologies and related product solutions.
• Proven knowledge of Lenovo data…