Account Executive, Retail Lead

* Links customer KPIs, priorities, and initiatives to IT solutions.
* Integrates competitive pressures and industry trends into account messaging.
* Influences executives, including C-level, by credibly presenting HPE and partner solution value aligned to customer priorities.
* Positions HPE as critical to the customer’s short- and long-term success.
* Leads development of a business value framework reflecting industry needs; builds multiple sales motions. Retail industry knowledge is essential.
* Executes a structured plan to drive growth and profitability across HPE’s portfolio, coordinating all business units.
* Expands HPE’s strategic value portfolio through broader customer networks.
* Presents technology options that increase HPE’s presence/margin; leverages programs/tools to improve performance; builds new financial/business models.
* Translates customer challenges and goals into compelling IT opportunities.
* Maintains a global pipeline, coordinating across geographies; identifies high-value opportunities; leads early engagements; drives complex, high-value deals to closure with multi-disciplinary teams.
* Builds and sustains influential networks with customers and partners; defines effective engagement with key decision makers.
* Maintains a complete view of partner landscape; develops relationships; governs partner network and joint go-to-market strategies; collaborates with technology partners on offerings.
* Understands customer innovation agenda; plans HPE’s role in achieving it.
* Continuously updates IT expertise; engages with CTO/CIO; shares relevant trends; details portfolio applications; mentors HPE staff.
* Leads and develops extended account team; runs governance processes; provides feedback and growth opportunities; may manage direct reports.
* Coordinates with other HPE teams to improve customer experience; leverages tools/processes; champions Total Customer

Experience with ongoing improvement plans.
* Owns creation and execution of the Account Business Plan; aligns with stakeholders; adapts resources to maximize performance and coverage.
* University or Bachelor’s Degree preferred, or equivalent experience. Engineering or technology education, advanced degree or MBA desired.
* Typically 10+ years account management experience.
* Experience in tech industry. Experience working as an tech sales leader, within a matrixed environment is preferred
* Demonstrated sales and sales management success.
* 5+ years’ experience leading high performing sales teams preferred.
* IT Industry Acumen:
Builds and maintains comprehensive knowledge of cutting edge IT industry developments and technology trends with potential impacts to our customers.
* Vertical knowledge of Retail industries.
* Comprehensive HPE Portfolio Knowledge and understanding of HPE products, solutions, and service offerings - their value propositions, competitive differentiators, and benefits to our customers and our customers' customers.
* People Management and virtual leadership skills

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT 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.

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** Hewlett Packard Enterprise
** Technology innovation that fosters business transformation.

We help customers use technology to slash the time it takes to turn ideas into value. In turn, they transform industries, markets and lives.

Some of our customers run traditional IT environments. Most are transitioning to a secure, cloud-enabled, mobile-friendly infrastructure. Many rely on a combination of both. Wherever they are in that journey, we provide the technology and solutions to help them succeed.
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** The health and safety of our team members, customers and partners is paramount ordingly,  be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the employment start date where permitted by law. Exemptions based on medical, religious or other grounds…