Software Enterprise Security Products Sales Specialist

Job Location: Johannesburg, South Africa 

Software Enterprise Security Products Sales Specialist-1146200

Description

• HP Enterprise Security Products (ESP) is a leading global provider of security and compliance management solutions that intelligently identify and mitigate cyber threat and risk for enterprise businesses and government agencies. The product portfolio includes HP ArcSight, HP TippingPoint and HP Fortify, all market leading technologies providing end-to-end enterprise security from application to network level protection either as individual products or together as a uniquely integrated enterprise security platform. HP Enterprise Security Solutions helps protect enterprises and government agencies by providing complete visibility and critical insights into their IT infrastructure across all users, networks, datacenters and applications. The market-leading security platform enables organizations to proactively safeguard their digital assets, control the risks associated with cybertheft, cyberfraud, cyberwarfare and cyberespionage and comply with corporate and regulatory policy.
  HP enterprise security products seeks to hire a seasoned and accomplished sales specialist in South Aprica to assist in growing the company's extensive customer base. For focused individuals who thrive in an environment of change and who have demonstrated a highly successful sales track record, this position provides high visibility, and extraordinary financial rewards. While the focus is on enterprise security solution sales, this individual will also be responsible for continuing the strategy of developing and partnering with the major security vendors, system integrators and value added resellers. While HP ESP seeks an independent, autonomous and creative performer, this individual must also be a team player who can successfully partner with the already existing and dedicated marketing, inside sales, pre-sales, professional services and greater HP sales force. This sales executive will be responsible for coordinating all corporate and third party resources to support the sales effort in their assigned territory and to provide customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

We are looking for:

Recent 5 + Years of direct enterprise software executive sales experience which includes:

· Sector knowledge of the enterprise security software industry markets

· Proven track record on closing large transactions >$500K on a consistent basis

· Proven history of exceeding software sales quotas through strategic selling skills

· Comfort with an enterprise and transactional sales model

· Experience and credibility selling at senior sales business manager level

· Ability to build strong and continuous partner relationships

· Technical acumen but with the ability to relate it with business value

· High intellect and the capacity to multitask

· Excellent qualifying and closing skills

·English language skills

· Bachelors degree or higher, or equivalent experience in industry

Profile:

• A highly consultative sales professional with superb communication and closing skills
• Capacity to think and act on both a tactical and strategic level
• High level of ethical behavior
• A creative thinker who is not afraid to share ideas and give both positive and negative feedback
• A risk taker who has a high level of ambitions balanced with good business judgment and instincts
• Enjoy consensus and work well within a team environment
• Strong work ethic
• Hungry for the rewards associated with success but with a desire to make this career decision for the long term and contribute to a growing Industry Leader software company

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Enterprise Security Software Pre Sales Engineer

Job Location: Johannesburg, South Africa 

Enterprise Security Software Pre-Sales Engineer-1176016

Description

•Gathers and assesses customer needs, both business and technical;
•Identifies related needs (lead generation, opportunity expansion)
•Identifies site-specific and corporate parameters and constraints that impact the solution
•Identifies required project steps
•Identifies likely problem areas that require attention
•Identifies information on competitors and product roll-out data/training needs and proactively positions HP strengths as a relative value position in the account.
•Architects an appropriate technical solution to meet the customer's business requirements and account team strategy.
•Investigates and optimizes a solution's fit to the requirements of an opportunity, both current and future
•Adapts solution design to new requirements
•Establishes the validity of a solution and its components; creates proof of concept where required
•Identifies the growth path and scalability options of a solution and includes these in design activities
•Generates an implementation plan with timelines for the solution
•Create appropriate test plan as required
•Identifies potential challenges for the proposed project plan
•Optimizes a solution to maximize HP competitive advantages
•Actively identifies opportunities to assist peers globally in area of expertise (e.g., writing white-papers)
•Maintains excellent communications with customer executive management and business executives globally
•Represents HP as technical expert with customers; shares knowledge in area of expertise and links to related technology areas
•Delivers customer workshops as appropriate for further understanding of issues and buy-in to HP's proposal
•Advances opportunities through the use of effective consultative selling techniques
•Builds customer loyalty through continuous innovation, becoming a trusted advisor
•Partners effectively with others in the account to ensure problem resolution and customer satisfaction
•Effectively communicates and articulates the details of their component roles in a proposed customer solution
•Actively supports the account team with solution advice, proposals, presentations, and other customer communications
•Analyzes and provides support to deals in the pipeline where needed
•Transfers knowledge to Presales peers via mentoring and playing leadership roles in peer education programs
•Understands the roles and affectively directs other teams and resources within HP and partners globally
•Identifies overlooked opportunities suggested by technical expertise
•Facilitates smooth transition from sales to implementation by orienting the appropriate teams to the solution design
•Contributions have major impact across HP Regions and BU's, and strong impact on HP's business
•Analyzes and contributes to the presales direction for major areas of a BU
•Breadth of influence goes across multiple organizations within the Business and is sought, valued and used

Qualifications

Education and Experience Required:

•Technical University or Bachelor's degree; advanced degree preferred
•Typically 12+ years experience in technical consultative selling and account management
•Technical and solutions experience in appropriate industry
•Experience in vertical industry preferred

Knowledge and Skills Required:

•Demonstrates expert knowledge of HP's latest technology & solutions
•Expert in competitive solutions knowledge.
•Leverages HP solutions to support customer IT strategic directions, creating extensive customer business value
•Applies deep understanding of technical innovations & trends to solving customer business problems
•Strong credibility with HP's business units and account teams based on history of solid results and contributions
•Applies productivity-enhancing tools and processes Off-shoring, Resource Management
•Establishes thought leadership in technical specialty area with customers
•Demonstrated ability to work as the lead for large complex projects at a Regional or global level
•Has a deep understanding of HP's product & service capability for multiple BU's
•Has demonstrated extensive hands-on level skills with a broad range of the technology
•Demonstrates skilled use of financial and capital investment concepts in justifying solutions that create business value for the customer
•Utilizes deep knowledge of customer value chain and business requirements to create and propose solutions
•Persuasively communicates the value of the solution in terms of financial return and impact on customer business goals
•Understands business metrics and drivers for multiple levels of customer management and appropriately tailors communications to demonstrate value
•Extensive level of industry acumen; keeps current with trends and able to converse with client on issues and challenges at multiple levels of customer management
•Demonstrates strong communications skills with customer management, as well as C-level executives
•Leverages deep understanding of the competition - both positioning strategy and technology - to create competitive advantage for HP

Job - Sales

Primary Location - South Africa-South Africa-Johannesburg

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