Storage Sales Specialist - BeLux (French Speaking)
This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2-3 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is looking for a dynamic and results-driven Storage Sales Specialist to join our team in Belgium. In this role, you will be responsible for driving HPE's storage solutions within French-speaking Belgium and Luxembourg, working closely with commercial accounts and channel partners. This is an account management role with a strong emphasis on farming (2/3) and hunting (1/3), supported by dedicated hunters.
This position is ideal for expert-level sales professionals with a strong background in IT and storage sales who are eager to leverage their expertise in a customer-facing role.
Key Responsibilities:
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Account Management: Cover accounts in French-speaking Belgium and Luxembourg, maintaining and growing customer relationships.
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Sales Focus: Engage in a mix of channel and direct sales, with a primary focus on channel partnerships.
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Customer Engagement: Understand customers’ unique storage needs and deliver tailored solutions.
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Partner Collaboration: Work closely with channel partners to develop business opportunities and drive storage sales.
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Hunting & Farming: Focus 1/3 on hunting and 2/3 on farming, ensuring sustained business growth.
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Industry Knowledge: Stay up to date on IT trends, including AI, machine learning, and emerging storage technologies, to effectively advise customers.
Required Qualifications:
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Experience: Minimum of 8+ years in IT sales, with at least 3 years of experience in storage sales.
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Languages: Native French speaker with fluency in English (mandatory).
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Sales Experience: Strong track record of selling IT solutions, particularly in storage sales.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Education: Technical degrees in IT or related fields are preferred.
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Languages: Trilingual proficiency (French, Dutch, and English) is highly desirable.
Why Join HPE?
At HPE, we are committed to delivering transformative technology solutions that empower businesses to succeed. As a Storage Sales Specialist, you will have the opportunity to work in a collaborative and innovative environment where your skills and ideas are valued. Join us to make a significant impact on the IT industry and advance your career.
If you are passionate about technology and have the expertise to drive innovative storage solutions, we encourage you to apply for the Storage Sales Specialist role in Belgium. Take the next step in your career journey with HPE.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
HPE is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.
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Additional Skills:
Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning (Inactive), Active Listening, Assertiveness, Bias, Building Rapport, Buyer Personas, Coaching, Complex Sales, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Experience Strategy, Customer Interactions, Design Thinking, Empathy, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity {+ 6 more}
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
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Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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Job:
Sales
Job Level:
Expert
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What We Do
In 1939, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, college friends turned business partners, started the original Silicon Valley startup in the space of a rented Palo Alto garage. Starting with audio oscillators, the friends built the foundation for a company that would grow to become a global leader in enterprise technology.
More than 75 years later, our success is exemplified through our employees’ drive to advance ideas that bring meaningful innovations to life for our customers and partners around the globe. We are guided by our mission to help customers use technology to turn ideas into value, and empower them to transform industries, markets and lives. We simplify Hybrid IT, power the Intelligent Edge and provide the expertise to make it all happen.
