Partner Business Manager, Central Africa and Supplies Lead at Hewlett Packard (HP)

Hewlett Packard (HP) is the largest technology solutions provider in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and worldwide. The company's offerings span from IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices to global services, imaging and printing. Our customers are virtually everybody: consumers, small and medium sized companies, large corporations as well as Government institutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below

Job Title: Partner Business Manager, Central Africa and Supplies Lead

Job Requisition ID: 3130099
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full time

Responsibilities

• Serves as the expert to the partner for more advanced information regarding product, services, and software transitions, promotions, and configurations.
• Supports sales by analyzing opportunities, and communicating sales collateral within their area of focus. May be brought in by partner to sell HP brand to end customers.
• Achieves assigned quota for HP assigned products , services, and software
• Transactional selling working within a team of selling professionals.
• Influences partners to create and maintain their HP funnel.
• Influences partner business manager and/or end user sales teams on partners' capabilities and merits.

Educational Qualification and Experience

• University or Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Typically 8+ years of selling experience at end user account or partner level.
• Experience developing positive relationships and solving customer problems.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Understanding of the IT industry, competing vendors, and the channel, including competitive positioning
• Understanding of HP's organization & operations, including key business rules, partner segmentation, key programs & initiatives, structure.
• Understanding of a select set of HP's products, software, and services. Able to communicate the strengths of HP's offerings, and overcome objections.
• Effectively sells HP offerings by building strategic relationships with partner contacts; and promoting HP programs and offerings.
• Develops account plans with partner to grow HP's share of the business.
• Partners effectively with others to ensure coordinated, efficient account management.
• Understanding of pipeline management basics and ability to explain benefits to partners.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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