Partner Business Manager📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is seeking a Partner Business Manager to join its team. This role is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is expected to be an onsite position, primarily working from an HPE partner or customer office. The Partner Business Manager will act as a trusted advisor to HPE's partners, fostering relationships that align with HPE's business objectives. The core focus will be on driving end-to-end revenue, HPE profitability, and pipeline growth through collaborative business planning and data-driven sales initiatives.

Role Context and Objectives

The Partner Business Manager is responsible for articulating HPE's global and local business strategies to partners to establish a scalable selling ecosystem. This involves understanding partner priorities, industry trends, the IT landscape, and HPE's strategic direction and technology to effectively differentiate HPE from competitors. The role requires coordinating and executing HPE activities with partners, leveraging HPE specialists as needed, and leading HPE strategy, programs, and systems to achieve accelerated financial outcomes and build partner loyalty.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to partners, including Value Added Resellers (VARs), Distributors, SIs, ISVs, and Managed Service Providers, on strategic positioning within emerging trends, aligning with HPE business priorities and co-creating future plans.
• Drive end-to-end HPE revenue, profitability, and pipeline by developing joint business plans and leading data-driven sales initiatives with partners.
• Articulate HPE's global and local business strategies to effectively "sell with," "sell to," and "sell through" partners, creating a scalable selling ecosystem.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of partner priorities, industry trends, the IT landscape, IT investment strategies, HPE priorities, and HPE Technology to communicate the value of HPE's portfolios and solutions.
• Demonstrate business and sales leadership by building mutually beneficial relationships with partners to expand HPE's market share.
• Coordinate and execute HPE activities with partners, including sales cadences, education, marketing initiatives, executive briefings, forecasting, business planning, and client engagements, leveraging HPE specialists and driving HPE marketing strategy through the partner.
• Implement and drive HPE strategy, programs, and systems with and on behalf of partners to achieve accelerated financial outcomes and enhance partner loyalty.
• Tailor selling solutions to meet the specific needs of the partner's customer profile, incorporating HPE products, services, and technology alliances to achieve assigned sales quotas.
• Potentially recruit and develop business relationships with new partners, working to increase their commitment to HPE.
• Monitor partner sales floors to assist in pipeline development.
• Ensure partners are informed about and compliant with HPE's Supplier Business Conduct (SBC) requirements for Partners, including all applicable legal obligations.

Qualifications and Experience

• University or Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Typically 4-8+ years of selling experience.
• Solid experience in selling to partners is desired.
• 2-5 years of experience is required.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Technology Acumen: Awareness of current technology trends and related HPE strategy, with the ability to articulate these effectively to partners.
• Sales Acumen: Ability to influence partners to create increased value for HPE, utilizing selling skills to identify opportunities, leverage sales platforms, and propose solutions.
• Account Management: Understanding of business and financial fundamentals to develop strategic plans with partners that align with customer and HPE strategies.
• Portfolio Knowledge: Understanding of HPE products and their value proposition compared to competitors.
• Partner Industry Acumen: Understanding of the partner's industry, including trends, competitors, and the channel landscape.
• Partnering Acumen: Ability to build understanding and relationships with partners and the internal HPE community.
• Financial Acumen: Grasp of financial accounting concepts to assess customer financial health and position HPE solutions.
• Sales Forecasting: Capability to anticipate partner needs and forecast sales quotas.
• Communication: Professional, clear, and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Time Management: Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Creativity and Entrepreneurship: Aptitude for innovation and proactive steps to advance HPE sales efforts.
• Additional skills include: Accountability, Active Learning, 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, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity.

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time, onsite position located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves working primarily from an HPE partner or customer office.