HPE Networking Telco Solutions Sales Specialist (f/m/d)

HPE Networking Telco Solutions Sales Specialist

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

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 varied 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.

HPE Networking delivers a comprehensive portfolio of AI-native solutions—designed to improve the operations and user experience and advance AI initiatives.

As part of HPE Networking Telco Solutions offers a compelling portfolio for telecommunication service providers to become an agile, competitive digital service provider with pre-integrated, open, multi-vendor solutions.

HPE Networking Telco Solutions GTM Organization is looking for a Sales Specialist with in-depth understanding of selling AI-enhanced telecommunication solutions.

The organization of HPE Networking Telco Solutions is uniquely positioned to deliver industry specific, AI enhanced solutions built around capabilities in the following solutions domains: Subscriber Data Management, Service Assurance, Service Orchestration, Telco Automation. It is an innovative organization focused on selling software as a service and fully aligned with overall HPE GreenLake as-a-service strategy.

In a typical day as Sales Specialist Telco Solutions you:

• Manage and develop the HPE Telco Solution business at major accounts in Germany and Austria, focusing in Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefonica with special attention on Subscriber Data Management and Telco Automation
• Sell Telco software and solutions to support customers to operate and orchestrate reliable services in hybrid and virtualized environments.
• Build a broad network of industry relationships and contacts in targeted accounts and countries.
• Capture sales opportunities to increase the company's market share in accordance with HPE's strategy and execute on sales forecast.
• Set directions for business development and solution replication.
• Creates and grows reference customers.
• Work with HPE account management, presales and delivery teams
• Collaborate with virtual team to orchestrate and sell complex customer solutions.
• Establish a professional and consultative working relationship with the client, including the C- level by developing a core understanding of the unique business needs.
• Deliver on assigned quota metrics and target to over-achieve the set quota with quarter KPIs.

If you are…

• Good at partnering, innovating, and making things happen? Good start, you are aligned to our core values!

If you have these Skills, Expertise, Attitude and Education…

• University or Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Knowledge of the Telco market and digital transformation journey
• Account experience in the Communication Providers' segment
• Experience in working with System Integrators, Solution Consulting Companies and Network Equipment Providers
• Partner engagement experience
• Cultural awareness, sensitivity and ability to work in multiple geographies
• Demonstrated achievement of progressively higher quota diversity of business customer, and higher level customer interface
• Consultative solution selling and business development skills
• Leadership and initiative in successfully driving sales - prospecting, negotiating and closing deals
• Project management skills
• Desired traits: passion to win; think out-of-the box, eager to learn, growth mindset, entrepreneurial spirit
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Business proficiency in German and English language

Join us and make your mark!

We offer:

• Competitive salary and extensive benefits package (pension scheme, insurances, company car, bike and car leasing, and other fringe benefits)
• Work-life balance (flexible working time and hybrid workplace model, 30 vacation days, four HPE Wellness-Fridays, up to six months paid parental leave)
• Support for education, training, and career development
• Diverse and dynamic work environment

Part-time work or job-sharing is also applicable to this position.

HPE is:

• Ranked in the Top 3 in the Women's Career Index Germany in 2025 for the twelfth time (FKi Hall of Fame member)
• Named Gold Champion in Pride Index Germany in 2023
• Ranked 9th on Fortune's 2023 list of Best Workplaces in Technology
• Ranked 5th on Newsweek's list of America's Most Responsible Companies 2024
• Named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for the eighth year in row
• Recognized as one of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Seramount in 2023

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