Manager Sales – Storage, Data Services, Private Cloud And Cyber Security (f/m/d)

Manager Sales – Storage, Data Services, Private Cloud and Cyber Security

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.

Job Description:

Data Services and the underlying Storage Solution are a key investment area for HPE. Over the past years we have invested significantly into R&D and acquisitions for new technologies enabling a software-driven, cloud-operated portfolio based on modern cloud-native platforms and integrated cloud-enabled Data Services. Our portfolio doesn't stop in the Data Center but provide hybrid solution that span from Edge-to-Cloud.

To bring these benefits to even more customers, we are expanding our sales organization and are looking for a Manager Sales to help drive accelerated growth and transformation.

You will:

• Communicate direction to the team in line with the BUs vision and strategy and manage the sales motion towards growth and increased profitability.
• Create a high performing team through recruiting, developing, and retaining talent.
• Coach to assure best in class individual and team sales performance.
• Orchestrate major customer engagements to deliver results and create the best customer experience in the industry.
• Engage customer and partner executives to understand the customers' business context, build trust, and deliver HPE's value proposition in line with that.
• Create early-stage opportunities by managing top customers' and partner executive level relationships.
• Partner with stakeholders to maximize cross-HPE team efficiency and customer success.
• Help the team to bust barriers and overcome obstacles.
• Establish sales methodology for end-to-end sales process management.
• Manage sales planning and follow up to ensure consistent execution.
• Provide timely and accurate sales forecasts and won/loss deal analysis into the broader team.

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

• University or Master's degree preferred
• Experience in the Storage & Data Services market including Software and Cloud
• +10 years of working experience in an IT sales environment selling products, solutions and services
• +5 years' experience in people management/leadership
• Demonstrated excellence in sales, business and people management
• High knowledge and connection with channel partners and end customers
• Experience in deal project management, business planning, execution and control to develop and execute the efficient strategy also based on facts and numbers.
• Ability to develop, mentor, inspire, and motivate people and create a winning team
• Successfully driven transformation of organization and individuals
• Dynamic character challenging status quo and fostering a creative mindset within a group
• Excellent communication, presentation and closing skills
• High level of responsibility and confidence
• Business fluency in German and English language

Join us and make your mark!

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

Additional Skills:

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, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Industry Knowledge, Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

Personal & Professional Development

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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.