Western Region Supplies Sales Manager

Western Region Supplies Sales Manager

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Job Summary

Western Region Sales Manager

Description

As the Supplies Sales Manager for the Western region, the position entails applying expert subject matter knowledge to manage staff activities in solving complex business issues with channel partners and internal HP departments. Managing activities of individual contributors of varying degree of expertise and tenure. Is accountable for a large multi-department area(s) or location(s) with significant impact on business unit results and organizational strategy. Acts as a key advisor to senior management on the development of overall policies and long-term goals of the organization. Plans, manages and monitors team success, issues and escalations. Recruits and supports development of direct staff members. Position typically reports to Director or above.

Additional Guidance/Criteria:

• Directs and controls activities within a sub-region or Region.
• Typically manages 9 or more direct reports. Span of Control guidelines may differ from these numbers.

Responsibilities:

Managing The Business

• Sales coverage- Builds well targeted business plans and strategies for allocating resources and driving sales activities to achieve margin; collaborates within HP and with the field to prioritize, facilitate and direct the use of resources.
• Account Planning- Assists in planning sales strategy; manages the internal processes in support of sales reps and selling activities; aligns tactical account plans with overall corporate strategy; actively develops and manages geography business plans to meet revenue goals/quotas; develops plans that articulate the strategies/requirements essential for focusing sales activities, forecasts accurately and communicates sales progress; actively manages and signs off on account business plans through scheduled reviews and updates.
• Sales Forecast: Ability to track, forecast and communicate sales goals for the region and alignment back to the business.
• Business acumen- Exhibits base level of business, financial and legal acumen to develop meaningful business recommendations; continuously monitors and improves area-of-control operations to ensure alignment with HPs business direction, the quality of business practices and optimum organization performance.
• Strategic sales planning & implementation- Orchestrates the development of strategic sales plans that reflect HP's business strategy, to advance market share/penetration, and achieve profitable growth.
• Competitive Positioning/Strategy- Uses competitive intelligence in account planning and sales activities to develop counter strategies that will neutralize competitive influence on the customer's buying decisions.
• Program and Process Management - Allocation of MDF budget, 360 Plan approval process, Amplify program benefits
• Cross Collaboration- Working with other teams such as channel programs, category , COE, end-user sales to solve issues or develop new opportunities.

Leading & Managing Sales People

• Coaching & Performance Management- Assesses and manages employee performance to ensure individual and group excellence; counsels and supports individuals through selling challenges; manages performance and results of individuals through selling challenges; manages performance and results of high and low performers.
• Leadership- Models effective selling skills; motivates and supports sales teams in selling; demonstrates a high level of support in the pursuit and closing of deals.
• People development- Nurtures and advances the talent required to maintain HP sales force excellence within area of control; sponsors and directs skill building activities to increase the productivity and accomplishments of the sales force.
• Change management- Ability to work through an environment of change and effectively lead a sales team through transitions beyond their control.

Selling as a Sales Manager

• Focus on strategic direction- Understands the overall Supplies strategic direction and portfolio, and can assist sales teams in customizing solutions based on client needs.
• C-level partnering- Contributes to enduring executive relationships at the highest levels of the client's organization; personally interacts with executives; establishes professional relationships and credibility with key IT and business executives in support of other established relationships with the client.
• Consultative selling- Strategizes and coaches team on how to apply consultative-selling techniques to identify and advance opportunities that result in ongoing profitable revenue growth for HP; prepares for client calls in partnership with sales teams and supports the efforts of the team during client meetings; ensures sales teams have access to other HP resources and encourages them to nurture relationships with client influencers and decision makers.
• Industry and client knowledge- Stays current with industry and competitive research and information to enable rich client dialogue; maintains an understanding of client business challenges, industry trends and markets; demonstrates breadth and depth of knowledge to position and map HP capabilities that align to client business objectives and initiatives.

Education And Experience Required:

• Directly related management experience and work results including success in achieving progressively higher quota or other sales related goals.
• Demonstrated level of project management skills.
• University or Bachelor's degree.
• Typically 7+ years experience in sales.
• Knowledge and Skills: In addition to core selling skills:Business Management.
• Strategic Planning- Translates business goals into actionable plans and strategies that reflect the requirements and opportunities within area-of-control Aligns area-of-control account and market opportunities with upstream strategic plans and metrics. Sets sales priorities and establishing these as the focus of individual or sales team activities.
• Execution- Actively manages business plans to meet revenue goals/quotes and advance the business interests of HP. Determines if an opportunity is profitable for the company.
• Forecast/Budget Control- Tracks and manages rolling forecasts and budgets to ensure timely and accurate roll-ups.
• Pipeline Management- Builds, monitors and orchestrates sales pipelines to ensure continuous population of near- and long-term opportunities Balances quick wins against longer sales-cycle opportunities to ensure both immediate wins and long-term profitability for HP.
• Operations Building/Improvement- Continuously monitors, troubleshoots and improves area-of-control operations to ensure alignment with HP's business direction, the quality of business practices, optimum organizational performance and a highly motivated sales force.

Sales Development

• Resource Brokering/Allocation- Collaborates across HP within the field to access, facilitate and direct the use of resources needed for effective selling.
• Sales Facilitation- Applies influence and organizational savvy to advances.

Strategic Business Planning

• Manages the top- and bottom-line - monitors discounts and margins involved in individual deals to align them with group performance.
• Works with others to create mechanisms that shift the focus from "low- hanging," immediate wins to recognizing and providing incentives for large deals/wins.
• Understands industry drivers and the customer base better to bridge HP solutions with account-relevant problems and opportunities.
• Builds stronger internal relationships with other groups to ensure seamless selling of total HP solutions and to establish clear expectations for resource alignment and support.
• Develop effective counter-measures and messages.
• Builds clear strategies for working with key accounts to pursue and close major opportunities, including clear identification of tactics for accelerating progress through the pipeline.

Knowledge & Skills
• Account Management
• Business Development
• Business Planning
• Business To Business
• Customer Relationship Management
• Direct Selling
• Finance
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Market Share
• Marketing
• Merchandising
• Regional Sales
• Sales Management
• Sales Process
• Sales Prospecting
• Sales Strategy
• Sales Territory Management
• Salesforce
• Selling Techniques
• Value Propositions

Cross-Org Skills
• Customer Centricity
• Prioritization
• Resilience
• Team Management
• Strategic Thinking

Impact & Scope
• Impacts large functions and leads projects requiring knowledge of multiple disciplines or areas of HP.

Complexity
• Uses managerial concepts and company objectives to resolve highly complex issues in creative and effective ways. May achieve goals through subordinate supervisors.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The on-target earnings (OTE) range for this role is $232,350 up to $336,900 annually, with a 80/20 (salary/incentive) mix. There are additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to US candidates only).  Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• Long term/short term disability insurance

• Employee Assistance Program

• Flexible Spending Account

• Life Insurance

• Generous time off policies, including; 
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure

• 13 Paid Holidays

• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job -

Sales

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

25%

Relocation -

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