Presales Support Intern (Placement Year)

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Presales Support Intern (Placement Year)

  

Job Description:

   

Presales Specialist – HPE Pointnext

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is currently the world’s largest technology company. We operate in over 170 countries and are market leading in several industries, boasting strong year on year growth. Working for Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated, proactive and sociable individual to contribute to driving the continued success of the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Server, Storage, Networking and Services product ranges in the UK&I marketplace.

We offer a challenging 13 month internship program which has been specifically created to get the most out of the best interns; the role offers real responsibilities from day one. Working in a fast paced, professional and forward thinking environment will provide a perfect setting for those looking to develop invaluable experience they can take forward into a future career.

You will receive support and mentoring tailored to your needs throughout your time on the intern program and beyond. When you join you will receive a 4 week ‘hand over’ period from the current intern in the position to help you establish yourself in this role. Throughout the 13 months you be working closely alongside the other channel interns.

The Datacentre Care/Integration and Performance Services Practice (DCC/IPS) is a presales team crucial to the success and growth of HPE Pointnext, responsible for driving and managing customized Operational Support service opportunities. The team achieves this through supporting sales qualification, informed solution design and pricing and creating compelling and high quality customer proposals to ensure a win for HPE.

The Presales Specialist will support the pursuit function of the DCC/IPS Practice as well as support key activities within the wider Growth group which the DCC/IPS practice sits under.

Day to day responsibilities include:

·  Act as first point of contact for sales pursuit requests into the team
·  Owning the initial qualification to enable approval, transfer or rejection of request in Salesforce
·  Work closely with the DCC/IPS Practice lead to ensure deal governance is completed
·  Tracking and presenting pursuit reports to delivery team
·  Pricing & proposal writing
·  Tracking upcoming and ongoing business opportunities by producing pipeline reports for management.
·  Present forecast documents to management team and make amendments to Salesforce opportunities based on business requirements.

Training will be provided to develop portfolio and pursuit expertise, including fundamental financial and business acumen. Interns in this role work on real bids immediately, significantly contribute to key deals and interact with sales, HPE management and customers. This role requires some flexibility as the team works to tight deadlines and occasionally work longer hours.

Key skills

·  Effective communicator
·  Attention to detail
·  Good teamwork skills
·  Ability to work independently
·  Strong time management
·  Microsoft Office competency
·  Business related degree, target to achieve minimum 2:1
·  Fluency in English

Job:
Administration

Job Level:
N/A

    

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

   

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to the use of arrest and conviction records, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and similar laws and will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.