Enterprise Account Manager Spain

Role Title: Enterprise Account Manager

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Meet our Team

We represent Hitachi Vantara to enterprise clients across industries, establishing business relationships to understand customer challenges so that we can deliver profitable business for Hitachi products, services and solutions. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our customers; success that is celebrated and shared. Our solutions bring value to every line of business and we need people like you to build those deep relationships and to passionately articulate our value proposition.

What you'll be doing

The Account Manager (AM) will work closely with Technical Presales, Services team to grow our Solutions and Services business. You will be responsible for positioning infrastructure solutions, data operations, cloud solutions, app modernization, data analytics and managed service offerings to achieve desired client outcomes. Success in this role will have the ability to articulate technical acumen into business strategy to sell value-based solutions on account with strong potential.

You would therefore join our private sector enterprise account team. The ideal candidate will have strong new business development experience with a proven track record of selling complex, six to seven figures, solutions (information technology or other comparable offerings) to large enterprise clients.

• Work collaboratively with all team members, to effectively manage account planning strategies, opportunity pursuits, development of proposals to achieve growth to drive its major account to Global Account Status
• Conduct market and customer research to expand commercial insight necessary to build effective customer call plans and sales strategies
• Drive a high volume of high value prospecting and business development activities, to include lead management, needed to reach key decision makers/influencers (technical and business) inside pursuit accounts
• Drive account strategies and coordinate team selling efforts with partners, specialist, management and technical resources necessary to close business.
• Position Hitachi Vantara's offering by understanding the customer's key strategies, business drivers, current micro and macro-economic trends, and how the customer competes in their marketplace and industry
• Use strong business acumen and knowledge of our solutions to develop appropriate customer relationships within various customer buying centers
• Accurately and regularly forecast pipeline for effective support of the business strategy. Ensures that any gaps between current position and goal are proactively and regularly assessed with strategies and tactics developed to address those gaps
• Drive customer-centric strategies with the Hitachi team members at national and international level, ecosystem partners, and customers to maximize profitable engagement and win rates

What you bring to the team

• A competitive TEAM-attitude, very strong work ethic and thrives in a fast pace, high growth and matrixed organizational environment.
• A top performer in presenting & selling service offerings including cloud offerings to assist customers with their business outcomes
• Previously worked for a technology vendor, Software or Systems Integration company or an IT Consultancy company with at least 5 years spent selling solutions and managing high value IT and/or cloud services programs
• Knowledge and/or practical experience of IT, cloud migration, data analytics, managed services and data management including storage, converged and hyperconverged infrastructure
• Experience of working with ecosystem partners (Global and Regional SIs, VARs and ISVs)
• An avid hunter with a proven track record of sourcing new leads and leveraging social networking to gain access to decision-makers/influencers necessary to close business
• Excellent time/organizational management, deal management and problem-solving skills.
• Knows how to conduct customer research and develop meaningful account plans.

Our Company

Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what's now to what's next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage and we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Values (Do not alter wording)

Research tells us that some applicants, especially those from underrepresented groups, can be put off from applying for roles if they need flexibility or feel they don't meet all of the set criteria. We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and are open to considering home working, compressed/flexible hours and part-time arrangements. Get in touch with us to explore how we might be able to accommodate your specific needs.

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge