As my client continues to grow in EMEA they are now looking for an exceptional talent to join their pre-sales team. The role with involve:
Responsibilities:
Based in the Sheffield/Leeds area your responsibilities will include:
* You must be able to orchestrate a technical sales cycle which requires involvement of multiple resources (both internal and partner).
* You must have a proven track record in the development and delivery of differentiated custom solutions and presentations, including advanced technical concepts, to key decision makers to address their business issues and needs
* You will be expected to deliver, in an effective and timely manner, on RFI / RFPs
* You will be able to construct and deliver differentiated business cases and assist in the development of ROI/TCO studies.
* You will be expected to design a winning solution to enable client's business initiatives to be realised.
* You will be expected to fully understand and clearly articulate the benefits of my client's to all levels including line of business managers and "C" level executives.
* You will be expected to present compelling solutions in competitive and complex sales cycles.
* You will be expected to proactively support relationships with customers and partners.
* You will be required to participate in all appropriate product, sales and procedural training and certification to acquire and maintain the knowledge necessary to be effective in the position
* You will be expected to display initiative, self motivation and deliver high quality work while at the same time, meeting all deadlines for both internal and external customers
* You are expected to have extensive experience in a comparable pre-sales position supporting the sales cycle in CRM, ERP, BI or Ecommerce applications
* Willing and able to travel domestically & occasionally internationally
Required Skills/Experience:
* Extensive experience in a comparable pre-sales position supporting the sales cycle in selling CRM or high value business solutions.
* You will be required to have a broad understanding and be able to articulate the benefits of SFA, Service & Support, Marketing and Mobile solutions.
* B.S. Computer Science or a numeracy degree
Proficiency in:
* Business Analysis and Business Case/ROI construction
* Strong verbal and written communications skills with a focus on needs analysis, positioning, business justification, and closing techniques.
* Superior presentation skills.
Desired Skills:
* Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, On-demand applications
* Platform and application design
* High availability architectures
* Web application integration
* Database management experience
* Portal and integration technologies
* Internet Security
* Web Development skills (HTML, JavaScript etc.)
* Java, J2EE or other development environments (e.g. .Net)
Please note only candidates with EU work authorisation will be considered