Company Description
IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.
At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.
We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.
By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.
We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.
If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.
Job Description
As a Pre Sales Consultant, you will be expected to work alongside the Sales teams and the Business Architects to understand prospect and customer business and functional objectives, along with the “As-is” and “To-be” state of the organization in order to provide a functional product solution and demonstrate it back where required.
Through the support of the Industry specialists and Business Value Engineering you will enable the customer first approach of IFS Ultimo ensuring the understanding and delivery of the value and technical solution customers expect. Pre Sales Consultants are responsible for leading workshop and discovery engagements with clients, understanding the business process and value drivers and translating this into customer facing presentations to support the IFS Ultimo sales effort.
- Participate in internal and customer/prospect facing product presentations and demonstrations.
- Facilitate and document prospect and customer discovery sessions to uncover business processes and functional requirements.
- Provide answers to technical questions in a Request for Information (RFI) or a Request for Proposal (RFP).
- Support with technical qualification of sales opportunities.
- Gain the knowledge of specific IFS Ultimo products and services.
- Support and build custom demonstrations aligned with customers’/prospect key business initiatives.
- Ensure the successful delivery of Proof of Value tied to the customers’ success criteria and business initiatives.
- Translate technical and business requirements into a customer focused value-centric solution.
- Work within teams with the ability to adopt a leadership role where necessary
- Maintain a high degree of knowledge of all products and services including roadmaps and regular liaison with Product Management.
- Use the knowledge and/or the understanding of the major customers’ requirement to provide and/or propose commercially and viable product/solution improvement feedbacks of large and complex customer requirements – involving senior management where needed
- Work with Enterprise level prospects and clients and be prepared to question them to cover a complete architecture, including integration of IFS Ultimo into a wider environment
- Understand and demonstrate the key metrics, KPI’s and business drivers for the IFS Ultimo Industries.
- Working with the sales organisation to address technical needs for the customers
- Maintain knowledge of and follow the IFS Ultimo Customer Engagement processes
- Ensure discipline of excellence and passion to every customer engagement
- Support at external and internal customer facing events
- Use the knowledge and/or the understanding of the major customers’ requirement to provide and/or propose commercially and viable product/solution improvement feedback.
Qualifications
Essential:
- University degree, equivalent professional qualifications or appropriate experience
- Deep experience of solution development, presenting software applications and business process mapping at a senior level
- A comprehensive understanding of business practices within relevant industries
- Experience of working with Enterprise Asset Management software or equivalent
- Fluency in English (verbal and written)
- A willingness to travel – nationally and internationally as required
Desirable:
- Experience in developing business process strategy and enterprise architecture
A Pre Sales Consultant would be expected to have a very good understanding of the following areas:
- Experience in Enterprise Asset Management
- Project management in asset intensive industries.
- Developing solutions to deliver customer facing demonstrations and presentations focused on the key IFS and customer value messaging.
- End-to-end business process and business practices including process and solution mapping.
- Knowledge of IFS products and processes, with a focus on the IFS Ultimo processes related to your areas of industry expertise.
- Commitment to self-learning and regular training.
- Live the IFS Ultimo Values.
Additional Information
At IFS-Ultimo you will work in a growing, global enterprise software company built upon committed and empowered colleagues who come to work knowing they are making a difference. We work every day within our single platform and embedded digital innovation to help our customers be their best when it really matters to their customers – at the Moment of Service™. We take pride in ensuring that our employees are able to achieve the company goals as well as develop their career. We believe empowered autonomy, committed colleagues and being part of a winning team are the keys to our success and what makes us great!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Equal Opportunity Employer
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What We Do
IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for companies around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. Within our single platform, our industry specific products are innately connected to a single data model and use embedded digital innovation so that our customers can be their best when it really matters to their customers – at the Moment of Service. The industry expertise of our people and of our growing ecosystem, together with a commitment to deliver value at every single step, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector.
Our team of 5,000 employees every day live our values of agility, trustworthiness and collaboration in how we support our 10,000+ customers. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com.
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