Senior Consultant – Networks at Corporate Staffing

Salary: Competitive,

Our client is one of the leading IT solutions providers. They seek to hire a senior consultant to lead the network and pre-sales department supporting the sales teams through designing of Network solutions in line with clients’ requirements.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for pre-sales support of the Network solutions portfolio and associated infrastructure required
• Provide technical support in sales presentations, product demonstrations, and customer meetings
• Responsible for high level equipment designs for the sales teams as well as High Level design handover to the project implementation team to ensure that systems function according to customer specifications
• Provide answers to customers’ pre-sales enquiries concerning collaboration solutions
• Provide consultancy support to the sales teams for customers; matching business requirements to the suitable technical solutions
• Manage proof of concept testing based on customer requirements, to demonstrate feasibility of a solution prior to a project rollout either on site or at the client’s offices
• Report on a pre-determined regularity on team activities and performance to the Head of Business
• Proactively or as advised attend internal and external training events to develop relevant knowledge and skills
• Assist the technical teams in installation integrations on need basis
• Provide mentorship to other team members.
• Assist the technical teams in installation integrations on need basis
• Provide mentorship to other team members
• The role holder is also responsible for Delivery of the project where necessary
• Responsible for ensuring higher wallet share for networking solution sales with sales team and customers
• Actively engage and participate in all Business development activities including marketing activities
• Identify and advise management on new solutions, technologies to invest in from time to time.
• Ensure Partnership levels are maintained at the highest level.
• Engage Partners & ensure great working relationships for mutual business success.

Qualifications

• Degree in IT or any other related field
• CCNP
• Ten (10) years’ experience in a technical role
• Sales acumen
• Closely liaises with the sales and Service Delivery teams to ensure the realization of both short-term and long-term organization goals;
• Maintain close contact with both internal and external customers to enhance good customer experience and service delivery.
• Leadership skills
• Good presentation skills
• Good communication skills