Pre Sales and Technical Retail Specialist - Johannesburg
Salary Negotiable
Johannesburg,
Gauteng
more than 14 days ago
We will only consider candidates from the retail divisions/departments with specific experience in POS hardware/software.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a technical or pre-sales role (customer-facing).
• Experience dealing with direct and indirect sales channel in East and Southern Africa.
• Experience traveling in Africa and understanding the complexity of retail markets in various countries.
The Pre-sales and Technical Retail Specialist will coordinate technical pre-sales activities in the Retail division
• Well-developed software and technical aptitude, with a demonstrable understanding of how to support the sales process from a technical perspective.
• Ability to develop, document and deliver customer documentation, e.g.preparing a response to technical queries, RFI’s, RFP’s or translation of a customer’s requirements to a scope of work.
• Experience with skills transfer, for example, delivering training (internally) or by providing technical know-how to customers in a classroom environment.
• Strong presentation, communication, organization and time management skills.
• Self-motivated and able to execute responsibilities with limited direct instruction from management
• Presenting and differentiating retail product offerings at a technical level from the competition.
• Supporting the qualification of new opportunities and/or identification of target accounts.
• Positioning and presenting products and software offerings to existing and prospective retail customers.
• Providing technical assistance and guidance during the pre-sales process by identifying customer’s technical, application and business requirements, prior to proposing a solution.
• Consulting with technical peers about requirements and capabilities, and supporting sales teams, account managers and partners on proposal activities.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced industry professional with strong software and technical skills to join and add value to a dedicated team looking to expand the company’s retail presence in East and Southern Africa.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a technical or pre-sales role (customer-facing).
• Experience dealing with direct and indirect sales channel in East and Southern Africa.
• Experience traveling in Africa and understanding the complexity of retail markets in various countries.
The Pre-sales and Technical Retail Specialist will coordinate technical pre-sales activities in the Retail division
• Well-developed software and technical aptitude, with a demonstrable understanding of how to support the sales process from a technical perspective.
• Ability to develop, document and deliver customer documentation, e.g.preparing a response to technical queries, RFI’s, RFP’s or translation of a customer’s requirements to a scope of work.
• Experience with skills transfer, for example, delivering training (internally) or by providing technical know-how to customers in a classroom environment.
• Strong presentation, communication, organization and time management skills.
• Self-motivated and able to execute responsibilities with limited direct instruction from management
• Presenting and differentiating retail product offerings at a technical level from the competition.
• Supporting the qualification of new opportunities and/or identification of target accounts.
• Positioning and presenting products and software offerings to existing and prospective retail customers.
• Providing technical assistance and guidance during the pre-sales process by identifying customer’s technical, application and business requirements, prior to proposing a solution.
• Consulting with technical peers about requirements and capabilities, and supporting sales teams, account managers and partners on proposal activities.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced industry professional with strong software and technical skills to join and add value to a dedicated team looking to expand the company’s retail presence in East and Southern Africa.
Recruiter: Abantuubuhle