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Job Description
Role can be Remote or Hybrid Office Base Subject to Location
Scope of the role:
The technical pre sales function within NEC works closely with the application product owners and the hosting design team to ensure that propositions are both meeting client requirements whilst achievable for the delivery teams within NEC. The role will require the candidate to be comfortable learning about the NEC hosting environment and applications, to ensure that they add value to our propositions and tender responses for our hosted applications, in particular Software as a Service opportunities. The role will cover a number of key areas including but not limited to;
- Working closely with the sales team on proposals and pitches for business acting as an NEC hosting pre sales subject matter expert
- Ensuring that the hosting solution will deliver the customer’s requirements.and highlighting risks to the delivery of the solution to the internal NEC stakeholders
- Work closely with customers to understand and capture their business requirements.
- Presenting proposals to our customers alongside members of the sales team
- Producing costing models for hosted propositions
- Work closely with NEC Design team to ensure the Technical Design Architects understand the customer requirements and assist them to propose a solution that can be delivered within budget constraints.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will have the following experience:
- Experience of engaging with clients and a range of internal stakeholders and demonstrate an ability to explain complex technical solutions to a variety of resources.
- An ability to communicate technical information to non-technical staff in a way that is easy to understand.
- Previous experience working for a competitor in a similar position would be a strong advantage.
- Costing up solutions based on virtualised and physical platforms with multiple technologies.
- Understanding of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions
- Will need to be eligible for NPPV3 and UK Security Clearance
- Ability to cost up and include both resilience and redundancy components into the technical solution.
- Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrating a variety of influencing styles to enable effective completion of tasks both individually and within groups.
- Ability to manage a number of concurrent projects and good time manage management skills
- Demonstrates an ability to think ‘outside the box’ while defining solutions in a workable form
- Previous experience on designing and implementing solutions within the Public Sector and Central Government marketplace.
- Ideally have a technical background, understanding basic network, storage, server , firewall terminology
- Understanding and experience of NEC products
Additional Information
We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package, including an above average pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with the following:
- Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
- 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE)
- 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
- A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
- A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
- All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like.
OTHER INFORMATION
- Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
- All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting, references and occupational health checks.
- Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.
NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.
Who We Are:
We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.
Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services.
We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.
We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way.
