A&A MEA Presales Manager Vacancy at Nokia

 Employment Nigeria 22-Aug-2017 LAGOS , Engineering   Marketing and Sales  


Nokia provides state-of-the-art software, hardware and services for any type of network.

POSITION : A&A MEA Presales Manager - Service Delivery Platfroms

Description

  • Development and support of new business for A&A portfolio and pre-sales activities by providing clear definition of the solution capabilities to meet customer requirements and commercial proposal for the same.
  • RFP/RFI/RFQ for A&A deals from understanding the requirements, identifying the respective resources, structure the Offer – technical and financials, cost estimations, SOW preparations and overall competitive analysis working with Sales teams in market units, global business units, domain teams within AA GBC.
  • Ensure solution value proposition is clearly communicated in the customer engagements and captured and articulated in offer proposals during Offer Development stage.
  • Ensure for non standard and complex deals our solution scope is fully optimized.
  • Good knowledge of telecom networks, commercial and technical expertise in SDP (Service Delivery Platfroms) which is one of the product lines in A&A portfolio.

Objectives

  • Involved in helping to create a pipeline of opportunities working with sales teams for various accounts and in responding to opportunities involving a combination of Nokia and also 3rd party vendor products wherever required to complete the solution.

Business Development:

  • Able to bring out the value proposition for solutions of SDP portfolio of A&A which includes SBC, Rapport for Enterprise, DDE, AAA, Messaging solutions, NGIN, Vital QIP (DDI), etc.
  • Provide subject matter expertise and manage pre-sales activities for SDP (products and services).  Provide direct interface to and engage BU’s and PLM’s for MEA market, account or case.
  • Ensures key messaging is reflected in offers and supports differentiation from competition.
  • Participate in managing and reporting the opportunity pipeline with GBC team as well as sales
  • Provide customer facing support including customer presentations, bid defenses, product demonstrations, etc.

Solution Strategy:

  • Develop a solution strategy in conjunction with SDP Business & Product Units, Customer Account Teams and Delivery teams.  The strategy will include the agreement with all stakeholders the portfolio push and how this can be implemented.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with the sales team on the qualification of prospects in the area of solution fit and service delivery expectations
  • Interaction with technical team,  of operator to Influence specification in line with our  product feature and optimized product configuration
  • Communicating new product developments to prospective clients
  • Provide support to lead for defending the techno commercial offer during Offer Approval Meetings
  • Procure and understand the costing received for 3rd party components and material, installation from PDC, Delivery & MSM
  • Negotiate equipment / feature scope with customer (equipment / features)
  • Delivery of various pre-sales activities for one or more customers (with support of SDP BU/Product Units and account teams) - including responding to customer requests for information, developing & planning conceptual solution presentations, demonstrations and technical / product guidance in meetings etc
  • Provide documentation (technical design ,scope of work etc..) with support of SDP domain/BU teams.
  • Ensure that Sales is supported in the bidding process From Product Management point view for different product related activites e.g feature development/Request etc
  • Defines Complex technical solution with the help of BU. Responsible for understanding business and technical problems addressed by the products including key regulations, business drivers, evolving business needs etc
  • Preparation of complex techno-commercial offer for the customers.
  • Attendance at conferences, working with SMEs from BL and research to stay on top of changes in business issues/requirements/regulations/Technology and understand where the market is going
  • Provide Pricing guidance for SDP Portfolio.

Qualifications

  • Interpret customer requirements and solution 
  • Advanced communication skills (verbal and written), including influencing those not under their direct control.
  • Communicate at different levels within Customer organization, include “C” and C-1 level executives
  • Experience in SDP (SBC, MRF, NGIN, DRA, AAA, Rapport, Messaging, Vital QIP) solution domain.
  • Strong business acumen and analytical skills, including identifying improvement opportunities, developing business cases, analyzing investment opportunities.
  • Financial management knowledge and commercial acumen.

Qualifications and Experience:

  •  Bachelor’s degree in Telecom/Electronics/Electrical/Comp.Science Engineering.
  • 10-15 years of Experience in Telecom and IT industry (minimum 8 years in Telecom is required)

Competencies:

  • Coordination and Relationship management skills
  • Self committed, results focused
  • Negotiation Skills.
  • Ability to understand network issues/requirements
  • Commercial acumen & Financial analysis
  • Power point presentation, excel and modeling skills


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