Technical Consultant

Technical Consultant – Pre-Sales & Sales Engineering
-Central London
-SaaS Sector

Salary £30,000 – £36,000 per annum, plus £10,000 bonus. 
Exceptional benefit package on top!

Our client is a recognised market leader in On Demand, integrated Front office software for the staffing and recruitment industry.

Throughout the recruitment industry, their software solutions are utilised worldwide, by a wide range of staffing and recruitment firms – from emerging new businesses to large, global, multi sector recruitment organisations.

The Technical Consultant will be responsible for all technical aspects of the sales cycle by determining customers’ requirements and addressing technical challenges to ensure a smooth and efficient implementation process. For this role, candidates must have excellent communication skills and technical expertise, and the ability to work well within a team and independently. The ability to communicate complicated technical material clearly and effectively is vital.

Responsibilities:

·Gather, assess and create clients’ technical specifications and requirements.

·Provide internal and external assistance during to the Sales team during the Sales process.

·Analyze prospect data sources

·Customize and configure internal CRM systems, including code customization

·Create sales and prospect reporting

·Provide assistance in the development of client relationships.

·Partner with the Implementation team to build Statement of Work and Implementation plan.

·Provide consistent and effective communication to Development and Implementation teams

·Provide technical sales support for all Prospects and Partners

·Address customers’ questions in a comprehensive manner to ensure customer satisfaction

·Improve and maintain demo systems

Required Skills and Experience:

Required Skills and Experience:

Computing based degree, with a significant amount of systems and programming content.
Experience building apps in Java preferred.
Must have fantastic communication skills.
Great energy and passion for technology.
Any exposure to one or more of the following programming skills highly preferred:
-Java
-SOAP
-.NET
-ColdFusion
-Web Based Application Development
Must have the ability to work efficiently in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.

·Ability to speak additional European languages preferred but not required