Job Details
SAP S/4HANA RISE Presales Solution Architect with Cloud (EMEA) (Permanent)
Location: London, United Kingdom Country: UK Rate: 120K GBP/Annum
Experience level: 20+ Years
Mandatory skills: SAP S/4HANA with RISE, Presales experience and cloud solutions.
Key Function:
SAP Presales Solution Architect (RISE with SAP - Cloud) to assist client to achieve international growth objectives by:
Supporting the sale of strategically important deals with Winning Solution and Thought Leadership
Focus on crafting SAP S/4HANA Cloud Deployment Option - RISE with SAP
Developing other solution team members
Develop client into new industries, propositions, services, technologies.
Key Objectives:
Deliver sales revenue targets through individual - solo and team-based selling.
To support qualification of initial leads and determine appropriate bid team.
Own bid life cycle for smaller bids whilst contributing to larger bids.
To lead/support complex and outside the norm customer bid opportunities and customer ITT responses - leading to the client to choose client as their preferred partner.
Act as a quality assurance on proposals documents and presentations written by less experienced team members.
To be part of the initial project delivery team in order to architect the solution design and de-risk the project.
To build strong industry/partner relationships
To develop own skill set to maintain thought leadership' status in customer's and peers' eyes.
Mentor Solutions Managers/Managing Consultants to become Solution Architects
Core Competencies:
Can conceptualize and communicate winning propositions - making complex ideas look simple.
SAP S/4HANA (IaaS & RISE) Rightsizing and Migration to Cloud Programmed
DEV/SEC/OPS & Agile Delivery Advisor SAP Hardware & Software Architecture Trusted Advisor
Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Transformation Projects
SAP Innovator not follower Developing SAP RISE focused Value Proposition for Rightsizing/Archiving for S/4HANA & BW/4HANA.
Bright, ability to rapidly pick-up new technologies, propositions and business areas
Outcome oriented - maximizing balance of effort vs benefit to achieve objectives.
Demonstrates excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.
Ability to work under own initiative and under tight time pressures - planning, prioritizing and controlling own workload.
Precise approach to project management and procedures
Ability to assert own ideas to clients and within client senior management.
Is able to give strong coaching and feedback where needed to client or client team members.
Continuous improvement - Inquisitive - self teaching of relevant new business thinking and technology solutions.
Proactively contributes to the body of knowledge at client.
Role Competencies:
Broad, credible knowledge of client integrated (multi-Line of Business) propositions, technologies, differentiation and track record.
Detailed knowledge of business requirements and solutions in their focus area (Technology, Industry or LOB)
Work with account and commercial team to conceptualize and communicate winning propositions.
Mobilize and motivate a bid team and project team.
Lead/support the preparation and delivery of sales proposals and presentations.
Can add value to and often own the strategy and tactics to win bids - develop/enhance client differentiators during a sales process.
Entrepreneurial - can identify and develop opportunities within existing accounts.
Oversee portfolio of bids - with the ability to successfully multi-task without over committing
Ability to organize and co-ordinate diverse groups in complex situations.
Broad content experience across multiple lines of business
Broad technical appreciation - including ALL key SAP functionality and technology; With ability to rapidly assess new technology solutions.
Lead functional/technical architecture in complex SAP and non-SAP environments.
Support the Program-me Director to develop phasing strategy, plans, benefits case, org structures, risks and issues.
Manages design workshops on multiple area of expertise.
Command the respect and confidence of other Solution Architects, Solution Directors and the Commercial Team
Ability to develop client methods and tools and contribute to Solution Team strategy.
Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
Educated to degree level or equivalent - expect 1st or 2:1.
Extensive minimum experience in relevant technology (eg SAP) and/or business area - with 6 project life cycle
S/4HANA - RISE with SAP Cloud experience - Solution & BOM
Strong sales experience - of selling technology solutions; Delivering proposals as both stand alone or an integral part of wider consult-build-run propositions.
Broad experience of Big Four' (or similar) consulting practices and methodologies
In depth relevant technology or business solutions architect experience in FTSE 100/250 level companies
Track history of leadership
Posted Date: 18 Apr 2024
Reference: JS
Company: Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Contact: Divagar P M