Ehod: Cloud

**ROLE PURPOSE**

To define, evolve and execute the Cloud, Data Management and Data Centre solution portfolio to deliver value for our customers and revenue and profits for the business. Will be responsible for ensuring the profitability of the Cloud, Data Management and Data Centre solution area, across verticals throughout Nexio. Will define the overall execution of strategy and definition of the action plan to achieve the overall targets. Will drive continuous improvement in the performance of the Cloud, Data Management and Data Centre portfolio, relative to budget, with a specific focus on growing external revene streams. To ensure end to end life cycle management and profitability of all solutions
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**ROLE REQUIREMENT**
- Primarily involved in the development, evolution and approval of the long-term vision across a function.
- Most senior level within a major function for a business unit
- Sets functional strategy and significantly influences business unit strategy
- Direct impact on business performance
- Provides leadership to managers and/or professional staff
- Provides technical guidance to employees
- Gives regular, comprehensive and constructive feedback to team and conducts their performance appraisals.
- Proactively seeks feedback from team members and deals constructively with any criticism.
- Adjusts management style to get the best from the individuals within the team
- Delegates work to team members taking into account their capacity, level of skill and exposure to different types of work and complexity
- Assume responsibility for the following:

- Overall formation of the strategy of the Cloud solution portfolio
- Major deal pricing & pricing operations: Responsible for developing compelling, market competitive commercial solutions for incorporation into customer proposals, ensuring conformance with the bid strategy and compliance with the defined governance processes.
- To deliver compelling and integrated marketing propositions that meet customer needs, enable our sales channels, create market awareness and generate demand for the Cloud solution portfolio
- Responsible for providing insights relating to the markets in which Nexio operates
- Responsible for developing compelling customer offers, planning and executing new market entry, defining the sales channel requirement and defining the value propositions across the Cloud portfolio.
- Responsible for providing the knowledge and tools to enable sales to clearly articulate these Cloud solution propositions to Nexio customers.
- Responsible for all marketing activities that pertain to the Cloud solution portfolio
- Train and enable the account teams responsible for the target customers on these Cloud solutions; be involved in the handover of the more complex opportunities and work alongside the sales teams to progress and close opportunities where required.
- Responsible for creating market awareness of the Cloud portfolio and propositions through programs addressed at key external stakeholders, analysts, press and customers. These programmes include web, online, social media, digital, events, seminars, press, media and analyst relations, conferences, speaker engagements and multiple other approaches. Internal Nexio employee communications, workforce enablement and collaboration will be achieved through the provision of intranet, social media and internal communication and news.
- Responsible to build integrated solutions to sell to and through Vodacom.
- Ensure alignment with strategic partners and alliances.

Responsible to manage and build capabilities that enable Nexio to become a global player.

Additional Information:

- Individuals at this level have fully developed knowledge of the business, marketplace and clients. The individual is recognised as an expert in Cloud within the organisation
- Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices. Provides technical guidance to more junior levels of staff
- Able to build strong interpersonal relationships with peers, brand leaders and other senior management throughout the company
- Able to be a “big picture” thinker
- Excellent leadership, team building and management skills
- Encouraging to team and staff; able to mentor and lead
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to align multiple strategies and ideas
- Confident in producing and presenting work
- In-depth understanding of the industry

**TECHNICAL / PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES**
- Strong technical knowledge and background in terms of the services within the Cloud
- Substantial industry experience to strongly understand the competitive landscape and changing market forces.
- Strong business acumen in terms of understanding ROI and investment protection.
- Leadership and people management experience.

**QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE**
- Commercial degree or equivalent qualification would be essential
- 8-10 years’ experience in the ICT, Telco or ISP related services industry