Product Manager: xFusion Solutions Architect

1 month ago


Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa Insphired Full time
Job Description

As a Product Manager: xFusion Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for providing pre-sales support to partners and internal sales divisions. Your key objectives will include designing, scoping, and building solutions by conducting site visits and customer engagements to clearly define project requirements and key outcomes. You will also become a trusted technical advisor and training resource for all parties.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Pre-Sales Solution building and design
  • Business Strategy Development and Execution
  • Understanding the development strategy for the vendor and implementing it in the SBM sector
  • Defining and documenting a development plan with each partner and focusing on execution
  • Reviewing the development plan on a quarterly basis
  • Presenting the status of the development plan back to the vendor
  • Training and up-skilling of partners
  • Development partner tasked with growing sales and presales resources of partner
  • Training on vendor sales tools
  • Training on vendor processes and systems
  • Managing the certification level of partners
  • Involving partners in vendor training and events
  • Ensuring operational excellence of vendor within the partner, ensuring orders are placed on vendor timeously
  • Alignment of vendor resources to partner
  • Making sure that stakeholders at the vendor interface with stakeholders at the partner on the following levels:
    • Technical
    • Presales
    • Management
    • Marketing
    • Solutions Proposals
  • Working with the partner to drive marketing initiatives on behalf of the vendor, these initiatives may include:
    • Marketing events
    • Tele-campaigns
    • Internal incentives
    • Promotion of vendor events
    • Driving vendor GTMs with the partner and ensuring focus on the GTMs
  • Discount Management
  • Lobbying support for partners at the vendor
  • Enlisting vendor support to drive the opportunity to closure
  • Vendor relationship management
  • Making sure that relationships are maintained with key vendor contacts that are required to be successful quarterly review for the partner
  • Solution focus for each partner
  • Ensuring that vendors are focused on each product
  • Take ultimate responsibility for the revenue target allocated to the partner
  • Drive the product focus within each respective partner
  • Be the custodian of the vendor relationship at the partner
  • Ensure that vendors products are top of mind with all key stakeholders within the partner
  • Analyse market segments and develop marketing strategies to build product demand by creating effective solutions and awareness of the product and brand
  • Provide marketing plans and GTM plans for the sales team
  • Liaise with vendor and industry to understand product and market trends and amend plans accordingly to ensure efficient product life cycle management and maximize opportunities
  • Clearly communicate product, market strategy, objectives, and technical
  • Develop a strategic account management plan for all channel partners to be presented once a quarter as part of your quarterly review
  • Ensure that customer-related queries are effectively dealt with and solved
  • Assist the team with other related functions when and where required
  • Submit Weekly/Monthly/quarterly reports as required by management, vendors, and analysts

Requirements:

  • Matric with mathematics is essential
  • Sales and Marketing qualification and/or relevant diploma is preferred
  • Advanced knowledge of MS Office suite is essential
  • Knowledge of CRM and ERP systems is preferred
  • Knowledge of the process critical to sales e.g., RMAs & deliveries
  • Service quality orientated
  • Ability to manage stress, work under pressure and manage a high workload
  • Relevant technical knowledge and technology-driven, up to date with the current technical products and knowledge within the product and Enterprise certifications
  • Customer-focused with excellent customer service skills
  • Planned with good time management skills
  • Negotiation skills for interactional purposes with clients and vendors
  • Ability to manage relationships on all levels within a company


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