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Role: Technology & Pricing Specialist, Server & Storage
Location: Manchester (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)
Contract Type: Temporary
Salary Package: £15.38 hourly rate via umbrella company
Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday
Interview Process: 2-stage process
Why SCC?
- An inclusive workplace
- Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
- Hybrid working in line with role requirements
- Career development and life-long learning opportunities
- Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company
Role purpose:
Ownership of server and storage vendor opportunities by providing specialist quoting and support around complex orders to the branch, wider SCC departments and end user customers.
Key responsibilities:
• Position yourself as a Technology Specialist for relevant Server and Storage vendors within the business and proactively update and maintain knowledge on a regular basis
• Assist with high end specifications by speaking to customer as necessary in order to qualify re-quirements
• Be responsible for creating complex configurations and act as a sanity check for complex config-urations created by distribution where necessary
• Ensure that pricing submitted contains most appropriate pricing structures / programmes / bid process as relevant
• Create customer facing quotations in appropriate format with any associated documentation as necessary
• Assist with pre-sales technical queries as required
• Be available to attend conference calls in order to assist in the qualification process
• Undergo appropriate training and obtain associated accreditations
• Provide support to the Operations team for any complex requirements
• Maintain communication with the sales teams and vendors throughout the sales cycle to ensure best possible engagement
• Ensuring deals are approved in a timely manner, escalating when necessary and involving SCC and vendor partner management where required
• Management of take on business in relation to relevant vendors ensuring that SCC has the right information to take on the account successfully
• Where relevant providing aligned resource to support specific key accounts from a technology perspective
• Proactive deal registration & bid/pricing management on smaller deals
• Maximising rebate payments utilising relevant tools
• Ongoing training/support to both the branches and supporting teams (Romania) to ensure best practice around Server and Storage vendor quoting
• Central point of contact and distribution point for vendor specific technology/promo pricing into the wider business
• Assistance with pipeline management as required
• Ensure delivery of key measures of success for the department, manage and mitigate risk of shortfalls
• Ensure appropriate training is undertaken
• Ensure department complies with all company policies and procedures
• Be responsible for delivering excellent standards in customer service
Skills and experience:
- Proven experience in industry and sound technology background
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Good analytical and commercial skills
- Adaptable and flexible in a fast paced environment