Solution Architect

The Role - Solution Architect

- The responsibility is one of Presales for the ERP solution

- This person will lead the pre-sales process from a functional perspective.

- Gather business requirements from prospects, respond to RFI and RFP

- Prepare solution design / architecture and proposal highlighting business benefits

- Client facing skills - communication (both written and verbal) should be outstanding

- Work with Services organization to draw up the initial project costing for implementation, Customization and roll out services

- Will carry a sales quota

Candidate Profile:

- At least one full life cycle ERP / Supply Chain Management implementation experience

- Excellent communication and presentation skills

- Should have a strong understanding of Retail business practices, processes and improvement areas. (Preferably International Retail business exposure)

- Should have worked in Retail or Distribution industry for at least 3 to 5 years or should have worked with leading retail companies on projects such as Software Package selection and Implementation (Merchandising Systems, POS etc.), or worked with business users ( Operations, Merchandisers, Retail Store users) and created Job instructions/ functional requirements

- Exposure to BI and analytics is valuable,

- Capable of presenting and communicating business benefits to senior members of customer companies.

- Should have a minimum of bachelor’s degree

- Proven ability to listen to prospects and design solutions that can deliver business benefits

- Experience in Solution Architect (Presales Consulting) preferred