28-03-2008 | EXPIRA LA 27-04-2008
Job expirat
Pre-sales is the function that provides product expertise to sales, customers & partners in Oracle. Oracle has a large community of pre-sales consultants across EMEA that on a daily bases engage in tasks such as:
- Product presentations & demonstrations
- Advice customers & partners on how to best use Oracle products
- Respond to tenders
- Interact with product development about new releases, new functionality
As a pre-sales consultant you have the chance to develop in a very broad spectrum, ranging from product expertise, customer interaction, communication and general IT market knowledge. Successful pre-sales consultants are highly demanded individuals with the possibility to develop a career in many different IT (and non-IT) functions.
The Technology Pre-sales Shared Service Centre is tasked to support the EMEA field pre-sales in a divers number of ways. Ranging from answering to tenders, customizing demos, building prototypes to directly supporting partners and/or customers with specific requests.
For the centre we are looking for individuals who are willing to take on the challenge of building excellent product knowledge (Oracle database and middleware) and combining this with a good commercial sense while working in an international environment.
The languages supported by the centre are: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish (fluency in one or two of these languages is a requirement).
PROFILE:
To fulfil the role of pre-sales consultant we are looking for individuals that match the following profile:
Technical:
- Good understanding of the IT market/trends
- Technical/IT education, university degree
- Works in an IT related role today (system or DB administrator, technical support, consulting, development)
- Good understanding of Oracle or similar products, more specific:
- Experience (worked with) Databases; preferably Oracle but others are acceptable as well;
- and/or experience (worked with) middleware products (1 or more of the following: J2EE/Portals/SOA tools/ID management etc.); preferably Oracle but others are acceptable as well.
- Experience (more then simple user level) with one or more operating systems (Windows, Linux, Unix)
- Most important is an eagerness to learn! Oracle has an incredibly broad (and growing) portfolio of industry leading products. If you find it interesting and fun to pick up a new product and master it in a very short timeframe, this is the place to be!
Non Technical:
- Good communication skills, able to articulate key messages very clearly
- Openness to work with different languages & cultures (you will support most of Europe)
- Results orientation, you won’t be satisfied until the job is done with the right quality!
- Ability to work in (virtual) teams. To get a specific job done often requires working together with many colleagues pread out in different countries
- Self motivated, you have the natural drive to learn and pick up new challenges
Other
- Work experience in a similar role is an advantage
- Fluency (including written) in one or more major language (German, French, Italian, Spanish & English) is a must
Oracle is a very successful, profitable and leading international IT provider. With close to 60.000 employees Oracle provides an environment that enables employees to learn, grow and be successful. Specifically related to the pre-sales role in the shared service centre we provide:
- An environment that is focused on continuous learning.
- Ample opportunity to train on new products and to develop new personal skills
- A combination of deploying technical knowledge and sales abilities
- A challenging and interesting work environment with the possibility for interaction with colleagues, customers and partners across Europe
- Attractive salary and benefits
- A fun and varied job
- Excellent possibilities to develop yourself and your career
Please submit your CV in English! Thank you!
CAREERS WITH A GLOBAL DIMENSION
Looking for a career that will let you work with the brightest minds in the industry? Want to be part of a global team that\\\\\\\'s changing the way the world does business? Consider Oracle Corporation. Oracle is home to 50,000 professionals in more than 100 countries.
Oracle Corporation started as a representative office in Romania in 1995, given the increase in the number of Oracle products users and also to the development of complex projects based on Oracle solutions that required local expertise. Oracle was the first big multinational software company, which opened an office in Bucharest.
The reasons for which Romania has been included as business area in the Oracle EU Enlargement Countries organization are the following:
-the fast growth the Romanian IT & C Sector
-the highly prepared specialists
-the steady economic development
In Oracle Romania you would be working pro-actively with customers and partners to exploit and optimise the capabilities of the Internet via e-business and information flow.
Oracle is teamwork orientated, which means it s easy here to strike up good friendships in a truly multicultural environment (employees interacting with 28 countries / 20 languages).
We are looking for ambitious professionals who are hungry for career progression and its substantial rewards: individuals who appreciate the advantages of working with people from different cultures with the same dedication to teamwork and excellence. We want candidates who possess drive, initiative, enthusiasm, and who are flexible and good team players.
In return, Oracle Romania will provide you, as a professional, with the opportunities and career progression that will shape you both personally and professionally.
