06-03-2009 | EXPIRA LA 12-03-2009
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 engage on a daily basis in tasks such as:
- Product presentations & demonstrations
- Advise customers & partners on how best to use Oracle products
- Respond to tenders
- Interact with product development about new releases and 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 in high demand and have the opportunity to pursue a career path both in pre-sales and in many different IT and non-IT functions.
The EPM Pre-sales Shared Service Centre is tasked with supporting the EMEA field pre-sales in a diverse number of ways, ranging from answering to tenders, customizing demos and building prototypes to directly supporting partners and/or customers with specific requests.
At this centre we are looking for individuals who are willing to take on the challenge of building excellent product knowledge and combining this with a good commercial sense while working in an international environment.
The languages supported by the centre are: English (mandatory), French, German or/and Italian (fluency in one of these languages is a requirement).
PROFILE:
To fulfil the role of the EPM Solutions Pre-Sales Consultant we are looking for individuals that match the following profile:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Format and answer Requests for Information and Requests for Proposal (Oracle Corporate Questions, Product Questions with thorough answers)
- Proactively support sales teams in positioning EPM as a key differentiator
- Maintain in depth and up to date knowledge of relevant business drivers & typical customer needs
- Ensure collaboration with industry presales teams, the core technology presales community and sales.
- Actively developing product expertise
- Attend adequate product trainings; read relevant collateral, analyst reports, white papers, competitive documents etc.
Please submit your CV in English. Thank you!
Technical:
- Good understanding of the IT market/trends
- Knowledgable in the Finance Domain (financial controlling, financial analysis, reporting, budgeting & planning)
- Knowledge and experience of Performance Management products (Hyperion, Outlooksoft, Cognos, Business Objects, Cartesis)
- Knowledge of PM technology
- Ideally also experience of working with ERP products (Oracle, Siebel, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, SAP)
- Experience of pre-sales delivery in a major software vendor
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary, global teams to develop and deliver solutions
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 spread out in different countries
- Self motivated, you have the natural drive to learn and pick up new challenges
- Eagerness to learn – you enjoy the challenge of getting to master new products in a very short timeframe
Other:
- Work experience in a similar role is an advantage
- English language is mandatory
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 is 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.
