Solutions Consultant

**Meet our Team**
We are currently looking for a Platinum Solutions Consultant. This is a customer-focused technical sales professional role who leads the Pre-Sales effort by creating opportunities and partnering with the Client Partner and the Regional Account Managers in building a customer centric sales value proposition. You will be providing high level technical information and design/implementation guidance to the customer organization in a dedicated manner. You will coordinate additional technical resources to recommend, develop and propose appropriate customer solution and services offerings.**
**What you'll be doing**
a) Establishing a trust relationship with the Platinum account.
b) Developing a strong understanding of the customer's issues and business
c) Formulating a strategy/solution that provides a positive impact to the customer's business.

You will own the technical customer relationship and manage the technical aspects of the opportunity. As a Platinum Solutions Consultant you must possess strong technical and interpersonal skills to lead technical discussions with the customer and account team, regarding the challenges in today's market, industry trends, and the Hitachi Vantara vision.
- Conduct assessment of client business requirements and potential opportunities and create gap analysis and transition roadmap for products, solutions and services
- Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholder within clients' organization by helping them optimize their Hitachi investments and deliver key business outcomes
- Partner with Client Partners to define the business Platinum Account Plan and create and execute the Technical Account Plan.
- Orchestrates all technical resources required engaging the right Hitachi resources with the right people at the right time
- Complete high level solution design and architecture across Hitachi Vantara Solution Set
***What you bring to the team**:

- 10+ years of experience in a Consulting Presales role in the IT Industry or in a High-Value Solutions Infrastructure company
- Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure technologies; Server technologies, Cloud, Virtualization, VMware, Business Continuity, Data Protection, SAN, LAN/WAN Concepts and Architectures.
- Knowledgeable in ESX, vSAN, NSX, vRealize desired
- Industry experience in Pharmaceutical Industry and/or Finance industry with global scope is highly desired
- Strong understanding of client's organization and business
- Network effectively and build trust and confidence within customer organization; extremely strong relationship skills and executive-level presence
- Ability to translate business requirements into a technical solution
- Adapts style to engage across a broad network for result driven collaboration inside and outside of the organization
- Strong leadership, communication, and technical skills
- Persuasive presentation and public speaking skills. English is required, other languages are highly desired. Must be able to command an audience while articulating a meaningful message
- Self-motivated, self-starter and results oriented
- Able to work in unstructured environments and situations, and prioritize effectively with mínimal supervision
- Exercises significant independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices to determine best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives.
- University degree or equivalent education

**Our Company**

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage and we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we'd love to hear from you.

**Our Values**

We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and are open to considering home working, compressed/flexible hours and flexible arrangements. Get in touch with us to explore how we might be able to accommodate your specific needs.

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:
Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge