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To drive pipeline generation and conversion activities across the Vodafone Fixed, Cyber, Cloud, Voice and MPN products/services within the European account base in Vodafone Business International (VBI).
Job Responsibility:
Shape customer demand in advance of formal RFX processes to ensure Vodafone are best placed to sin new business
Support the Global Account Managers to develop account development plans that will drive adoption of high value products and services
Run workshops and similar to build trust and introduce new concepts to customers offering high level technical leadership
Act as “voice of customer” at the bid phase of opportunities ensuring internal stakeholders fully align on your expert understand of the customer demand
Maintain strong working relationships with key suppliers in your region and focus on “high touch” teams with responsibility for your accounts
Work to ensure Vodafone receives the best conditions from our suppliers to give us the best chance of winning profitably
Collaborate with relevant 3rd parties as part of consortium or “joint” bids
Assist Global Account Managers in scoping of sales opportunities and developing a technical win strategy
Engage with Vodafone’s internal stakeholders to assess the feasibility of delivering according to the customers demand and where there are gaps find solutions together with those same internal teams i.e. Product Management, Vodafone Business Technical Services, Customer Success Management, Commercial, Legal etc
Guide and support pre-sales feasibility teams to obtain the best price for fixed access services in collaboration with Partner (i.e. Carrier) Management and according to mutually agreed strategy
Form part of the team responsible for handing over won deals into Build and Run functions internally, relying on Technical Administration functions for the placement of orders etc wherever possible
Provide continuous feedback on customer interactions to Vodafone stakeholders to ensure current and future demand is well understood and the right investments can be made to meet said demand
Support New Product Development activities where your knowledge is of unique value i.e. early stage customer engagement, deal shaping and technical win strategy
Requirements:
5yrs+ Technical Sales experience
In-depth knowledge of Secure Networking incl. SASE, SDWAN, Firewalling and underlying OSI layer architectures (optical, ethernet, IP)
High level understanding of: Unified Communication technologies including SIP, PSTN dialling from Soft Clients, Cloud PBX and modern equivalents
Mobile data communication architectures including modern RAN and Core technologies/vendors
Broader cyber security services including Detection and Response, End Point, OT, Cloud and emerging AI threats/defensive measures
Cloud architectures and vendors with particular focus on (multi) cloud networking and management services
Business development skills – Confident presenter able to hold customer attention
Experience in change management in a technological context
Team player, strong influence and relationship management skills
A self-starter with a determination to succeed, balanced with appropriate tact and diplomacy
Fluent in English
Nice to have:
Ability to operate with a high degree of independence and make decisions at speed that will navigate complex internal and external factors to ensure profitable achievement of departmental targets
Experience working successfully across predominantly remote international teams
Excellent Customer relationship management skills with ability to interact at Chief/Director level
Strong commercial understanding of bid finance and basic accounting terminology
Public speaker / influencer
What we offer:
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Market-leading global parental leave policy
Occupational pension
20 Days Remote Work Abroad policy
Quarterly "Spirit of Vodafone Day" where employees are encouraged to take time for personal development and learning