Sales Lead Consultant

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience working in the IT industry as a domain consultant and/or product owner and should be part of at least 2 complete IT project life execution cycles.
• Proficiency in the following automotive sales life cycle stages
• Sales Planning
• Sales Invoicing
• Sales Reporting

Pricing and Launch Steering

• We are looking for a success-oriented candidate who has a proven track record of IT consulting in the automotive domain.
• The candidate will have to define business/process models for automotive clients taking into account Industry best practices
• Work closely with global teams and business stakeholders in the automotive industry to drive business workshops to define requirements, develop product backlog, and elaborate functional specifications for an IT solution. The candidate should also be able to analyze requirements, model as-is and to be process and support business during testing.
• Should own and drive domain/ business thread of large IT programs ensuring that the solution exceeds client expectations.
• Lead the consulting team for client engagements and actively support /lead sales opportunities.

Preferred

• Minimum of 10 years manufacturing experience in one of the global automotive OEMs is a MUST and should demonstrate strong proficiency across the Auto Industry value chain and related best practices
• Minimum of 10+ years of proven experience in agile methodology performing the role of a product owner with certification in CSPO. Should also have worked on at least 1 agile tool (eg. JIRA). Should have expertise in at least 1 process modeling tool or BPM tool.
• Should have at least 10 years of experience in managing teams, including recruitment, coaching & mentoring, and performance management.
• Have led teams for client engagements and actively supported /led sales opportunities & RFPs working closely with senior managers, client engagement managers, and sales teams.
• Should be ready for extensive travels within and outside the county. Should have experience in working in a multi-cultural team spread in multiple time zones.
• Should have proven academic records and display thought leadership with a deep understanding of the latest technology trends in the automotive industry
• Conversant with spoken and written English.

Personal

• Besides the professional qualifications of the candidates, we place great importance in addition to various forms of personality profiles. These include:
• High analytical skills
• A high degree of initiative and flexibility
• High customer orientation
• High-quality awareness
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills