Presales Consultant

Role & responsibilities

• End to end implementation of cloud procurement projects including design, configuration, testing, post go-live support, reporting, training
• Helping customers to focus on their goals by driving the implementation towards a successful, on-time implementation.
• Coordinate with onsite engagement team and client team to gather requirements, develop workplan, determine expectations and finalize deliverables
• Support pre-sales activities, which includes: responding to RFPs; attending client orals
• Ensure quality project delivery of engagements led by self and those that are executed by direct reportees
• Responsible for S2P production support and enhancement activities and a liaison with business process owners to validate requirements for changes to processes and recommend best practices across S2P process.
• A functional subject matter expert of the Source to Pay process; including supplier on-boarding, purchase requisitioning, sourcing, and contracts, and payables.
• Identify issue pattern and work with product management and engineering team for system resolution
• Customer advocate within the Zycus for issue resolution / functionality & feature prioritization
• Collaborate with other functional and technical teams on business needs, information, applications, and long term plans while helping to ensure integration with strategic plans.
• Manage business process mapping, process re-engineering and gap analysis. 
• Recommend opportunities for streamlining, consolidating and optimizing processes.
• Recommending road maps to close performance gaps and developing high level implementation plans

Preferred candidate profile

• 5-8 years  consulting experience in Source to Pay and/Procure to Pay solutions required and experience in systems applications consulting, either internally or via an IT organization or externally with a consulting firm or software provider.
• 5+ years of experience implementing Cloud Procurement suites such as Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, GEP SMART or any other similar product suite.
• Hands on experience in configuring, testing and implementing Source to Pay and/Procure to Pay solutions required
• Proven ability to facilitate knowledge transfer and translate complex technical issues into compelling business benefits.
• Strong customer facing skills, ability to influence and motivate internal/externals teams and vendor partners.
• Exceptional client management skills and be able to work with customers to execute an implementation plan that works towards a rapid, successful Go-live.
• Experience in configuring and delivering software demonstrations are mandatory.
• Deep understanding of Procurement related processes including Source-to-Pay (both upstream and downstream), Contract Lifecycle Management, Supplier Management, Category Management, Spend Analysis etc.
• Demonstrated experience in successful delivery of software solutions inclusive of Management of Change (MOC) and business mapping.
• Has an extensive experience in handling International   Customers and  ready to work in Shifts 

Education & Background :

Graduation/Post Graduation (Full time)

Any Tier 1 Institute/B-School is nice to have

Perks and benefits

- Work with one of the best procurement leaders in the market

- Hybrid model

- Weekends off