Spanish speaking Senior Business Solutions Leader - Spain

Job description

The Senior Solution Leader is a core member of the Commercial department, leading a team of Solution Architects responsible for the development of a solution proposal response to prospective Clients throughout the sales cycle (including RFI, RFP).

The goal is to understand the strategic priorities, business and technical requirements of our clients, so that we can respond to their requests in the best possible way. You will be in charge of designing, proposing and providing technical solutions, interacting with our clients, operations functions and executive business developers.

This is a senior role which is integral to supporting the Sales Organization in linking the Client's mission, business strategy and processes to the strategy and showcasing the journey from ideation to execution.

About Barcelona:

Barcelona is one of the largest cities in Spain, located to the coast of North-Eastern Spain. Boasting a variety of heritage sites and a vibrant nightlife, it is one of the must-visit cities in Europe! One of the busiest cities in the world, it is perfect for people looking to socialize, enjoy the night-life and Mediterranean weather and enjoy good food to boot!

Key accountabilities include:

• Driving the Solutioning activities for complex deals, which involve multiple LOB and / or technology domains
• Define solution vision, value proposition and transformational direction of the different projects.
• Drive the translation of complex business initiatives into innovative business-technology solutions and ensure consistency across traditional solution boundaries
• Work with Business Stakeholders and Project Managers to understand inefficiencies in clients' existing business processes and recommend solutions
• Provide expertise on commercially structuring deals to differentiate from the competition
• Review, and contribute to the solution costing and present financials for approval
• Excellent understanding of the competitor landscape, providing insight into the sales plan on how to beat competition
• Ensure that the solution translated from business objectives is fit for purpose and clearly demonstrates value for money. The senior solution lead should be able to confidently explain this to CxO level customers
• Ensure that the proposed solution covers strategy, partners, stakeholder management as well as the actual solution covering Business Process Outsourcing solutions as well as commercial aspects.
• Collaborates continuously with sales managers and leads the solutioning team combining solution architects to design an affordable, innovative solution which meets a client's requirements and business needs. This solution should fit within the affordability target set together with the Sales Lead
• Consultative approach, strong business acumen and commercial awareness, with the ability to translate business issues into relevant technical solutions and competitive propositions
• Fully understands the client desired business outcomes and how the transformation strategy will deliver them through a series of projects each delivering business value
• Can help construct a transformation plan that is based on a business journey, and walk the customer through the business value and outcomes delivered through that journey
• Seen as a coach and mentor to the solutioning team members
• Responsible for leading and managing the solutioning team in Spain and driving strong sales growth aligned with the global portfolio and strategy
• Ensuring solution quality, accuracy and alignment with standards
• Focusing on driving cost and resource optimization within the pre-sales function.
• Managing career development and progression of the solution team.

Requirements

• Degree in Business Administration, Telecommunications Engineering or equivalent experience
• Prior sales experience from a BPO environment or a Consultancy would be ideal
• Previous experience in working for a Tier 1/2 Technology Services Provider or major service provider in a pre-sales solutioning role
• Prior experience leading, costing and implementing large complex BPO pursuits, preferably with a technology transformation component
• Strong proficiency creating business willing solutions aligned with key market growth areas
• Strong Leadership skills of multidisciplinary teams, including communications, technical and infrastructure teams.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate (written & verbal) effectively and to influence at CxO level
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering:
  • Databases
  • Software Engineering, development methodologies
  • Organization and processes: desirable BPMN
  • Information and services architecture: SOA, ESB, data bus and service bus
• Excellent verbal and written business English and Spanish

Benefits

• Full-time contract (39 hours/week), from Monday to Friday
• Permanent contract
• Competitive salary (base and bonus package)
• Opportunity of promotion in an international company

To find out more about this great opportunity and many others, get in touch with the SpotOn Connections team. We have options for speakers of many languages across Europe with positions based in Athens, Thessaloniki, Limassol, Lisbon, Porto, Malta, and elsewhere.

We offer a 250 euro 'refer a friend' bonus for successfully placed candidates, so please send us any candidates that you feel might be suitable for this role.

Desired profile

Requirements

• Degree in Business Administration, Telecommunications Engineering or equivalent experience
• Prior sales experience from a BPO environment or a Consultancy would be ideal
• Previous experience in working for a Tier 1/2 Technology Services Provider or major service provider in a pre-sales solutioning role
• Prior experience leading, costing and implementing large complex BPO pursuits, preferably with a technology transformation component
• Strong proficiency creating business willing solutions aligned with key market growth areas
• Strong Leadership skills of multidisciplinary teams, including communications, technical and infrastructure teams.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate (written & verbal) effectively and to influence at CxO level
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering:
  • Databases
  • Software Engineering, development methodologies
  • Organization and processes: desirable BPMN
  • Information and services architecture: SOA, ESB, data bus and service bus
• Excellent verbal and written business English and Spanish

About Spot On Connections

SpotOn Connections offers international recruitment solutions and career consultancy for all industries across Europe. As an International Recruitment Consultancy, SpotOn Connections is committed to provide a quality driven recruitment solution to our candidates and clients. Our aim is to be consistent and transparent through our highly successful 30 steps. The 30 steps ensure that we match the best candidate to the right client.