Pre-Sales Consultant
London
45-55k Base + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
As a global IT Solution Provider, our client delivers best-of-breed solutions. From hardware and software to networking, cloud and support, they deliver a first-class service and enjoy multi-vendor partnerships, awards and accolades. To meet their growth initiatives, they have an exciting opening for a Pre-Sales Consultant to support sales engagements.
As a Pre-Sales Consultant, you will:
- Be the “first boots on the ground” and help build out a pre-sales function
- Work closely with Sales Team Members to scope requirements and create bill of materials
- Work with Vendors to register bid pricing and arrange POV’s
- Produce and maintain high-quality documentation for complex technical solutions
- Design and deliver multi-tiered applications, including designing changes to existing services
- Drive the process from initiation and design through to implementation
- Participate in Architecture design reviews and other technical governance forums
- Assist in defining and maintaining architectural, security and technical standards
- Move into a leadership role as the pre-sales team grows
- Be a technically adept Consultant with 2+ years pre-sales experience
- Reseller, Distributor or MSP Experience
- Tier 1 vendor knowledge (Cisco, Microsoft, HPE, Dell, etc.)
- Be fully up-to-speed with storage, server and VMWare solutions
- Switches and wireless
- SharePoint and Citrix
- Azure and data centres
- Backup solutions
- Full solution pre-sales architect experience
- Managed service experience
- Hunger and ambition
- First class communication and presentation skills
- Vendor accreditation would be advantageous
The Certus Recruitment Group is an established and experienced specialist consultancy providing sales, marketing and IT recruitment services to the business community throughout the UK, Europe, North America and Australia.