Pre-Sales Solutions Consultant – 6557

ION Treasury & Commodities, Full-time, London
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About Us

ION is the world’s leading provider of Commodity Management Solutions. We provide a complete range of commodity solutions that meet the needs and expectations of commodity firms regardless of company size, complexity, transaction volumes, commodity asset classes or locations. ION customers have the benefit of choosing different products as their needs evolve and change without the operational risk of a system migration and without the duplicative costs associated with changing or expanding a Commodity Management System. Our portfolio of products includes Openlink Endur, Allegro Horizon, Rightangle, TriplePoint and Aspect. ION Corporates vision is simple; transform how the commodity and treasury industries operate and empower our community of users to achieve more through digitalization and automation.  To realize this vision, we are seeking experienced Sales Executives who can execute new business sales flawlessly to drive pipeline growth in their allocated region and exceed quarterly targets.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with Sales Team to help sell the ION Commodities portfolio’s value proposition through the solution selling model and help drive revenue through articulating how and why ION is the best solution to meet clients' needs.    
  • Understand the business needs and business drivers of the prospect and participate in defining the prospect’s business requirements, needs and objectives
  • Ability to determine optimal ION solution to complex problems and business needs
  • Determining winning sales strategy with sales team. Communicate and collaborate on opportunity plans and sales strategies with other members of the opportunity team.
  • Preparation of software demo for tailored demonstration to a customer that exemplifies how the ION solution can best meet each customer’s requirements
  • Deliver a winning presentation.    
  • Manage both functional and technical aspects of solution sales
  • Rigorously track all interactions in Salesforce.
  • Adopt and promote organizational standards including documentation, positioning material, pricing tools and escalation material.  Act as a standard bearer of high quality and professional documentation and presentations
  • Continually increase market and system knowledge.  Receive and adapt to coaching.  Provides and request continual feedback for continuous improvement
  • Identify product improvements or new products by remaining current on industry trends, market activities, and competitors
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; bench-marking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.  

Requires Skills Experience and Qualifications

  • Proven track record with 8+ years of industry experience
  • Experience as one of a (i) professional services consultant, (ii) solutions architect, (iii) functional or technical consultant, (iv) pre-sales solution consultant / technical sales engineer or (v) CTRM product owner is required
  • Ideally experience with CTRM solutions
  • Ability to deliver presentations to executive audiences; Demonstrated consulting skills and an ability to present complex topics to both business executives and technical audiences
  • Proven track record of facilitating customer facing sessions for complex business and technical solutions
  • Consultative, creative, problem-solving approach
  • Excellent inter-personal, communication and presentation skills.
  • Experience in initiating, developing and nurturing relationships.
  • Passion for excellence, passion for high quality materials and professionalism
  • Ambitious driven individual with high energy level and desire to win
  • Strong skills in organization and planning.
  • Strong team player
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
  • Willing to travel up to 40% of the time (post-COVID).

Desirable Skills and Experience

  • Candidates who have deep knowledge of the trading lifecycles of Oil, Metals, Petrochemical, Coal, LNG, Power and Gas will be preferred
More About ION

We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. More than 40% of the world’s largest companies use our solutions. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.

·         Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.

·         Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.

With 10,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe, ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group.
At ION, we offer careers that provide many opportunities: To invent. To design. To collaborate. To build. To transform businesses and empower people around the world to do more, faster and better than before. Imagine what you can do and experience. This is where you can do your best work.

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