About the Role
Title: Solutions Consultant – Transport Management
Location: Amersfoort, NL, 10 3812 RK
Department: Global Sales
Job Description:
Descartes Unites the People and Technology that Move the World
The need for efficient, secure, and agile supply chains and logistics operations has become ever more critical and complex. By combining innovative technology, powerful trade intelligence and the reach of our network, Descartes helps get goods, information, transportation assets, and people where they’re needed, when they’re needed.
We’re one of the most broadly deployed logistics and supply chain technology companies in the world. More than 26,000 customers around the globe use our cloud-based solutions to transform the way they move inventory and information to enhance productivity, better serve customers, thrive competitively, keep pace with evolving regulations, and respond to rapidly changing market conditions. Descartes is publicly traded (Nasdaq:DSGX, TSX:DSG) with headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and offices and partners around the world. With record financial performance for more than 16 years, we lead the industry in innovation investment. Every day, logistics service providers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and other logistics-intensive businesses of all sizes rely on our scale, stability, and comprehensive solution footprint to move what’s most important to them. Learn more at www.descartes.com.
We’re growing fast and invite you to join our amazing team.
This role offers an exciting opportunity for someone with strong business and technical expertise to advance their career with access to the industry’s most comprehensive suite of logistics management applications. Join us as a Transportation Management Solutions Consultant at Descartes and be a vital contributor to our rapidly expanding global team. As a Solution Consultant, you will develop a “trusted advisor” relationship with customers and collaborate closely with the Descartes sales team to boost revenue.
Primary responsibilities include:
Sales Engagement, Assisting the EMEA sales team in achieving revenue targets by:
- Drive the discovery processes to help qualify an opportunity from both a business and a technical perspective,
- Analyze the customer’s business realities and requirements and help identify areas of business improvement,
- Response to RFx’s, the development of winning presentations and proposals, and management of other customer communications during pursuit of an opportunity,
- Keep a repository of RFP and IT technical responses,
- You utilize the insights you gained of customer’s requirements and your deep understanding of the solution capabilities to articulate the business impact that Descartes’ solutions can bring,
- And you help design a winning approach with a clear value-driven message.
- Where necessary you will prepare and conduct product demonstrations to support sales engagement and convince the customer stakeholders,
Solution Strategy, partner with customer Business and IT teams to:
- develop an accurate understanding of business needs,
- qualify opportunities from both a business and a technical perspective and
- define a solution strategy that delivers business value.
Competitive Planning, anticipating and planning for competitive threats within sales opportunities.
Innovation Catalyst, collaborating with cross-functional teams (Customers, Sales, Marketing, Product, and Professional Services) to drive innovation and enhance brand awareness.
And everything you do is focused on the fundamental principle of customer centricity, partnering effectively with others to ensure customer satisfaction and long-term loyalty.