Technical Consultant
aPriori Technologies
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Posted:
July 31, 2023
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Remote
About the position
The job overview for this role is to serve as a strategic advisor to customers, guiding them in maximizing the impact of the aPriori solution for cost management. The focus is on providing expert guidance, best practices, and execution on technical and strategic aspects to increase throughput and accelerate time to value. The responsibilities include developing customer relationships, project management, solution configuration, user training, and leveraging aPriori software to drive cost reduction. Strong communication, technical knowledge, organization skills, and the ability to interact with customers are essential for success in this role.
Responsibilities
- Develop multiple customer relationships to drive product adoption and achieve the full business value of the solution
- Handle project management, scoping, and execution of technical and strategic aspects of the project, including solution configuration, user training, and usage mentoring
- Understand strategic elements of the account to ensure solutions provided support the customer in reaching business objectives
- Build and demonstrate expertise on the aPriori software to enhance the value the customer is getting out of the tool, with an emphasis on leveraging aPriori data to drive costs down in the procurement space
- Be aware of aPriori software adoption and utilization trends, with a focus on driving renewals and capitalizing on expansion opportunities
- Able and willing to travel up to 10% (majority domestic travel Monday – Friday)
Requirements
- Develop multiple customer relationships to drive product adoption and achieve the full business value of the solution
- Handle project management, scoping, and execution of technical and strategic aspects of the project
- Understand strategic elements of the account to ensure solutions provided support customer's business objectives
- Build and demonstrate expertise on the aPriori software to enhance customer value
- Awareness of aPriori software adoption and utilization trends
- Able and willing to travel up to 10%
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills
- Technical knowledge of the product and various manufacturing processes
- Knowledge in Product Design, Manufacturing, Cost Management, Sourcing, Supplier Negotiation, and Design-To-Cost
- Strong organization skills and ability to balance multiple accounts
- Project management skills, including planning, risk management, and status updates
- Comfort interacting and communicating with customers and project team members
- Strong consulting skills
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Pension match
- Private medical and dental coverage
- Flexible time off
- aPriori days
- Team environment where experience is valued and voice is heard
- Impactful work for customers and employees
- Dynamic, growing, and innovative environment