Associate Package Consultant - Salesforce 2027

IBM

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 71,000 - 107,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Training and certifications

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

IBM Consulting in Chicago is seeking an Associate Package Consultant to help clients select, implement, and support packaged solutions such as Salesforce, delivering business value across industries.

You will work with a growth mindset, translate business needs into technical requirements, and collaborate with clients and teams to drive meaningful outcomes while traveling up to 100% as needed. A Bachelor's degree is required; ERP/CRM exposure or internship is preferred.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree required or equivalent.
Internship, co-op or project experience with ERP systems (Workday, SAP, Oracle) or CRM (Salesforce).
Exposure to AI-driven tools to analyze data or improve workflow efficiency.

Responsibilities

Assist clients in selection, implementation, and support of packaged software solutions.
Make strategic recommendations and leverage business knowledge to drive client solutions.
Run or support workshops, meetings, and stakeholder interviews.
Develop process maps to understand As-Is and To-Be scenarios.
Use Design Thinking to solve client challenges.

Skills

Travel up to 100%

Quantitative analysis

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Workday

SAP

Oracle

Salesforce

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

To give yourself the best opportunity for success, we advise applying only to roles that align with your skills and experience, rather than applying broadly across all entry-level positions. You'll receive a status update email for each application, so be sure to check your IBM Careers account regularly — it's the best way to get a centralized view of which roles you have active applications against.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Associate Package Consultant at IBM, you will help to assist clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions, such as Salesforce, to meet client needs. Leveraging a growth mindset, you're ready and willing to deliver business value, wherever needed.

In your role, you may be responsible for:

Assisting clients in selection, implementation, and support of packages.
Make strategic recommendations and leverage business knowledge to drive solutions for clients and their management.
Run or support workshops, meetings, and stakeholder interviews.
Develop process maps to understand As-Is and To-Be scenarios.
Use IBM's Design Thinking to help solve client's challenges.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Ability to translate business solutions into technical requirements.

Openness to assist clients in the design, business architect, process development, functional implementation, and support of applications.
Ability to thrive in an ever changing, technology-based Consulting environment.
Ability to quickly learn enterprise systems and cloud-based applications.
A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view.
Exceptional quantitative analysis skills and ability to derive recommendations informed by data and insights.
Willingness to travel up to 100%

Preferred technical and professional experience

Preferred Majors: MIS, Business/Finance/Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Human Resources.
Assist clients in selection, implementation, and support of packaged software solutions.
Internship, co-op or project experience with ERP systems (Workday, SAP, Oracle) or CRM (Salesforce)
Exposure to AI-driven tools to analyze data or improve workflow efficiency requirement gathering, testing, workflow efficiency.
Familiarity with reporting tools or basic SQL.
Understanding of core business process (HR, finance, or payroll).
Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines, while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Date posted

14-Aug-2026

City / Township / Village

Chicago

State / Province

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Onsite

Area of work

Consulting

Employment type