IT (Storage) Solutions Manager

Huawei Africa Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Cape Town seeks an experienced professional to design customized enterprise storage solutions. You will meet with enterprise clients to gather requirements, prepare proposals, and conduct demonstrations. Candidates must have 5-10 years of experience, a diploma, and certifications like CCNP and CCIE. The role also involves business development and strategy planning.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years experience in designing Storage solutions.
• Experience in Tender Response & Writing Proposals.
• Solid background in Lead Generation.

Responsibilities

• Meeting with Enterprise Clients to gather Storage Requirements.
• Work with teams to design Customized Enterprise Storage Solutions.
• Preparing proposals and cost-estimates.
• Conducting field demonstrations and presentations.
• Promote products to new clients for business development.
• Developing Competitive Strategy and Business Plan.

Skills

Designing Storage solutions

Lead Generation

Technical Presentations

Business Development

Education

Diploma

Tools

CCNP

CCIE

CISCO

HP

VMWare

Symantec

Job description

Responsibilities

• PreSales Activities: Meeting with Enterprise Clients, New and Existing, to gather their Storage Requirements and needs.
• Design (Technical Architecture): Work with internal teams in the Design of Customized Enterprise Storage Solutions to address their needs.
• Preparing proposals and cost-estimates (Pricing).
• Showcase the solution by conducting field demonstrations, presentations and proof-of-concept.
• Business Development: Understand competitive offerings across multiple industries and promote / market existing products and solutions to new clients with the aim of growing / developing / expanding the territory.
• Coming up with a Competitive Strategy (How well outdo our competitors), a Business Plan (Product, Customer, Goals, Roadmap, Go-to-Market) and Action Plan (Who will do what, by when) as well as ongoing customer product support.

Requirements

• 5 to 10 years experience designing Storage solutions, demonstrations and presentations.
• Diploma (Minimum)
• Experience in Tender Response & Writing Proposals
• Solid background in Lead Generation for Increasing Revenue.
• CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)
• CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert)
• CISCO, HP, EML, VMWare, Symantec.