Technology & Pricing Specialist, Server & Storage in Manchester

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.

Location: Manchester (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)

Contract Type: Temporary

Salary Package: £15.38 hourly rate via umbrella company

Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday

Interview Process: 2-stage process

Why SCC?

• An inclusive workplace
• Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
• Hybrid working in line with role requirements
• Career development and life-long learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company

Role purpose:

Ownership of server and storage vendor opportunities by providing specialist quoting and support around complex orders to the branch, wider SCC departments and end user customers.

Key responsibilities:

• Position yourself as a Technology Specialist for relevant Server and Storage vendors within the business and proactively update and maintain knowledge on a regular basis
• Assist with high end specifications by speaking to customer as necessary in order to qualify requirements
• Be responsible for creating complex configurations and act as a sanity check for complex configurations created by distribution where necessary
• Ensure that pricing submitted contains most appropriate pricing structures/programmes/bid process as relevant
• Create customer facing quotations in appropriate format with any associated documentation as necessary
• Assist with pre-sales technical queries as required
• Be available to attend conference calls in order to assist in the qualification process
• Undergo appropriate training and obtain associated accreditations
• Provide support to the Operations team for any complex requirements
• Maintain communication with the sales teams and vendors throughout the sales cycle to ensure best possible engagement
• Ensuring deals are approved in a timely manner, escalating when necessary and involving SCC and vendor partner management where required
• Management of take on business in relation to relevant vendors ensuring that SCC has the right information to take on the account successfully
• Where relevant providing aligned resource to support specific key accounts from a technology perspective
• Proactive deal registration & bid/pricing management on smaller deals
• Maximising rebate payments utilising relevant tools
• Ongoing training/support to both the branches and supporting teams (Romania) to ensure best practice around Server and Storage vendor quoting
• Central point of contact and distribution point for vendor specific technology/promo pricing into the wider business
• Assistance with pipeline management as required
• Ensure delivery of key measures of success for the department, manage and mitigate risk of shortfalls
• Ensure appropriate training is undertaken
• Ensure department complies with all company policies and procedures
• Be responsible for delivering excellent standards in customer service

Skills and experience:

• Proven experience in industry and sound technology background
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Good analytical and commercial skills
• Adaptable and flexible in a fast paced environment

SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex. We are an equal opportunities employer SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.