Outbound Solutions Architect - England - £40k to £48k per annum + car

Job Purpose

Support document & information services overall vision by working with Senior Management, BDM's, CRMs, Product Managers and other relevant stakeholders to understand client / market requirements and assist in the creation, management and continual development of the overriding 'Solutions' strategy needed to meet these requirements.

It will focus on 'Comms Out' (transactional print and mail, print management, digital services, data services and marketing services). It also includes the solution sets (tools, processes and services) needed to meet market needs and enable the achievement of core financial objectives - revenue and contribution.

Outbound Solutions Architect Principle Accountabilities

• Act as a customer facing subject matter expert / analyst on the solution sets needed to meet client and market requirements.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of market requirements (technical) as they relate to the strategic direction of the business.
• Assist in the development of the pre sales tools and services needed to advance prospect / client opportunities through this critical stage of the sales cycle.
• Provide advice, support and guidance to Senior Management, BDM's and CRMs in pre sales scenarios - including presentations / demonstrations to prospects and customers.
• Carry out assessments of customer communications / document production processes, technologies and legacy document process workflows - including requirements gathering and definition.
• Hold the ownership of the solutions design aspects of the proposed solution.
• Map and document legacy business processes and articulate associated solutions (drafting of visit assessments, project briefing documents, proposals, solution statements, specification documents, development briefs and other forms of written communication).
• Implement and configure products and services at customer sites as a lead analyst.
• Liaise with the project management / development teams on customer projects.
• Complete regular management and financial reports for all project work inline with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent and/or hold professional Business Analysis qualification e.g. ISEB.
• Awareness of Document Composition and associated tools e.g. GMC PrintNet/Aspire, Doc1.
• Understanding of print production and workflows and awareness of DSA / Mailsort tariffs.
• Experience working with enterprise implementations of ECM, EDRM and EDM technology.
• Understanding of document capture technologies; in particular image transformation software, software configuration and image manipulation.
• Experience of delivering document solutions within the Health, Financial Services, Insurance and/or Local Government markets.
• Experienced in the scoping and transition of diverse data / document portfolios within a BPO environment.
• Understanding of all aspects relating to secure data handling.
• Sound experience of Microsoft Office tools including Visio and Project is essential.

Application Requirements

We ask that you only apply for any of our vacancies if you are resident in the UK and have recently worked in the print, packaging or paper sectors.