Oracle Nigeria Job for a Primavera Presales Consultant

Oracle provides the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems, with more than 370,000 customers including 100 of the Fortune 100 representing a variety of sizes and industries in more than 145 countries around the globe.


We are recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: Primavera Presales Consultant

Job Code: 1500101K
Location: Lagos

Preferred Qualifications

• This is an opportunity to join the Primavera Global Business Unit of Oracle providing Pre-Sales support for Nigeria.
• The successful candidate will join a newly formed office based team and must be a highly motivated, enthusiastic and self driven individual.
• A solid knowledge of Portfolio and Project Management tools and a good understanding of PPM processes are required.
• This role will report to the UK, Ireland & Sub Saharan ASC Manager. The role's key objective is to support Primavera's Sales Executives & Partner Network with revenue attainment and growth across Nigeria.
• Subject to line manager approval, this role might also support the wider EMEA region on an ad hoc basis.
• This role will involve frequent travel.

• Presales support for Nigeria;
• Discussion with customers, VARs to validate customers’ pains and requirements via meetings, phone calls, webinars and/or emails;
• Creation and monitoring of customer evaluation, pilots and proof of concepts;
• Sourcing answers to technical questions regarding a defined sales opportunity;
• Participating in EMEA PGBU executive marketing events;
• Demonstration of Primavera solution based on clients’ requirements either derived from RFP or detailed requirement analysis;
• RFP response from a functional and technical perspective;

• Business and technical level English language (written and spoken)
• Pre-sales experience
• Project Management industry knowledge
• Engineering & Construction
• Manufacturing
• Oil & Gas
• Utilities
• Project Management business consulting knowledge
• Project Management software/tools experience
• Experience in one or more of the following verticals:
• Aerospace & Defense

• Be able to define the difference between TOC and CP scheduling techniques,
• Capable of discussing which EVM techniques can be applied to different types of situations to support successful project completion.
• Discuss how the Monte Carlo technique enables better planning.
• Argue points for both quantitative and qualitative planning and risk assessment techniques.
• Discuss Project Portfolio selection techniques, including the use of Boston charts to support visual portfolio analysis.
• Talk in depth about top down planning and bottom up planning.

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