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WMS Pre-sales Consultant

Employment Type: Full Time, Salaried

Location: Hybrid; Teaneck, NJ 07666

Made4net is a leading provider of supply chain execution software solutions. Our innovative technology helps businesses optimize their supply chain operations, increase efficiency, and improve overall productivity. With a global presence and a commitment to excellence, Made4net is at the forefront of the industry, serving a diverse range of clients across various sectors.

Purpose of the Function:

This function plays a critical role in understanding customer needs, presenting tailored solutions, and ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction. By aligning sales strategies with organizational goals, the Sales Function contributes to market expansion, brand visibility, and long-term business sustainability.

At Made4net, we don't just sell Warehouse Management Systems (WMS); we sell a vision of operational excellence. We are seeking a passionate storyteller who can stand in front of a prospect, empathize with the frustration of their aged legacy solutions, and build a compelling mental bridge to a better future with Made4net.

Purpose of the Job:

As a Pre-Sales Consultant you are expected to have strong understanding of supply chain challenges and opportunities, and how technology can enable companies to gain competitive advantage by addressing these challenges quickly and effectively. You will work closely with sales, professional services, and executive leadership to turn supply chain challenges into opportunities. Your goal is not just to demonstrate features, but to paint a picture of a future state where the customer's pain points are resolved. This role is a trusted advisor to our clients, which means we maintain and offer our clients extensive knowledge in the industries we service, the workflows we can augment and deliver superior results that support our clients' strategic objectives.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

• Become a Trusted Advisor to our existing customers and prospects.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to create an opportunity/account strategy, align the Made4net solution with pain points, assist/build ROI presentation(s), and present/demo the solution.
• Deep Discovery: Conduct discovery workshops not just to gather requirements, but to truly understand the nuance of the customer's business and the friction in their current processes.
• Behind the Scenes: While the presentation is art, the setup is engineering. You will configure demonstrations and engineer solutions using your technical proficiency.
• The Narrative Architect: Instead of simply clicking through features, you will craft and deliver demonstrations that follow a storyboard, guiding the customer through a journey from their current struggle to their future success.
• The "Aha!" Moment Creator: Use your presentation skills to create moments of realization for the client, helping them visualize exactly how Made4net integrates with or replaces their existing ERP, OMS, and automation technologies.
• Replay & Validate: "Replay" the customer's process back to them to prove you understand their reality, establishing yourself as a Trusted Advisor who "gets it" before you ever pitch a solution.
• Develop and maintain technical and business knowledge of industry directions and trends.
• The Bridge Builder: You will act as a translator, taking complex technical capabilities-like our private cloud/SaaS or on-premise models-and explaining them in a way that resonates with business goals and solves specific pain points.
• Assist in the development of pricing proposals and communicating to customers/prospects implementation requirements and timelines.
• Play a critical role in responding to RFI's and RFPs in the functional, technical, and cloud/security areas.
• Collaborate with Director of Sales Engineering to develop Pre-Sales Consulting playbook.

Required toolkit:

• Experience: 5+ years of industry, consulting, or Pre-Sales experience (Warehouse/Transportation focus preferred). (Warehouse/Transportation) experience (Pre-Sales preferred)
• Methodology: Experience with Demo2Win is highly preferred. If you are a natural storyteller without the certification, we are willing to invest in your training.
• Communication: Outstanding ability to convey industry trends and support messaging with data. You must be comfortable presenting a broad vision to audiences of varying sizes.

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Logistics, STEM, or a comparable area of study.
• SQL Server: Basic skills (SQL statements, views, triggers) to manipulate data for demos.
• OS: Basic Windows Server Operating System skills.
• Apps: Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

The Mindset:

• Collaborative: A team-oriented attitude, willing to jump in wherever needed to support the company and the customer.
• Adaptive: High energy and comfortable with ambiguity; you can adjust to shifting priorities in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Road Warrior: Willingness to travel up to 50% to meet our customers where they are.

Pay range: From $100,000.00 per year salary

This position offers a competitive salary package that is commensurate with your years of experience in the field and the specific skills you bring to the role.

Made4net is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Physical Demands:

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds from a floor position to an over the head position. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, verbally communicate, and perform intricate finger dexterity to type or manipulate electronic documents while speaking or listening.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This job description outlines the essential functions of the position. Applicants who need reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process should contact the Human Resources department.