Canon

Analyst, Solutions

Canon$76K — $114K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in supporting software sales
  • Thorough understanding of IT systems and terminology
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Desired: Cloud and Microsoft Server certifications, and knowledge of Canon/3rd Party Software
  • Extensive travel required, up to 70% with overnight stays.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Sales teams to strategize and develop solutions revenue initiatives
  • Work with Sales Managers to plan for achieving revenue targets
  • Interface with customers to identify improvement opportunities in business processes
  • Generate detailed system requirements based on customer needs
  • Develop Proof of Concept (POC) for customer review
  • Create a Statement of Work (SOW) outlining customer requirements and Canon deliverables

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule with in-office days and work from home options
  • Opportunity for extensive collaboration with internal sales teams
  • Value-added role as a consultant, enhancing technical skills and industry knowledge
  • Possibility to manage and influence customer relationships and processes
  • Engagement in dynamic and revenue-focused initiatives
Full Job Description
About the Role

Responsible for providing expert technical advice, consulting to customers and sales team and architecting Canonsolutions based in the customer needs. Exhibits an equal measure of consulting on the process improvements and technical skills and/or experience. Demonstrates technical and investigating abilities to establish themselves as a value-added resource, and trusted advisor/consultant to our internal direct Sales organization.

Your Impact

- Works with assigned internal Sales teams to strategize/develop/participate in solutions revenue initiatives.
- Partners with each Sales Manager within the respective assignment to develop an active plan for achieving Software Solutions and Professional Services revenue targets.
- As a technical advisor, interfaces with customers, sponsors, and all other stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities in their current business processes.
- Generates the highest level of system requirements, based on the customer's needs and other constraints such as budget and schedule. Ensuring requirements are consistent, complete, accurate and operationally defined.
- Develop a Proof of Concept (POC) to be delivered to the customer for their review and approval, when necessary.
- Develops a Statement of Work (SOW) that will outline the customer requirements responsibilities, and Canon deliverables.

About You: The Skills & Expertise You Bring

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required, plus 3 to 5 years of related experience.
- Experience supporting software sales with an internal Sales team is required. Direct Sales experience is a plus.
- Thorough understanding of Information Technology systems and terminology.
- Excellent verbal and written communications, with the ability to adapt one's communication style to three levels of internal/external clients (External Customers, Internal Sales Leadership, Internal Sales Reps).
- Demonstrable personal organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Desired: Cloud and Microsoft Server certifications, Supported Canon, and 3rd Party Software Certifications (ex. Kofax Products, Laserfiche, PaperCut, uniFLOW).
- Strong working knowledge of Consultative Sales, Document Management/scanning applications and workflows, Output Management Solutions, and Security Services.
- Extensive travel is required, up to 70% with overnight stays (valid drivers' license and acceptable driving record necessary). Certain minimum auto insurance coverages are required.
Enterprise Specific: Required industry certifications include CompTIA Cloud Essentials+, CompTIA Project+, CompTIA Security+.
Production Specific: Either Certified Color Management Professional or experience in black and white printing with data stream and data conversion software experience. Additional Data Stream knowledge - AFP, VIPP, PPML and LCDS/ Metacode a plus. A working knowledge of production room software. High speed black and white operator production experience.

In accordance with applicable law, we are providing the anticipated base salary for this role: $76,150 - $114,040 annually.

Workstyle Description

Hybrid - This position is full time and offers a hybrid work schedule requiring you to be in the office three days a week and an option to work from home the remainder of the week (unless a specific business need arises requiring in office attendance on other days). Note that work schedules and office reporting requirements may change from time to time based on business needs.

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About Canon

Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation that specializes in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers, computer printers, and medical equipment. The company was founded in 1937 by Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida, and Takeo Maeda. Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has operations in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The company is known for its EOS line of digital single-lens reflex cameras, its PIXMA line of inkjet printers, and its imageRUNNER ADVANCE line of multifunction printers.
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Market Cap
$29.5 billion
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Net Income
$83.3 billion
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