Systems Consultant Japan : CareerCross - 2015

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Job Information

Hiring Company Name

ADVA Optical Networking

Job ID

555217 

Company Type

International Company  

Non-Japanese Ratio

(Almost) All Japanese

Job Type

Full-time  

Location

Tokyo – 23 Wards, Chuo-ku

 

Train Description

Hibiya Line, Kodemmacho Station  

Salary

4.5 million yen ~ 8 million yen  

Salary Bonuses

Bonuses included in indicated salary.

 

Salary Commission

Commission included in indicated salary.

 

Work Hours

8 hours/ per day; 40 hours/ per week

 

Holidays

National holiday plus 14 days vacation

 

Date Refreshed

Today

 

Application Deadline

May 15th, 2015

 

General Requirements

Minimum Experience Level

Over 3 years

 

Career Level

Mid Career

 

Minimum English Level

Business Level (Amount Used: English usage about 50%)

 

Minimum Japanese Level

Fluent

 

Minimum Education Level

Associate Degree/Diploma

 

Visa Status

Japanese national or permission to work in Japan required

 

Job Description

The systems consultant (SC) is responsible within the regional Technical Sales Team Japan for the whole spectrum of pre-sales technical support to the ADVA sales force. In particular, the regional SC is responsible for ADVA Key Account Managers (KAM) to prepare optimized FSP network designs and quotations for customer specific projects or RFx (Request for Information, Proposal or Quotation).

The SC should always aim for providing the most optimized solution, keeping in mind not only the technical requirements but also the market competition and the pricing constraints.

The Systems Consultant will work in close co-operation with a dedicated, experienced Regional Business and Market Development Manager and the corporate Proposal Management and Network Consultant Team (PM&NC).

The responsibilities of this position include:

• Support the KAM for the evaluation and preparation of the technical response to customer RFx and projects. In particular the SC is responsible for those chapters or questions related to FSP Statements of Compliances (SOC), Network Designs and Bill of Materials. Together with the Regional BD and MD Manager, the SC is responsible for defining the most optimized technical solution from both, the technical and economical perspective. This includes the product selection and product configuration.


• Conceptual studies on network architectures and functionalities.


• Network studies, network calculations and availability calculations.


• Support for customer presentations in co-operation with Business and Market Development and Account Management.


• Support of strategic customers for general technical consulting, network optimization, network planning, and network upgrades.


• Feedback to Market and Business Development concerning market requirements and market trends as detected in RFX.


• Technical trainings on FSP solutions and network planning to ADVA System Consultants and ADVA sales and channel partners.


• Preparation of global reports on RFX processed (contents, market trends, new customer requirements, etc).

Required Skills

• Degree in telecommunications / electronics engineering or similar qualification.


• 1-2 years’ experience within technical sales or project execution team.


• General knowledge of telecommunications, in particular WDM and optical networking.


• Basic knowledge of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) recommended.


• Basic knowledge of SDH, Metro Ethernet/IP is valuable.


• Basic knowledge of management systems for transport networks.


• Innovative and open mindset, independent working style.


• Organisational skills, ability to reduce complex issues to practical solutions.


• Good analytical skills.


• Good English language skills, both spoken and written.


• Strong communication skills and capacity for teamwork.


• Ability to create and maintain close working relationships.


• Ability to push and carry out actions and stay in given time frames.


• Ability to produce consistent quality even under pressure.


• Ability to travel

Company Description

It Started with an Idea

Our company began with a single vision: to transport data, storage, voice and video signals at native speeds and lowest latency. A lot’s changed since that time, but our vision remains the same. Our products are the building blocks for tomorrow’s networks, enabling the transport of increasing amounts of data across the globe. From the access to the metro core to the long haul, we create intelligent, software-automated solutions that will provide future generations with networks that can scale to meet increasing bandwidth demands.