Technical Product Specialist

Who are we? 

MotorK is the leading sales and marketing technology company in Europe, specialising in the automotive sector. At MotorK, our mission is to empower manufacturers and dealerships to sell more with innovative, cloud-based products and services to offer the best digital customer experience.

We are on a fast and ambitious trajectory and serving 90% of the automotive manufacturers. To continue our growth, we are hiring new talents. If you want to spark the future of the automotive world, join us.

As a result of this growth, we are looking for a talented Product Specialist to join our Sales team based in Antwerp, Belgium.  

The role

The Product Specialist will be responsible for providing technical qualification, solution design and proposal support to the commercial and client services teams. Acting as a product specialist, you will provide consultancy for the installation, configuration and use of our SaaS platform, website solution and digital products, thus will work in collaboration with the sales team as the key Technical Advisor and Product Advocate. In this role you will: 

  • Provide technical support to Sales teams in development the proposal, pre-sales and post-sales activities
  • Provide product, business, and technical knowledge for sales activities
  • Be the technical bridge of technical/commercial aspects for MotorK & it’s (potential) clients, mapping technical capabilities, articulate product value proposition and benefits to develop winning bespoke solutions
  • Support Sales executives to assess prospective customers' needs and requirements during discovery interviews
  • Ensuring high quality production and responses to client’s Request for Proposal(RFP) & Request for Information (RFI)
  • Provide recommendation and solution architecture based on customer requirements, including presentation of solutions
  • Gather & understand client’s requirements and communicate back to internal teams while Liaising with Product management team to build bespoke solutions
  • Represent the product to prospective customers at events such as conferences, seminars, etc
  • Handle and deliver client Workshop, Demos, provide internal Training as well as developing materials for these activities including technical user guides with the assistance of the product development team.
  • Understand, design, strategise and coordinate Professional Services activities with 3rd party suppliers

Requirements

Our ideal Product Specialist will have a strong proven Pre-sales experience in handling complex customised SaaS solutions within the digital industry and the ability to handle technical conversation externally & internally, and translate requirements into technical documentations. As well as: 

  • Native Dutch, fluent French and English 
  • Capability of managing and negotiating expectations & requirements of customer on proposed solutions & recommendations
  • Intuitive mindset with the ability to ask the right questions to understand and interpret client requirements, drive conversation to the right direction.
  • Confidence and and excellent communication skills, can take command of most business situations
  • Strength in building work relationship and rapport with internal and external stakeholders at all level, including Product Management & Engineering and be the voice of the customer.
  • Technical understanding of digital technologies
  • An eye for detail, confident and good presentation style.
  • Self-motivated, well-organized, proactive and capable of working under pressure

Work pattern and location

  • Permanent , full time (40 hours per week) 
  • Monday - Friday 
  • Field based activity
  • Office based in Antwerp

Benefits

  • 3 days of onboarding in our Milan office, all expensed by the company 
  • Company car and fuel card
  • Individual training paths
  • Opportunity to develop and move within the company
  • National and international mobility options 
  • Yearly team activities 

What you can expect from the recruitment process: 

  1. HR interview (in English)
  2. Hiring Manager interview (Dutch)
  3. C level interview (English)
  4. CEO interview (English)

MotorK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any kind. Our company is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at MotorK are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, colour, religion or belief, age, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

 

Founded in 2010, MotorK is an international company focused on sales and marketing for the car industry and has quickly become one of the most important players in the digital automotive arena. Started in Italy, it has rapidly expanded its business in Spain, France, UK and Germany and is now entering other European and extra-European markets. With a unique mix of digital knowledge, online marketing expertise and strong technological background, MotorK has developed and consolidated a broad offering of products and services for the automotive industry such as DriveK, DealerK and Internet Motors. The company has now more than 200 people in Europe. DriveK is the benchmark in Europe for anyone who is looking for the car that is just right for his needs. The site provides vast amounts of data on over 5,000 car models and equipment, in order to compare, configure and select the right car, putting the user in contact with the dealer who can give the most attractive quote. DealerK is SaaS platform for car dealers: a turnkey solution that guides dealers along the road of digital innovation, a portfolio of products and services designed to deal with all the challenges of a modern dealer. Dealerk is also certified as Google Premium Partner. Internet Motors is an event dedicated to the discovery of the best practices within online marketing of automobile products. Started as a local event, it has become an international venue appealing to the whole automotive sector: suppliers, dealers, car manufacturers, industry players and publishers. In March 2017 the company announced a $10M round of initial funding (Series A) led by two global venture capital firms, the highest raised to date for a technology company originating in Italy. MotorK is already using this funding to bolster its international team and support significant worldwide expansion: so we are looking for brilliant people willing to join our team.We are always looking for brilliant people willing to join our team: Software developers with strong background in online technologies, server side Java (grails is better!) Visual designers, Frontend developers and UX experts System administrators with competencies on linux, mysql, php, java, inclined to a strict interaction with developers team Digital Marketing experts What can you expect from us? A 3000 square meters office with a nice kitchen, a lounge area and a theater Interesting Tech Talks Personal and professional growth Possibility to contribute to open source projects (Our headquarters currently hosts Milan WordPress Meetup) English courses with native speakers A funny and international team Competitive salary

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