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About this Role

Our Consultants are a key aspect of our services organization, working to ensure our customers have a successful implementation. You will play a pivotal role in transforming the way our customers do procurement. The primary responsibility will be to deliver exceptional implementation and consulting services to our customers. You will collaborate closely with our customers to understand their unique needs, identify solutions to meet those needs, and ensure a seamless transition to Arkestro.

The consultants are proactive problem-solvers who can think creatively to meet customer needs. They advocate for the customer and are willing to defend the customer requirements, both internally and to the customer themselves.

Working for a Series A startup requires a willingness to build from the ground up, work long hours, operate in ambiguity, and demonstrate a selfless dedication to customer success. The results can be highly rewarding for the right candidate.

The ideal candidate is passionate about making customers successful, has a problem-solving mindset, and can view situations from multiple perspectives before suggesting a solution. This person is confident in their expertise, acts as the voice of the customer within Arkestro, and guides customers to best-in-class solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the customer, along with the project team, to implement the Arkestro system in the customer's procurement process.
• Utilize functional, technical, and product expertise to deliver best-in-class solutions for Arkestro customers.
• Review, analyze and evaluate existing customer procurement processes and templates to map them effectively to the Arkestro solution.
• Act as lead across cross-functional teams to prepare the overall project plan and drive it through successful completion.
• Partner with business leads and IT team members to identify system or process improvements and enhancements. Be willing to challenge the status quo with new ideas and solutions.
• Act as the primary point of contact for system-based sustaining issues, product enhancements and change requests.
• Provide training, mentoring, and knowledge transfer related to solution functionality as well as development and testing methodologies.

Qualifications

• US based.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience as either an implementation consultant, business analyst, or project manager. This includes periods of working onsite and remotely for customers.
• Procurement experience with process, tools, and overall landscape with systems such as SAP Intelligent Spend (formerly Ariba), Coupa, Zycus, Jaggaer, Medius (Wax Digital), Ivalua, GEP, Basware, EC Sourcing, Market Dojo, Procure Port, Fairmarket, etc.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively engage and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to resolve and drive resolution of complex problems with creative approaches.
• Ability to lead through influence and establish trusted advisor relationships with all stakeholders.
• Resilient in a changing environment and able to prioritize and manage across multiple deliverables and stakeholder groups.
• Attention to detail with sound judgment based on analysis of multiple information sources.
• Passionate about disruptive technology and helping customers succeed.
• Willing to travel 35% of the time or more, if the opportunity arises.

Pay Range

$120,000 — $150,000 USD

Benefits

Arkestro is committed to providing employees with a benefits package designed to support a healthy life/work balance. Benefits include:

• Competitive salary and startup equity
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance premiums covered up to 100% (employee only)
• 401K discretionary matching
• Unlimited PTO
• A remote-first team with regular opportunities for in-person team building, design sprints, and customer visits
• Annual budget of $1,000 for learning and professional development
• Diverse, inclusive, collaborative, and vibrant culture

Arkestro is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Disclaimer
Please note this job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Arkestro reserves the right to change duties, responsibilities and activities at any time with or without notice.