Information Technology Graduate - Sandton at IBM

Your Role and Responsibilities

• As a Technical / Technical Sales Graduate, you understand the client’s business requirements, technical requirements and/or competitive landscape.
• You apply business insights, build and maintain client relationships, incorporate IBM Data & AI portfolio into client-valued solutions and ensure client readiness for the implementation of technical solutions.
• Understand the client’s business requirements and technical requirements,
• Apply industry-specific knowledge and experience, as well as deep product skill and competitive knowledge to bring new business and technology insights to assigned clients, in order to help drive.
• You must be self-motivated, driven to win sales opportunities, and ready to interact daily with customers, colleagues, and business partners.
• Develop re-usable industry-specific assets and demonstrations.
• Collaborate with other internal IBM teams to drive unmatched customer satisfaction.
• Maintain an understanding of the clients industry, including industry trends, industry business processes
• Collaborate with IBM sales teams to define, design, and detail the technical aspects and feasibility of proposed solutions.
• Demonstrated level of business acumen as it applies to the client’s business
• Skilled in consultative selling, with an understanding of the client’s needs and IBM capabilities
• Commercially minded and capable of supporting end-to-end sales engagements with the ability to think, plan and act strategically.
• Extensive networking and interpersonal skills in complex environments
• Self-starter with eagerness to seek and build new skills

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree/Honours Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Experience in developing code

• Base knowledge of Java, Python, Eclipse, Ansible and Cloud platforms
• Passion for leveraging technology to create enterprise wide solutions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Analytical Thinker
• Deadline and results driven
• Maintain a positive attitude and provide exemplary customer service
• Ability to work independently and carry out assignments to completion
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to take initiative and make decisions
• Capability to produce HR content on time, with attention to detail
• Understand and maintain confidentiality/integrity
• Continuous learning – a curious mind and have willingness to learn