Solution Consultant (Italian-speaking)

JAGGAER provides an intelligent Source-to-Pay and Supplier Collaboration Platform that empowers organizations to manage and automate complex processes while enabling a highly resilient, responsible, and integrated supplier base. With 30 years of expertise, they specialize in solving complex procurement and supply chain challenges across various industries. Their 1,300+ global employees are committed to ensuring customers get full value from their products, ultimately enhancing and transforming their businesses.

On behalf of our client, Manpower is searching for motivated candidates to take on the challenge and successfully fulfill the position of Solution Consultant (Italian-speaking).

Job description

• Use extensive product and industry knowledge to effectively serve as the business/functional advisor for large, complex, cross-product, high-profile projects, translating business requirements into solution needs while configuring the application to meet those objectives.
• Consistently and independently build functional solutions within the Statement of Work (SOW) specifications, meeting all scope, time, and budget requirements.
• Develop and maintain project documentation with minimal or no support from others.
• Leads the collaboration with other departments within JAGGAER to address and resolve client issues.
• Proactively establishes communications with JAGGAER peers across departments to avoid issues.
• Manages a portfolio of assigned implementation projects including large, complex projects, and may carry a heavier project load when the business dictates.
• Proactively and accurately identify and manage project risks, including s/w issue resolution, scope challenges, and project delays, and is often able to avoid issues with early identification of the risk.
• Independently lead on-site and remote requirement-gathering sessions.
• Establish and manage relationships with clients to sustain a strong business connection.
• Ensure a successful client transition from Implementation to Support.
• Provide guidance for and deliver against all project controls, including budget vs. actual for project hours, forecast accuracy, and revenue attainment with a high degree of accuracy and less support.
• Manage communication of appropriate project information to clients and within JAGGAER, including executives and senior-level management.
• Identify, communicate, and manage changes to project scope that have an impact on the company’s resource, time, and/or financial commitments via a change order process.
• Provide continual work direction and mentoring to other team members and influence others through motivation and encouragement, to accomplish team goals.
• Relay business process recommendations based on client requirements.
• Develop and consult on best practice recommendations for business process changes.
• Develops and leads the adoption of best practices.
• Manages additional stretch assignments beyond client projects

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 3+ years of business experience with 2+ years of demonstrated experience in application implementations /providing consulting services in a client environment
• 2+ years of eProcurement, Supply Chain, or Contract Lifecycle Management software application experience is preferred.
• Significant experience implementing software-as-a-service (SaaS) software solutions or ERPs with systems integration preferred.
• Excellent project management, interpersonal, negotiation, communication, presentation, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to learn quickly, make strong individual contributions, and handle multiple projects simultaneously in a team environment.
• Ability to consistently act independently, take initiative, and drive tasks and issues to resolution.
• Strong, executive-level presence and experience in facilitation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must. Will work extensively over the phone and in person with clients and suppliers.
• Hands-on experience with project management methodologies; Waterfall is preferred
• Business automation and workflow process development are desirable.
• Proficient in the use of PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Excel, and Word as well as other typical business productivity tools.
• Is experienced, confident, articulate, succinct, professional, and has sound judgment and critical thinking skills.
• Innovative, forward-thinking, develop and scrutinize best practices.
• Early adopter and able to influence change.
• Successfully manage a changing environment.
• Required to travel domestically and internationally. Travel ranges from 20-30%. Passport required for international travel.
• Strong written and verbal English and Italian Language

• A fun work environment in a young and motivated team
• Competitive salary, career plan
• Short communication channels and room for your creative ideas
• An international, professional environment with exciting opportunities
• An open-minded and dynamic corporate culture, training, and development
• Private health insurance, FitPass, summer and winter parties, vouchers for the most diligent employees, gifts for the new year, flexible working hours, various work-life balance benefits, and much more