Principal Solution Consultant

🔥 21 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💼 Consultant

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Aspen Technology

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1981

🏭 Manufacturing

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Construction • Logistics

Aspen Technology is a global leader in asset management software, providing solutions in enterprise asset performance management, monitoring, and optimization for industrial digital transformation. They offer energy transition software for sustainability and decarbonization, assisting with emissions reduction, microgrids, carbon capture, and the hydrogen economy. AspenTech's innovations in Industrial AI, plant digitalization, and digital twin technology support various industries, including pharmaceuticals and mining. Their predictive analytics tools are designed to reduce downtime and optimize performance for connected enterprises.

📋 Description

• Lead consultative discovery sessions, craft visionary solutions, and design strategies tailored to customer needs • Lead and execute technical qualification of solutions to a business outcome • Serve as a discipline/practice subject matter expert on operational challenges, best practices, and industry trends • Learn the complete AspenTech product portfolio and apply products to customer business challenges • Develop messaging and materials to position AspenTech solutions, adapting them for regional or market differences • Partner with Sales Account Managers throughout the sales cycle, from discovery and solution design to executive presentations and deal execution • Engage senior customer executives and communicate AspenTech’s role in their digitalisation journey • Develop industry-specific solutions aligned with measurable business value • Provide market input to Product Management teams to improve solution adoption • Identify and lead sales campaigns to improve reach, pipeline, and awareness • Coach and enable Sales Account Managers and Solution Consultants on industry-specific messaging, customer engagement, and solution positioning • Represent AspenTech at industry conferences, customer forums, webinars, and trade events across the region

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in industrial software, services, solution consulting, presales, technical sales or related customer-facing technical roles • Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or a related technical discipline (preferred) • Proficiency in Asset Performance Management (Mtell), Industrial Data Platforms (Inmation), Historians (InfoPlus.21), and Advanced Process Control & Real Time Optimization (RTO) (DMC3, GDOT, Aspen Plus), or equivalent competitor technologies • Demonstrated successes in business development • Strong ability to bridge technology and business, articulating high-level technical solutions and their differentiated value • Strong drive to convert opportunities into recognised value for customers, with exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills • Must be authorized to work in South Africa without restriction/sponsorship • Services or solution consulting exposure to industries such as Metals & Mining, LNG, Specialty Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Polymers, Consumer Packaged Goods, Food & Beverage, Pulp & Paper, Power Generation, and Water & Wastewater • Breadth across several AspenTech solution areas / well-rounded across multiple disciplines • Knowledge of AI/ML solutions and their application in industry • Strong understanding of digital transformation initiatives within asset-intensive industries • Regional travel up to 35%

🏖️ Benefits

• Rich set of career development programs • Support of community service projects • Social events that foster fun and relationship building across the global community