Business Consultant (CPG)

Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta or Boston, IL 60606 Job number:   RAM30 visit us at usa.siemens.com    |     learn more about us    |     view siemens speaks video    |     send this job to a friend We're Siemens, a global innovation company helping the needs of businesses, communities and employees right here in the US. From improving security at airports, to helping healthcare professionals make more accurate diagnoses of the heart, to reducing delivery time for forwarded mail and beyond, we're achieving the unexpected all because of our employees. Which is why we offer a work culture where ideas are free to fly, diversity programs that capture the strengths of thought rather than ethnicity, and mentoring and training programs that can take careers to new heights. And that's pretty inspiring. Because when you and 70,000 diverse minds innovate together, you can change the world. Imagine that. automation & control • building technologies • energy & power • financial services • hearing solutions industrial solutions • information & communication • lighting • medical solutions • transportation • water technologies Siemens is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. Business Consultant (CPG) Siemens PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D), is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 4.4 million licensed seats and 47,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, UGS PLM Software's vision is to enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through global innovation networks to deliver world-class products and services while leveraging UGS PLM Software's open enterprise solutions, fulfilling the mission of enabling them to transform their process of innovation. For more information on UGS PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/ugs. Job Description: The individual will be responsible for working with the Consumer Products Sales team in pursuing and closing business in a variety of CPG process areas. He/She will be closely involved with developing sales presentations, responding to RFI/RFPs, build customer value propositions, creating white-papers and collateral and mapping customer needs to Siemens' solutions.  Incumbent will bring thought leadership from the industry to the customer situation. He/she needs to be experienced in conducting business process analysis and recommending process changes and mapping Siemens’ technology to customer issues. Candidate will be responsible for researching customer-related information and / or business processes. He/she uses professional concepts; applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.  Works on problems where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.  Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.  Builds productive working relationships internally and externally. Prerequisites and Essential Functions: Incumbent must have experience working in the CPG industry or delivering solutions to the industry preferably in the PLM space. Incumbent must have an in depth understanding of the product concept through launch and disposal/end of life cycle within the Consumer Products space. Candidate must have expertise in the area of formula development, specification management, compliance management, labeling and claims preferably within a formulated products CPG company or a technology provider in that space. He/She must be able to clearly articulate and present value propositions at a senior management level. Incumbent must have the ability to conduct process conversations and relate them back to financial benefits and solutions. Siemens is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of its people.