Software Implementation Consultant

Job Title:                    Software Implementation Consultant

Position Summary:

Provide quality key user and end user training for the LoadMaster® suite of products at new and existing customer sites. Provide phone support to customers during the implementation phase and provide remote training as needed to supplement on-site training.  Communicate with customers to fully understand and manage their expectations. Follow up internally to ensure that customer needs and expectations are being met. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • During the initial staging of new accounts, verify that the software has been properly installed as outlined in the customer’s contract.
  • Prepare detailed Training Agendas that fully outline the scope of training that will be provided.
  • Communicate with the customer prior to onsite training so that they fully understand the objective of the training trip.
  • Complete and submit travel arrangements to internal travel coordinator.
  • Record accurate time and expense entries for billing to the customer.  (Time entries should be well documented for the benefit of the customer and McLeod financial department.)
  • Prepare expense reports for authorized travel.  Provide other documentation to financial department when required.
  • Follow procedures outlined in the custom programming workflow documents for custom program modifications.
  • Communicate with assigned Programming resource and Quality Assurance Analyst to insure understanding and timely delivery of custom program modifications.
  • Keep abreast of new product development at McLeod and trends in the trucking industry.  Attend training classes and seminars to continually improve training skills.
  • Continually review LoadMaster Documentation and make suggestions for improvements.  Notify Documentation Department of required corrections.
  • Prepare training materials/handouts when needed.  Submit to manager for approval and so that they can be include in the network directory of shared files.
  • Respond in a timely manner when customer phones in for technical support.  Ensure that the customer’s support questions are answered or continue to provide timely follow-ups if customer’s inquiry has been turned over to programming.
  • Provide product training to new employees on an as needed basis.

Qualifications:

  • Three years of training experience in a classroom or one-on-one setting with an enterprise or commercial application.
  • Strong organizational skills / Ability to multi-task.
  • Previous transportation/trucking industry or accounting experience a plus
  • Strong written and oral communications skills
  • Excellent computer skills including experience with Microsoft Office Suite applications are preferred. 
  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Ability to travel 50 percent.  Occasional weekend travel, usually Sunday, may be required.
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts to a broad range of customer end-users (professionals and non-professionals). 
  • Other duties as assigned

Education:

      ·       Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science, Accounting or Business Management

Communication Skills:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills required. 

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

  • CPA (a plus)
  • Microsoft Certifications (preferred, not required)
  • Teaching / training certifications (preferred, not required)

Work Environment:

  • Minimum forty-hour work week.  As some support calls may need to be resolved after the customer’s business hours, willingness to work occasional evenings is essential. 
  • Onsite training for customers varies from conference room for classroom training to working one-on-one at a customer’s desk.
  •  Some customer locations are smoke free, while others are smoke authorized.
  •  Some customer locations have high concentration of dust and dirt particles due to type of commodities they carry.
    McLeod’s classroom facility is here at our headquarters and is a state of the art training facility.

 

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