I am helping an ex-colleague look for a suitable candidate for the position Professional Services Consultant to be based in Tokyo. Must be Japanese. Can you please help forward to your friends/contacts who might be interested? Thanks a lot!
Professional Services Consultant - Job Description About the company Ex Libris Group is a leading provider of library automation solutions, offering a comprehensive product suite for the discovery, management, and distribution of all library materials―print, electronic, and digital. Dedicated to developing the market’s most inventive and creative solutions, Ex Libris leads the way in defining and designing efficient, user-friendly products that serve the needs of academic, research, and national libraries today, and enabling them to transition into the future. Ex Libris is on the look out for talented individuals interested in taking on challenging roles in a successful international environment. Dynamic candidates with relevant education, experience, and technical skills are invited to join our team of over 460 professionals. Job Description: Working as USACO Corporation employee in USACO office and reporting professionally to Ex Libris Asia Pacific Director of Professional Services in Singapore. As a member of Asia pacific Project team, you will be responsible for the implementation phase of customer’s projects for the Aleph Integrated library system. The position will include: · Managing implementation projects of company products · Managing multiple projects simultaneously and developing detailed project plans · Support for pre sales activities · Delivering training and consultancy services related to Ex Libris products as well as creating and maintaining training materials and implementation documents. · Team player with the ability to work independently with only little supervision · Providing system configuration, analysis and support · Close work with Ex Libris offices around the world and with customers · Visiting customer sites (travel will be required) Relevant Education: · A Minimum Bachelors in one of the following areas: Computer science / Library Science / Industrial management engineering / Information studies / Sciences Job Requirements · Strong Project Management experience in software industry and work experience in a Japanese market. · Previous experience in deployment of complex software projects such as ERP systems and project management · Excellent analytical skills and technical abilities · Strong communication, training and presentation skills · Experience in training delivery · MS project and Office skills · Familiarity with library world or deployment of library solution is very desirable · The following skills are desirable: - Knowledge of HTML, XML, XSL - Experience with UNIX and Linux - Experience with ORACLE Languages: Japanese – native tongue Good English – talking, reading and writing Personality traits : · Service orientation and excellent interpersonal skills, energetic and self motivated · Team player with the ability to work independently with limited supervision