Aspac Strategic Pursuits Architect, Senior Manager - Singapore - KPMG - Singapore

KPMG - Singapore

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Singapore

2 weeks ago

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Wei Jie

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Role Location
Open to accommodate the role in any of the following locations - Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong or Singapore.

ASPAC Regional Team

As part of the regional team you will play an integral role in helping firms meet our collective Trust and Growth ambition, promoting consistency and collaboration, so that KPMG Inspires Confidence and Empowers Change for our clients and talent.

This role presents an exciting opportunity to build relationships with senior leaders across member firms throughout the Asia Pacific region.

The Strategic Pursuits Architect will be responsible for helping drive high-priority sales activity across the ASPAC region, supporting a strategic pipeline of large-scale business development opportunities from initial deal shaping through to bid response, negotiation and close.

This is a high-profile opportunity within KPMG.

You will be playing a crucial role in helping to drive the business forward and will be part of a dynamic team culture offering strong internal networks and support.

Your role will be to focus on managing a pipeline of regional client opportunities within the ASPAC region whilst supporting Regional Solution Leaders, Regional Sector Heads and Client Lead Partners (CLPs) as they originate and cultivate major opportunities that drive our Trust and Growth ambitions.

You will work to co-ordinate the full end-to-end bid process, acting as a focal point between relevant member firms and regional support.

You will work closely with other regional teams as part of the ASPAC RISE (regional integrated sales enablement) construct, ensuring CLPs and member firm teams consistently have access to the best of KPMG during the deal process.

**Business Development (30%): - Engage with member firm CLPs and Client Service Teams (CSTs) to identify strategic regional opportunities early in the deal lifecycle

Work closely with Alliances Directors, Alliances Sector Relationship Leads and Alliances GTM Architects in shaping and qualifying opportunities linked to regional priority Alliances, including SAP, Microsoft & Service Now
Attend regional team calls relevant to priority sectors, service lines and solutions to identify regional support opportunities and share updates, where needed
Establish an internal network of KPMG partners across the ASPAC region and globally with the aim of facilitating ongoing regional sales efforts
Develop a working understanding of the firm's wider offerings, key sector trends / client issues and needs, along with competitor positioning to effectively support relevant regional opportunities
Support the development and management of regional strategic pipeline and provide visibility of opportunities to leadership
Facilitate internal sales conversations between CLPs and regional support teams, including the KPMG Delivery Network (KDN), as part of deal shaping
Actively explore ways to add more value to client opportunities (e.g. crossfunctional solutions) with a focus on bringing a whole of KPMG approach to the offering
Bring new ideas into discussions with Regional Sector Heads as well as relevant CLPs and Capability and Service Line partners with the aim of enhancing sales efforts and value proposition to clients
Act as a role model for Business Development and Sales in the region, sharing knowledge of sales and relationship management and promoting best practice
Challenge thinking of teams in the positioning of propositions with clients

**Pursuit Management (70%): - Help oversee and manage regional strategic pipeline of opportunities

Work closely with Sales Enablement Leads in region to support opportunities and bring a wider 'whole of firm' perspective to bid efforts
Liaise with global and member firm CLPs, Client Service Teams (CSTs) and business development leads, where needed, to progress relevant and strategic regional opportunities along the sales lifecycle
Help improve sales conversion via use of existing sales qualification tools, client and pursuit funding, pricing, contracting and negotiation
Help coordinate and drive written responses to RFPs for major regional opportunities, where multiple member firm teams are involved
Support preparation of updates for the Regional Deals Board (RDB)
Build repeatable sales assets to improve bid efficiency and likelihood of successful conversion, where possible
Manage complexity of multiservice line responses
Identify strengths and weaknesses in bid response and in competitors
Refine and position Unique Selling Points (USPs) to improve bid response relative to competitors
Coordinate bid activities and tasks between relevant CLPs, pursuit team members and other teams including but not limited to: KDN, C&M & Alliances
Act as a communications conduit between KPMG member firms (where multiple entities are involved in responding to a client opportunity)
Act with a Global mindset to ensure the best of KPMG is engaged to support strategic bid opportunities
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