Technical Consultant - CACI Fieldforce Planning

Area of Work

CACI’s Fieldforce Planning group based in modern offices in Coventry has a
requirement for a Consultant in its Technical Support team. The company
specialises in software and consultancy services for the planning of
fieldforce and dealership planning. Territory Planning means helping
organisations to plan sales or service areas based on dividing the country
or regions into geographical areas of workload or market potential. Once
territories are established journey plans are created which define the most
efficient order of site calls to cover each territory. A number of factors
have to be taken into account in designing territories including the
location of clients and business prospects, the location of the person’s
home location, and the drivetimes between these points. Specialist GIS
Software developed by CACI is used to provide project solutions to client
problems and installed at client offices.

Job Description

We currently employ 11 people within Project Delivery; Client Support &
Installations; and Sales & Marketing functions. The Consultant would work
in the Client Support team. After initial training on the systems the
consultant will be given client projects to work on albeit with support &
supervision.

The client support team work with clients to implement new systems, train
clients in the use of the software and support clients in their use of the
software.

The successful candidate will enjoy face to face and telephone contact with
sales force managers and regional managers of large automotive, FMCG &
pharmaceutical companies. Candidates will need to be confident with
clients, numerate, computer literate, able to work in a small team, and be
particular about attention to detail.

The vacancy would particularly suit someone with a strong combination of
mathematical, geographical and GIS (e.g. InSite, Map Info) skills and
interests that they wish to use to effectively solve client issues within a
commercial environment. The successful candidate would have an excellent
opportunity to apply their degree-based skills and business maturity to key
business issues. Ideally the candidate should have work experience
following the successful completion of a relevant first or second degree.

Company Details

CACI has operated in the UK since 1975. CACI Limited employs some 300
people in offices in London, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Coventry. The
company is a market leader in its three primary areas of operation :
consumer and business market analysis, information systems and direct
marketing. It was the first agency appointed to market population census
data and is well known in the marketing industry for its ACORN consumer
classification systems and its InSite GIS. CACI’s client list includes the
majority of the FTSE Top 100 companies and includes household names such as
Nestlé, Danone, Coca-Cola, Heineken, and Walkers. The parent company - CACI
Inc., founded in 1962, is a US quoted company with over 3,000 employees
generating a turnover in excess of $250 million.

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