
Associate, Renewal Services Quoting
- Gurgaon, Haryana
- Permanent
- Full-time
As a Renewal Services Quotations Associate at Ciena, you will play a crucial role in supporting our sales team by providing accurate and timely quotations for our renewable service contracts. This position is ideal for individuals who are early in their careers and looking to gain experience in a dynamic and fast-paced sales environment.The person is responsible for understanding maintenance, managed and other renewable services provided by Ciena to our customers and preparing renewal services quotations for submission to Ciena’s global account teams for renewals of service contracts.
- Quotation Preparation: Prepare accurate and detailed quotations for Ciena's maintenance services, ensuring compliance with company policies and pricing guidelines.
- Sales Support: Collaborate with the sales team to understand customer requirements and provide timely and efficient support in generating quotations.
- Pricing Analysis: Conduct pricing analysis to ensure competitiveness and profitability, while considering market conditions and customer needs.
- Documentation: Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date records of all quotations and related documentation, ensuring accuracy and accessibility.
- Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process optimization and automation and feedback for action to the quotations management team.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with various internal teams, including account management, Service Entitlement, Commercial Management and operations, to ensure high quality of quotes delivered on time to the customers.
- Communication: communicate effectively with the relevant stakeholders to keep them informed of progress or challenges. Escalate any potential or foreseeable issues to the management.
- Process Improvement: Analyze the current state of Services Quoting Tools/process and communicate any additional enhancements that may be necessary.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, finance, or a related field.
- 0–3 years of professional experience, ideally in sales support, customer service, or a related role.
- Exceptional attention to detail to ensure error-free documentation and quotations.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills to prioritize and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- A collaborative mindset and ability to thrive within a cross-functional team.