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Merkle Aotearoa | Auckland | Permanent | Full time | R1093747

• Flexible/Hybrid working environment with optional 2 days WFH

• 5 weeks annual leave (after 2 years of service) plus additional wellness days each year

• Unlimited learning opportunities with our people, platforms and external partnerships

• A collaborative, innovative and supportive local team of Salesforce professionals with Auckland and Wellington offices, and a global talent network.

About us

Merkle Aotearoa are a leading Digital Transformation Consulting firm in New Zealand and are a part of the dentsu group, Asia Pacific’s largest and most awarded agency network. For Merkle, this means we focus on delivering connected experiences for our customers customer, using human centred design principles and actionable data/insights, to implement world class Salesforce solutions and digitally led transformation.

At Merkle our purpose is to bring our customers closer to their customers, partnering with organisations to accelerate the design and delivery of strategy, and to lift organisational performance. Our focus is to create the conditions for an organisation, and the people within it, to thrive. This means solutions that leverage best practice insights, tailored to client context.

What your role and typical day might look like

As a Functional Consultant you are a critical part of our client project teams. Every day you’ll bring your curiosity and Salesforce best practice, business process and industry knowledge to bear in cross-functional teams, analysing requirements, designing innovative solutions and bringing them to life in Salesforce with high quality build and deployments. You’ll collaborate and communicate with our team and our clients’ team members to bring clarity and to showcase your work. 

Responsibilities include

• Work with your cross-functional client and Merkle team to contribute to requirements gathering, including workshop facilitation, process mapping and documentation 

• Take ownership, with support from project leads, of design and build of Salesforce features. 

• Collaborate with client team members to resolve issues, clarify needs and gather feedback on solutions. 

• Support testing activity and complete quality documentation of solutions. 

• Mentor, inspire, and motivate team members to produce high quality outcomes, ensure a high-quality output that meets or exceeds client expectations. 

• Continuous development of your Salesforce knowledge through the attainment and maintenance of Salesforce certifications and related knowledge areas, including software delivery methodologies and best practices. 

• Participation and contribution to internal learning initiatives and team building activities. 

A bit about you

• 2+ years’ experience as a Functional Consultant with good foundational knowledge, delivering Salesforce solutions in at least one of the following areas: Sales Cloud, Service Cloud or Experience Cloud. Experience with CPQ and Marketing Cloud would be a bonus but not mandatory. 

• Relevant Salesforce certifications and tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar area of study. 

• Business analysis and critical thinking skills to diagnose problems with users, create solutions and documentation.  

• Experience working in Agile SDLC environments. Knowledge/experience in DevOps, ITIL, ITSM and CI/CD pipelines will be highly beneficial but not mandatory.  

Become a champion for meaningful progress

At Merkle and dentsu Aotearoa, our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

If you want to belong to a one global network where opportunities are limitless, we look forward to having you join us.

Next Steps

Sound exactly like the sort of role for you? Apply now!

Please note, we are not able to sponsor work visas for this position. Only people work working rights for New Zealand will be considered.

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