Our client, a leading supplier of field process control instrumentation, is looking for a proactive and hands-on Sales Engineer.
The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting and selling the Company’s broad range portfolio, including their core products, controls & instrumentation and industrial analysers. He / She will support installation, provide technical solutions, whilst developing the customer base and maintaining the current customer base.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing our customer base within the region whilst maintaining our current base.
- Be able to promote our range of products by means of cold calling, through performing sales and technical presentations as well as live demonstrations on the products.
- Providing exceptional customer service at all times and maximizing every sale opportunity for the Company.
- Keeping up to date with our existing and new products.
- Active use of our CRM (Bluewave) to plan and manage day to day sales activities, to produce weekly, Monthly and Quarterly sales forecasts.
- Be able to create customer quotations.
- Attend Bi-Weekly Sales meeting which will be held on MS teams and report daily into the sales manager of the company.
- Working closely with Marketing, Solutions, Service and Project teams.
- Providing technical sales support on our range of products.
Qualifications
- Must have a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Mechatronic Engineering with relevant experience
- Must have at least 6 years of working experience in engineering and sales
- Product knowledge of the company’s products and/or a strong technical background in process instrumentation would also be ideal
- Experience in various types of Process Control Instruments for the measurement of flow, level, pressure, moisture and humidity, gas analyzer’s applications in the Chemical, Petrochemical, Power, Mining, Food and Beverage, Paper, Pulp, Sugar, Industrials (Cement, Air separation plants etc.) and Pharmaceutical Industries.
- A suitable knowledge on the application of process control as well as manual operated valves
- Ability to develop and successfully implement account plans, forecasts, reports and call plans
- Be determined, tenacious and own the position.
- Possess a strong business commercial acumen and outcome focus
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Previous experience using a CRM tool would be highly regarded.
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