Key Account Specialist-India
WIDIA
About the Role
Sales Engineer [Assistant Sales Manager] responsible for retaining and growing business in existing and new customers within the region, and gaining market share.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify additional sales opportunities and execute the sales strategy for the assigned geographical area.
- Educate and evaluate the end-user and the needs of channel partners to develop appropriate plans to meet and exceed objectives.
- Encourage and maintain excellent working relationships with distributors and end-users to develop partnerships.
- Develop and maintain a pipeline of projects to drive the annual sales growth plan. Run on this pipe.
- Keep customers informed about the latest technology developments and product innovations.
- Regularly review market changes and dynamics to ensure opportunities align with company strategy.
- Support and participate in team sales initiatives by sharing relevant information for assigned accounts.
- Prepare regular progress, status, and forecast reports to management in the assigned area of responsibility.
- Anticipate spending 80% of the time in front of end-users/customers.
- Manage customer accounts payable and ensure on-time collection.
- Continuously improve working knowledge of existing and new products and services.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Bachelor of Engineering degree or Equivalent with specialization in Mechanical Engineering.
- Competent in understanding and communicating all product and technical information.
- Able to competently assess customer needs.
- Computer literate with good presentation skills and significant drive/energy to bring coordination and cohesiveness amongst all functions to implement decided strategies and achieve sales plans.
- Strong administrative/communication skills.
- Willing to travel extensively.
- Willing to work with cross-functional teams to meet customer needs.