Sales & Services Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developing long-term relationships with clients through managing and interpreting their requirements;
• Persuading clients that a product or service best satisfies their needs in terms of quality, price and delivery;
• Providing pre-sales & after-sales technical assistance, product education to clients on Instrumentation/Quality Control /Electrical apparatus Testing & Measurement/Analytical/Process Monitroing/Industriial Automation products and equipment;
• Generating Sales Inquiries and responding to Request For Quotes and inquiries from Clients.
• Meeting regular sales targets and coordinating sales projects;
• Supporting marketing activities by attending trade shows, conferences and other marketing events;
• Starting-up, maintaining, calibrating, testing and troubleshooting a wide variety of Instruments, process monitoring & Controlling Instruments, industrial instruments.
• Liaising with clients, suppliers, Principals and relevant authorities
• Liaising with other members of the sales team and other technical experts;
• Promoting Company’s product portfolio and lines of representation amongst current and prospective clients by Emails, Cold Calls and Scheduled Visits.
• Preparing action plans and schedules to identify specific targets and to project the number of contacts to be made.
• Identifying sales prospects and following up on new leads and referrals resulting from field activity.
• Preparing presentations, proposals, quotes, Purchase Orders, Invoices and sales contracts.
• Following up on submitted quotations, specification queries, submitted invoices.
• Developing and maintaining sales and marketing materials.
• Providing content management for the company's websites and e-commerce sites;
• Develop and implement special sales activities to reduce stock.
• Preparing a variety of status reports, including activity, closing, follow-up, and adherence to goals.
• Assisting with all aspects of administrative management, directory maintenance, logistics, equipment inventory and storage
• Performing multifaceted general office support
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Preferably Male Candidates
• Graduate (minimum) qualification in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Mechatronics
• Minimum of 2-3 years of prior work experience in a similar job
• Supervision ability of junior staff
• Able to quickly assimilate new technical knowledge and interested in building a career with a growth-oriented company.
• Solid organizational and planning skills.
• Good command of English.
• Commercial acumen and the ability to promote a technical solution as a value for money exercise
• Computer literacy, especially with regard to modern scientific user interfaces, document and presentation preparation and report writing
• An understanding of business management systems, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and knowledge of a CRM tool is an asset
• Excellent communication skills in English, written and spoken.
• Extensive travel within and outside Lagos are an essential part of the job.

Skills:

• Tenacity and self-motivation inspired by success, enthusiasm, drive and initiative directed towards sales growth
• Aability to operate alone and to meet ambitious but achievable targets, particularly with regard to sales success
• Self-discipline and the ability to decide priorities in a rapidly changing commercial environment
• An outgoing and likeable personality with a high degree of personal integrity
• The personality of a natural team player, willing and able to build confidence and to establish co-operative relationships with personnel throughout the company
• A very high standard of personal presentation.
• Self-starter attitude, customer oriented with strong client relationships building skills.
• High level of energy, motivation, enthusiasm, initiative, commitment and willingness to learn.