Sales Engineer at Weir Minerals

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree – Mechanical / Metallurgical Engineering
• Computer literate – Microsoft Office suite
• Valid driver’s licence

Minimum Experience:

• 3 years’ related technical sales experience in a minerals processing equipment / mining environment
• CRM program experience
• Technical report writing experience
• Technical solutions selling

Key Tasks:

Including but not limited to:

• Meet budget set for territory served
• Increase sales of full range of Weir Minerals products
• Service existing clients and develop new business
• Provide technical assistance and after sales service to clients
• Operate independently and provide technical selling solutions to customers
• Propose the various Weir Minerals products on various applications
• Be proactive in seeking growth in all products
• Submit quotes and tenders according to customer requests
• Expedite client orders
• Gather market intelligence about customers, competitors, markets to help develop marketing support necessary forecasting
• Effective usage of Salesforce
• Provide weekly and monthly updates / reports on input, sales and performance delivery
• Implement rationalisation and promote new technology for the territory
• Support product managers in developing the required footprint for the territory
• Adhere to all Safety Health Environment (SHE) and housekeeping requirements at the branch and customer sites at all times
• Adhere to Duty of Care Policy at all times

Minimum Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent business communication – verbal and written
• Strong presentation skills
• Negotiation skills
• Cold calling and sales hunting skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to manage difficult customers and respond promptly to customer needs
• Strong technical competence including reading and interpreting engineering drawings
• Problem solving ability
• Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness
• Safety conscious