TCS Sales Specialist - Southern Africa at Hitachi Data Systems

Your Responsibilities

• Volume and profit : Selling products/ systems/ services to customers, focusing on volume, mix and profitability targets for assigned Business Units/ Product Groups.
• Customer relations : Establishing and maintaining effective customer relationships to understand customer needs, promote customer understanding of full product/ systems/ services offering, and align to provide a solution. Ensuring a positive customer experience throughout the sales process.
• Sales plans : Preparing sales plans using company tools. Performing regular status reviews and proposes recovery plan(s) in cases of potential order shortfalls.
• Sales : Creating added value for the customer and Hitachi ABB Power Grids and ensuring the successful outcome of transactions, contracts and proposals by using effective sales techniques. Communicating details in accordance with Hitachi ABB Power Grids offering and strategy.
• Marketing : Ensuring efficient marketing activities and value proposition to customers.
• New market opportunities : Identifying and drives the development of new market opportunities in the designated market and ensures know- how sharing and cross -collaboration.
• Administration : Managing administrative procedures in sales processes, and supporting collection and project management activities when needed.
• Offer preparation : Preparing offers in coordination with the bid and proposal department and/or the Marketing Manager. Ensuring appropriate technical and financial aspects of offers, including prices and trading conditions.
• Safety and Integrity : Living core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues, and the business.

Your background

• Electrical engineering degree is required.
• More than 5 years of experience in Sales.
• Should be proactive, self-motivator.