Sales Engineer

We are recruiting a Sales Engineer for an opportunity at Stellenbosch or Pretoria.

Role Objective:

To design, produce and present management reports on the progress with marketing targets and sales initiatives undertaken.

Business Development Strategy: to continually update and oversee the implementation thereof.

Qualification Required:

• Senior Certificate â?? Grade 12
• BTech or BEng or BSc Eng. degree, preferably in Electrical or Civil Engineering.

Preferred Qualifications:   

• With Civil Engineering, a specialization in water and sanitation infrastructure and technologies.
• Degree in Engineering (Civil or Electrical)

Experience required:

• More than 12 yearsâ?? work experience
• Experience in electrical or water hydraulic modelling
• Driverâ??s license
• Experience in digital marketing
• Experience in production of marketing material, demonstrating creativity

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Business Development Strategy: to continually update and oversee the implementation thereof
• National public sector client relations: to identify, develop and maintain marketing relations with DBSA, DWS, DMRE, MISA and more by ensuring the relevant individuals at these institutions understand GLSâ??s service offerings
• International and national private sector client relations: to identify, develop and maintain marketing relations by marketing the services of GLS and developing relations to a point of signing working agreements
• Internal sales capacity development: to support and motivate internal GLS team leaders to proactively market with priority institutions in their allocated provinces

Sales MIS:

• To understand the Nextec software information system related to sales and marketing, when in existence
• To understand and maintain the tendering, quoting, sales and marketing information systems used internally by GLS e.g., Zoho, tender tracking spreadsheet, weekly sales meeting minutes
• To design, produce and present management reports on the progress with marketing targets and sales initiatives undertaken

MARKETING

• Marketing Brochures and Material:  To identify the need for, oversee the design and production of PowerPoint presentations, brochures, banners and related material of GLS service offerings
• Conferences: To identify and manage GLS presence at international and national conferences
• Print Media: To identify and manage GLS presence in traditional print media
• Digital Media: To identify and manage GLS presence in electronic media, including managing the GLS website
• Customer Service Experience: To manage the GLS reception email account, fielding work requests to the relevant internal staff
• Customer Service Experience: To contact clients after project completion to determine customer experience and satisfaction
• Staff: to manage the marketing coordinator
  TENDERING
• Tendering: Oversee and manage the bid and tender processes which include proposal writing and costing/cashflows
• Tendering: To understand and navigate all statutory paperwork and bid requirements
• Financial forecasts:  To import cashflow from submitted bids into TT to provide expected cashflows over a forward 12-month period.
• Staff:  to manage the senior bid administrator

• Team player
• Extrovert

Work environment:

• Open Plan office. Hybrid work environment 

Travel:

• Willingness to travel extensively