Senior Service Sales Manager - Sub-Saharan Africa

Innio; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the energy solutions sector is seeking a Senior Regional Service Sales Manager for the Waukesha Engine business. This role will focus on developing market strategies and managing account activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ideal candidate will have significant sales experience in the Oil & Gas or power generation sectors and demonstrate strong relationship-building abilities. This position requires a commitment to customer service and travel commitments to support the region.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in professional sales/BD experience in Oil & Gas or power generation.
• Fluency in English required; Portuguese is a plus.
• Willingness to travel 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Develop market strategies and manage account activities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Generate and qualify leads while building strong customer relationships.
• Support sales engagements with competitive insights.

Skills

Strong BD skill set

Strong technical knowledge

Strong oral and written communication skills

Strong influencing and persuasive skills

Relationship building skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in engineering or business administration

Job description

TheINNIOAdvantage:

By combining a rich legacy in the power and gas compression space with pioneering technology, INNIO brings our customers affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions for today and tomorrow. We are helping to meet today’s energy needs with 64 GW of installed capacity and 48,000 of our powerful Jenbacher and Waukesha engines, which can be found in more than 100 countries. And, by harnessing our history of energy industry firsts along with the power of digital innovation, we will continue to deliver for the future.

ThisSenior Regional Service Sales Managerfor ourWaukesha Engine businesswill be responsible for developing the market, grow, manage, track, and communicate services related orders and account activities in ourSub-Saharan Africaregion, focusing on setting specific accounts strategies, grow services orders, and build & maintain relationships with key end users and channel partners.

Please note that this position holder can be located in the following countries : UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy or France

Essential Responsibilities :

• Ability to organize and communicate BD opportunities with the broader sales team effectively
• Research and map key accounts and evaluate business strategies
• Develop and communicate account strategies for specific accounts in the region
• Be responsible for initiating contact with potential and current customers to generate and qualify leads and identify sales opportunities taking local emission standards into consideration
• Research, monitor and report on key competitors for field services, 3rd party providers, non-OEM parts, remain parts providers
• Use critical thinking, strong written and verbal communication skills to build strong relationships and translate market intelligence into compelling, winning sales strategies
• Create competitive strategies and messaging externally as well as internally
• Conduct win/loss calls with prospects and communicate findings to key stake holders internally
• Work with PLM to develop new services products and strategies
• Support sales engagements with detailed competitive insights and strategy development
• Proactive communication across all selling organizations of any recent changes or updates to competitive solutions, sales tactics or other competitive market events
• Be the ‘go-to’ person for assigned accounts in the region
• Be directly or indirectly responsible for increasing win rates against key competitors
• Respond to ad-hoc requests from senior management channel partners in a timely manner
• Organize customer specific services workshops to increase knowledge and transparency of services offerings
• Be the voice of the customer within INNIO Waukesha and drive improvements to increase the value we bring with our services offerings to our customers

Qualification Requirements :

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in engineering or business administration
• Minimum of 5 years of professional sales and/or BD experience in the Oil & Gas Industry and/or power generation industry
• In-depth knowledge of Sub-Saharan region and related experience in this area
• Ability and willingness to travel at least 50% of the time(with travel at least once a month to Nigeria)
• Fluency in English is a must, additional language a plus (especially Portuguese)
• Ability to work remotely from your home office

Desired Characteristics :

• Takes initiative to capitalize on opportunities
• Strong BD skill set
• Strong technical knowledge highly desired
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong influencing and persuasive skills
• Strong relationship building skills
• Active Listening skills
• Resilient
• Strives to exceed goals, targets and standards
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
• Established project management skills