Deputy Manager - Technical Services

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Gandhidham; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Sika is seeking a civil engineering professional with 5–8 years of experience in India to help optimize concrete mix designs and advise customers including ready-mix producers, contractors, and precast producers. The role focuses on selecting suitable admixtures and, when needed, modifying formulations to meet project demands.

Key responsibilities include achieving sales targets, building strong customer networks, ensuring timely collections, and delivering regular business reporting.

Qualifications

• BE Civil or Diploma in Civil with 5–8 years of experience.
• Knowledge of concrete mix design and admixtures.

Responsibilities

• Achieve targets through key customers with action plans.
• Network and build relationships with ready-mix producers, contractors and precast producers.
• Ensure sales and payment collection; generate above market growth with profitable outcomes.
• As part of the team, penetrate target markets and improve market share.
• Coordinate with Sales Manager to ensure promotion and portfolio relevance.
• Apply concrete know-how within the company and sales/service teams.
• Produce weekly, monthly and quarterly reports and relevant business data.
• Maintain branch discipline and implement Sika rules; perform special tasks as directed.

Skills

Concrete mix design

Sales planning

Client relationship

Team coordination

Market expansion

Education

BE Civil / Diploma in Civil

Job description

Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 101 countries around the world and manufactures in over 300 factories. Its 33,500 employees generated annual sales of CHF 10.49 billion in 2022

Job Description

Overview :
Must have knowledge of concrete mix design. His/ her main responsibility is to get the most suitable Sika admixture approved with Sika customers, such as ready-mix concrete producers, contractors, precast producers etc. In case, standard admixtures do not meet the customer requirements, he/ she should be able to suggest suitable modifications in the concrete mix design or as a last option do modifications in the admixture formulation to meet the concrete requirements.

Job Description :

• To achieve the target given by the superiors through key customers and after judicious analysis of the potential to ensure that plans turn into actions through agreed qualitative & quantified actions plans.
• Networking & Relationship building - supervise & provide strong support to existing & potential customers in all aspects of developing Concrete to enable retention of customers.
• Ensure Sales /collection of payment, C-forms against sales from targeted markets to generate above market growth and that the net result after costs provides an acceptable level of profit in line with budget.
• Achieve & improve market / customer penetration as per plan.
• Assume responsibility for sales & marketing of Sika products to target customers/market as delegated by his superiors & in close co-ordination with the Sales Manager.
• Ensure application of Concrete know-how within the company and relevant sales and service organization.
• Ensure the promotional mix is matched to market needs. Help to achieve standardization of product portfolio and optimal Customer value in the most economical way.
• Take responsibility for production of weekly, monthly and quarterly reports, as well as relevant business data as instructed by superiors.
• Ensure & Maintain discipline at branch level by himself & colleagues. Initiate corrective actions where necessary. Ensure implementation of Sika’s 8 rules at Branch level in his day today works
• Perform & supervise any special task as per need of Sika & according to instructions from his superior

Qualifications

BE Civil / Diploma in Civil with 5 to 8 years of experience.

Additional Information

We offer competitive salaries, aligned with local market benchmarks and the specific scope and responsibilities of each role. Compensation is determined based skills relevant to the position, education and/or training. We are committed to fair and equitable pay practices in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.