Area Sales Engineer - South Europe - P&M Division

Cavotec; Italia; In loco; EUR 30.000 - 50.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading engineering company in Italy is seeking an Area Sales Engineer responsible for driving business development and sales within the maritime sector. The role involves generating leads, ensuring customer satisfaction, and maintaining sales records. Candidates should have a technical background, experience in sales, and fluency in English and Spanish. This position offers opportunities to work with innovative solutions in a field-focused environment.

Competenze

• 1-3 years of experience as a Sales Engineer or similar commercial position.
• Experience with industrial equipment, marine equipment a plus.
• Fluency in English and Spanish required.

Mansioni

• Generate business leads through various methods.
• Meet customers and collect information.
• Propose maintenance activities and sell services.
• Build and maintain a sales pipeline.

Conoscenze

Sales Engineering

Technical Support

Customer Relationship Management

Solution Selling

Interpersonal Skills

Formazione

Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Technical degree

Strumenti

Salesforce

Descrizione del lavoro

Cavotec is a leading engineering company with 50 years of heritage in innovation, designing and delivering advanced connection and electrification solutions that drive the decarbonisation of ports and industrial applications. With five decades of experience, our systems ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable operations for a diverse range of customers and applications worldwide.

Summary :

As an Area Sales Engineer you will be responsible for the business development and the sales of new products, service agreements, inspections, repairs, and spare parts to existing and new accounts and customers within the allocated territory.

Responsibilities :

• Generate business leads to new and existing customers through cold calling, site visits, and attendance at industry-related events. Responsible for pursuing, nurturing, and closing all leads.
• Go and meet our customers, spend time on the road, collect installed-base information and maximize the given information to retrieve dormant customers.
• Thanks to your hands-on background and on-site experience, propose maintenance activities such as inspections, preventive maintenance, upgrades and refurbishment and promote the sell of spare parts.
• Win customer confidence by providing technical support by liaising with various experts within the Cavotec organisation.
• Prepare and give technical presentations to explain to customers how the products and services work.
• Work with customers and Commercial Sales Support / System Sales Managers to ensure the product / service offered meets the requirements.
• Successfully match customer pain / requirements to proposed solutions;

help customers to solveproblems with product usage.

Negotiate and close service and new product opportunities.

Responsible for Order Intake and Contribution Margin coming from directly developed opportunities

Meet assigned profitable sales target as defined in the QAF (Quota Achievement Form)

Build and maintain a sales pipeline tracked on the CRM system (Salesforce)

Support the Regional Sales Director in developing a business plan covering order intake, contribution margin and revenue targets for the assigned area;

assist in the development of the annual marketing plan

Support the Regional Sales Director / Segment Sales Director in identifying the major consultants in the area

Support the OEM Key Account Managers by specifying Cavotec technology (e.G. motorized cable reels) with end users in your area

Identify opportunities for sales of complex systems (e.G. MoorMaster) and support System Sales Manager in closing the opportunity

Requirements :

Solid technical background with understanding and / or hands-on experience with industrial equipment (experience with marine equipment would be a plus)

Proven experience as a Sales Engineer (1-3 years max) or similar commercial experience

Proven experience or training to understand value solution selling is a plus

Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Technical degree desired, or equivalent experience

Experience in industrial products or service selling (ports & maritime market knowledge a plus)

Understanding of systems / solutions selling is a plus

Good interpersonal skills and commercially savvy

Experience in the designated Region is a plus

Ability to forge strong, long-lasting relationships with key technical or mid-management decision makers

Being fluent in English and Spanish is a requirement for success in the role

Candidates not in line with the requirements described above will not been taken into consideration.

Please attach your updated CV in English to your application.