Sales Application Engineer

Siemens Energy; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/Flexible work

Global projects exposure

Job summary

Siemens Energy in Malaysia is seeking a Sales Application Engineer to join our GRID Technology team in Asia Pacific. You will support RFQ responses, develop technical and commercial offers, and coordinate with regional supply chain to ensure compliant, competitive proposals.

The role requires a degree in Electrical Engineering, 3–5 years’ experience with quotations for service-based work, and proficiency with SAP and Salesforce.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years’ experience with a major electrical contractor and quotation preparation.
• Experience as a site/field service technical expert is beneficial.
• Knowledge of High Voltage transmission in Malaysia/Asia Pacific.
• Proficient with MS Office, SAP and Salesforce.

Responsibilities

• Review RFQs and develop technical and commercial offers with OEM value.
• Lead cost integration and risk assessment before final pricing.
• Prepare tender documentation including BOMs, drawings, and QHSE docs.
• Coordinate RFQs with regional supply chain for compliant offers.
• Interface with operations, engineering and factories to optimize offerings.
• Identify cost and time-saving opportunities in proposal development.
• Support sales during promotions, site visits, negotiations and follow-ups.
• Manage orders and spare parts, liaising with factories and suppliers.
• Contribute to proposal library and go-to-market inputs.
• Investigate localization opportunities to grow the business.

Skills

Quotation preparation

Sales support

English proficiency

Customer interaction

Electrical engineering knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

SAP

Salesforce

MS Word/Excel

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Are you passionate about the energy sector? Do you like understanding the client's needs and support them with finding new and innovative solutions to achieve them? Are you passionate about identifying latest and most innovative opportunities to support the business?

If you feel you can answer yes to above, Siemens Energy has an exciting opportunity for you as a Sales Application Engineer within our Malaysian team where you would become part of an extensive service network in Asia Pacific and worldwide.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Review Request for Quotations (RFQ) received from customers and develop and prepare technical and commercial offers with identification of key scope that highlights our OEM value.
• Responsible to lead the overall cost integration and analysis with consideration for technical and commercial risk assessment prior to arriving at final pricing.
• Collating and preparing tender documentation including drawings, technical data sheets, bill of materials, method statements, project plans, QHSE documentation, time schedules etc.
• Prepare outside purchase equipment RFQ(s) and work together with the regional supply chain manager(s) to engage and align for a compliant offer.
• Interface with operations, engineering, and factories throughout the world to optimize our technical and commercial offerings and to resolve configurations and technical changes including prioritization of works as required.
• Identify cost and time-saving opportunities within the proposal development process or stemming from Non-Conformance instances as Lessons Learned and implement process improvement initiatives.
• Provide support to sales during product promotions, site walk-downs and visits, negotiations, and follow-up activities as necessary.
• Prepares, reviews and books customer orders / revisions to orders as well as order management for spare parts and handling orders to our factories and suppliers.
• Supports development of proposal resource library (both text and visual aids) and provides input into business cases and go to market approaches.
• Investigates and provides recommendations on ways to further localize scope, improve processes and grow the business.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field is preferred
• 3-5 years' experience working for a major electrical contractor, with proven experience in the preparation of quotations for service-based work.
• Works experience in an engineering role or as a site / field service technical expert would be beneficial.
• Experience and knowledge of High Voltage transmission industry in Malaysia and throughout Asia Pacific.
• Positive attitude to work in challenging environment and in embracing high performance culture.
• Understands cultural differences and copes with them effectively.
• Strong competence in using IT Tools including Microsoft (especially Microsoft Word and Excel), SAP, and Salesforce applications.
• Professional English required, where additional Asian languages will be a benefit.

About The Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• Encouraging work culture
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Remote/Flexible work

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