Sales Engineer

Smiths Group; Sepang; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

John Crane Malaysia is seeking a Technical Sales professional to drive growth, coordinating with executives and local sales/marketing teams to develop high-value solutions. You will promote John Crane products, pursue new market opportunities and work with accounts to develop proposals.

Travel across Malaysia and the SEA region as required, with a strong technical background and strategic thinking to address customer needs and deliver contract-ready offerings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering.
• Sound knowledge of pumps & mechanical seals in Oil & Gas or Petrochem Industry.
• Knowledge of API Standards.
• Field experience in installation, commissioning & maintenance of rotating equipment and vibration.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic sales initiatives in Malaysia.
• Represent organization in providing solutions to technical issues on projects.
• Interact with senior external personnel on significant technical matters.
• Promote and sell John Crane products per policy and pricing guidelines.
• Pursue high-value market opportunities including CCUS, asset management contracts, turbine upgrades/retrofits, and monitoring solutions.
• Collaborate with account sales to explore leads and develop opportunities.
• Support proposals with related resources and ensure timely project progression.

Skills

Technical sales

Account management

Negotiation

Communication

Market knowledge

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Job description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.

Job Description

Purpose of Role:

Technical sales role & a part of sales team, helping organizations obtain better brand recognition and financial growth. Coordinate with company executives and local sales & marketing professionals to explore and develop high-value proposition business solution in Malaysia. May support SEA region if required.

Key Activities:

• Responsible for driving strategic sales initiative in Malaysia.
• Represents organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.
• Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations. Strong ownership and positive attitude on business development.
• Promote and sell John Crane products in accordance with the company policy, pricing guidelines and regulations.
• Pursue new market expansion opportunities in high-value proposition solution businesses, such as CCUS projects, reliability & asset management contract, turbo machinery upgrade / retrofit services and monitoring sense solution.
• Work with account sales to explore the leads and develop the opportunities.
• Dedicate to support account to connect related resource for making and presenting proposal
• Closely follow related opportunities and move the project forward.
• With good technical background and strategic thinking when promote the solution and initiative.
• Develop a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction.
• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs
• Arrange business meetings with prospective clients
• Promote the company’s products/services addressing or predicting clients’ objectives
• Preparematerial of contract ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines
• Keep records of sales, revenue, invoices etc.
• Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support
• Build long-term relationships with the clients. Ability to build rapport with clients and strong connection. Account management for key customers.
• Travelling to meet the clients with sales team, coverage whole Malaysia. As well as overseas by requested.
• Ad hoc, flexible to face any contingency plan, take assigned activities organized.

Key Accountabilities:

• Work with the local sales staff on driving growth promoting strategic products and services Acting as technical sales to work with account sales to explore the leads and develop the opportunities.
• Support country /Sales team to achieve country /individual budgets.
• Develop go to market strategies in line with John Crane Y tree initiatives
• Utilize technical background to thoroughly understand John Crane's products portfolio and solutions. This includes their features, benefits, applications, and how they address specific challenges in various industries.
• Conduct in-depth market research to identify potential customers and industries where John Crane's solutions can provide significant value. Analyze competitors' offerings and market trends to position John Crane effectively.
• Leverage your technical knowledge to engage with customers on a deeper level. Understand their pain points and requirements and demonstrate how John Crane's solutions can address their specific needs. Offer technical insights and recommendations
• Aim to support new products selling, turbo opportunities development, like DGS & turbo system in upgrading and retrofitting.
• Dedicate to support account to connect related resource for making and presenting proposal
• Closely follow related opportunities and move the project forward. Support account sales to deliver the business result in high-value proposition products, contract and solution selling.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, preferably in Mechanical Engeneering.

Experience:

Technical Skills:

• Sound Knowledge of pumps & mechanical seals in Oil & Gas or Petrochem Industry.
• Knowledge of API Standards.
• Field experience in Installation, commissioning & maintenance of rotating equipment and vibration

People Skills:

• Self-driven & Result Oriented &
• Problem-solving attitude
• Market knowledge and industry connection.
• Communication and negotiationskill.

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.