Sales Engineer - Water Treatment (Projects) | Retail | OMASCO | Oman

Robinson & Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd; Oman; On-site; OMR 12,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water treatment solutions provider in Oman is seeking a Sales Engineer to exceed sales targets for various water treatment product categories, including specialty chemicals. The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree and 5-6+ years of sales experience in the water treatment industry, along with technical knowledge of reverse osmosis and sewage treatment systems. This role involves developing customer relationships and generating leads, with a focus on achieving departmental profitability.

Qualifications

• 5-6+ years’ experience in Water Treatment sales with a minimum of 3 years of design background.
• Technical & Application Knowledge in Reverse Osmosis Plants, Sewage Treatment Plants, and dosing systems.
• Experience in Gulf with valid Oman/Middle East driving license preferred.
• Gulf region experience and Oman driving license preferred

Responsibilities

• Sales and marketing for Reverse osmosis systems and specialty chemicals.
• Develop Dosing systems and HVAC Flushing business.
• Initiate contact with targeted customers and deliver product demonstrations.
• Review and understand techno-Commercial proposals and develop sales proposals.
• Generate and qualify leads and maintain customer database.
• Maintain customer database and generate new leads
• Ensure timely collections and contribute to department profitability

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Problem analysis and problem-solving

Technical knowledge

Delighting Our Customers

Managing Complexity

Influencing Others

Taking Initiative

Drive for Results

Engaging Leadership

Developing Talent

Education

Bachelor Degree (Masters Preferred)

Graduate in Chemical Engineering or Diploma in Chemical Engineering

Diploma in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office applications

Computing applications

Job description

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day

Overview of the role

The objective of this position is to exceed sales target for various water treatment product categories with speciality chemicals and build a robust order pipeline and customer base.

What you will do

Description of Accountability:

• Sales and marketing for Reverse osmosis systems for medical and domestic applications, chlorination systems, Sewage treatment and desalination systems along with experience in sale of speciality chemicals associated.
• Candidate will be responsible to develop Dosing systems, HVAC Flushing business and Chemicals sales business.
• The Sales Engineer must be able to initiate contact with targeted customers, deliver product demonstrations, coordinate and drive sales opportunities through the sales lifecycle, and travel assigned sales territory to establish and retain effective relationships with customers.
• Candidate must be self-motivated, organized and analytical with minimum three years of experience involving design, specification and commissioning of water treatment systems.
• Review and understand techno-Commercial proposals prepared by principals and develop sales proposals, present sales contracts and finalize orders.
• Preparation of technical submittals along with P&ID and BOQ’s
• Work with customers and principal on design and price issues
• Generate and qualify leads along with developing and maintaining customer database.
• Developing new customers and new avenues for sale of products.
• Ensuring timely payment collections and to ensure department profitability.
• Generate profitability from each sales account and build a balanced portfolio of clients across industries & geographies to de-risk revenue growth.
• Identify and develop new market & client opportunities
• Track competitors and their strategies to build on company’s market share on each product category.
• Maintain strict commercial discipline by tracking and collecting receivables from customers, maintaining credit and or other documentations in line with company policy.
• Self-motivated to support the customers by maintaining constant communication with Customer, projects execution team, manufacturer and service teams.

Required Skills to be successful

• Interpersonal Skills.
• Problem analysis and problem-solving
• Technical knowledge
• Delighting Our Customers
• Managing Complexity
• Influencing Others
• Taking Initiative
• Drive for Results
• Engaging Leadership
• Developing Talent

What equips you for the role

• Bachelor Degree (Masters Preferred)
• 5-6+ years’ experience inWater Treatment sales with minimum 3 years of design background
• Graduate in Chemical Engineering or Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
• Optional PG in Marketing/Business Administration with Water Treatment industry experience.
• Technical & Application Knowledge in Reverse Osmosis Plants, Sewage Treatment Plants ,Industrial Water Treatment ,dosing systems and chemical sales.
• Experienced in design of water treatment systems.
• Usage of Computing applications, & Microsoft Office applications
• Conversant with the data and competition trend analysis.
• Experience in gulf with valid Oman/Middle East driving license preferred.

About Al-Futtaim Retail

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer’s in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference…