Account Manager /Water Specialist - Water Treatment Chemicals – Garden Route

Talentsphere; Mossel Bay; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water treatment solutions company seeks a candidate to optimize their sales and technical services within various markets. Applicants should possess a strong background in chemistry or related fields, proven experience in water treatment, and effective communication skills. The role involves managing client relationships, training team members, and driving growth in sales while achieving revenue goals. Salary negotiable based on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in the water treatment or related industry is essential.
• Preferred knowledge of potable, clarification, effluent, and related water industries.
• Technical knowledge of water treatment processes and equipment required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the sale and technical service of water treatment products.
• Manage annual reviews of strategic accounts to set goals.
• Train and motivate service team on site.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Interpersonal Skills

Strategic Thinking

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Tertiary qualification in chemistry, chemical engineering, or environmental science

Tools

Water Treatment Equipment

Boiler and Cooling Systems

Wastewater Management

Reverse Osmosis Systems

Job description

A well-known water treatment solutions company requires the above to trouble shoot and run trials at customers within the industrial, municipal, commercial, and institutional water treatment markets, ensuring that company achieves the revenue, profitability, and market share objectives aligned with the company’s portfolio.
Minimum requirements for the role:

• A tertiary qualification in either chemistry or chemical engineering or environmental science, or a related field is preferred but not essential.
• Previous experience having worked within the water treatment or related industry is essential for the role.
• Previous experience having worked within the boiler and cooling, potable; clarification; effluent, and related water industries is preferred.
• Technical knowledge of water treatment processes, chemistry, and equipment (boiler, cooling, wastewater, reverse osmosis, etc.).
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strategic thinker with analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• For the sale and technical service of all water treatment products at customers within the industrial, municipal, commercial, and institutional water treatment markets, ensuring that company achieves the revenue, profitability, and market share objectives aligned with the company’s portfolio. Preparing sales budgets for your area and achieving your budgeted sales and profit plan.
• Managing and overseeing all annual reviews of all strategic and major accounts in your region, in order to ascertain account status and set new mutually agreed to goals for the new year.
• Training and motivating your service team and accompanying them on sales and service calls at customer sites.
• Supplying monthly area reports on customer visits and presenting these to management.
• Servicing and monitoring existing applications and projects within the food and beverage, industrial, hospital, h-vac and related sectors.
• Preparing and submitting technical and commercial proposals and tenders.
• Driving growth by continuously focusing on creating and delivering customer value, leveraging the company’s competitive advantage and product portfolio.

Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.

Desired Skills:

• Garden Route
• Water Treatment Chemicals
• Water Specialist
• Account Manager