External Sales Representatives [Hunter Personality - Industrial Vacuum Pumps/Blowers]

SciTech Placements; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-related basic salary

Tiered commission structure

Job summary

SciTech Placements is seeking 2 dynamic Sales Hunters to join a well-established supplier of industrial vacuum pumps and blower equipment in Midrand. The role focuses on growing existing accounts and proactively opening new opportunities within factories, mines, hospitals, and other industrial environments.

The ideal candidate is hands-on, technically minded, and comfortable engaging with engineers and maintenance managers.

Qualifications

• Proven external sales experience in industrial/engineering environments.
• Strong hunting mentality to identify and secure new business.
• Technical mindset to understand and communicate technical concepts.
• Willingness to spend time on customer sites and climb equipment when needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a supplied customer database and leads.
• Develop new business in factories, mines, hospitals, and industrial environments.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships.
• Promote equipment, after-market services, and maintenance solutions.
• Identify opportunities for preventative maintenance and service contracts.
• Increase revenue from existing and new customers.
• Conduct regular client visits and site inspections.

Skills

Territory management

Sales hunter

Relationship building

Technical mindset

On-site visits

Job description

Our client, a well-established supplier of industrial vacuum pumps and blower equipment, is seeking 2 dynamic Sales Hunters to join their growing team. This role is ideal for highly proactive sales professionals who enjoy building relationships, identifying opportunities, and growing existing customer accounts within industrial sectors - Midrand

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and grow a supplied customer database and leads list.
• Develop new business opportunities within factories, mines, hospitals, and other industrial environments.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships.
• It will be required to climb over equipment, sericing equipment on-site - so we need hands-on technical skills
• Promote equipment, after-market services, spare parts, maintenance solutions, and rental equipment offerings.
• Identify opportunities for preventative maintenance and service contracts.
• Increase revenue from both existing and new customers.
• Conduct regular client visits and site inspections.
• Engage with technical personnel, engineers, maintenance managers, and decision-makers.
• Provide technical solutions aligned with customer requirements.

Minimum Requirements:

• Proven external sales experience within an industrial, engineering, technical, or related environment.
• Strong hunting mentality with the ability to proactively identify and secure new business.
• Technically minded with the ability to understand and communicate technical concepts.
• Comfortable interacting with technical and operational stakeholders.
• Hands-on attitude and willingness to spend time on customer sites.
• Physically capable of climbing onto and around industrial equipment when conducting inspections or assessments.
• Calling on mines/factories/hospitals
• Selling equipment or selling rentals based on client's budget [Solution-based]
• Excellent relationship-building and customer retention skills.
• Self-motivated, energetic, and target-driven.
• Valid driver's licence and own reliable transport.

Ideal Personality:

• Proactive and solution-oriented.
• Strong relationship builder.
• Commercially driven with a passion for sales.
• Confident engaging with customers at all levels.
• Resilient, persistent, and results-focused.
• Comfortable working independently and managing a territory.

Experience in any of the following will be advantageous:

• Vacuum pumps
• Industrial blowers
• Compressors
• Pumps
• Industrial equipment
• Mechanical engineering products
• Maintenance and service-related sales

Remuneration

• Market-related basic salary
• Attractive tiered commission structure based on invoiced sales
• Opportunity to grow within a specialised industrial equipment environment

If you are a driven sales hunter with a technical mindset and enjoy building long-term customer relationships in the industrial sector, we would like to hear from you.