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Key Accountabilities & Measurements
- Full responsibility in achieving sales and profit targets for the assigned sales territory/customers / product range.
- Identify and understand end user application needs, convert them into opportunities, quotation and finally sales.
- Identify and develop local key accounts and follow up on global strategic accounts by sales area and market segment.
- Identify and develop distribution channels for designated products and markets, as appropriate.
- Closely communicate with regional/worldwide application engineering, seek regular support, and provide regular feedback.
- Ensure proper documentation of success stories by markets and application, in cooperation with the Product Management Manager.
- Provide adequate activity planning and reporting supported by the Donaldson CRM system.
- Observe trends on applications and new technologies in our target markets.
- Derive product and development recommendations in close communication with our R&D facilities.
Education Qualification
Key Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent), preferably in Engineering or business.
Technical Competence & Skills
- Project management experience preferred.
- Working experience in the heavy equipment industry
- Work with/on a Diesel Engine in past working experience
- Experience using a CRM system to manage customers will be a plus.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), with intermediate to advanced proficiency in Excel.
- Strong sales aptitude with excellent communication (written and verbal) and organization skills.
- Strong technical and mathematical capabilities
- Possess self-directed ability to multitask and prioritize customer needs.
- Experience in the effective use of CRM software
- Self-motivated, good sense of initiative, willing to learn, solution-oriented, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Eager to learn, quick comprehension
- Potential leadership skills
- Able to work under pressure.
Relevant Experience
- At least 3-5 years of technical/industrial sales experience.
- Filtration experience preferred, but not a must. (Heavy Equipment Industry)
Others
- Experienced in working in a team environment.
- Good English communication (both written and spoken)
- Regular travel in the territory and the ability to work in industrial, construction, and mining environments.
Key Relationships
- Internal: Product Management; Customer Service, Logistics, Country Manager/BU Leader, Finance, IT Department.
- External: Distributors, Dealers, OEs (OE service parts), customers, end-use
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