Senior Sales Manager

2 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa Valmet Inc. Full time

Looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity in sales management? Do you have a proven track record of achieving sales targets and developing successful teams? Look no further Valmet South Africa, for sales and service operations in Energy, Recovery and Environmental business, is looking for a Senior Sales Manager to join our team in Durban.

As our Senior Sales Manager, you will take ownership of our local business operations and make a significant impact on our business by leading, managing, and developing our local sales and service operations in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, including our key accounts.

**Responsibilities**:
You will have a diverse range of responsibilities to ensure the success of our sales operations.

These responsibilities include:

- preparing sales proposals in collaboration with capital and service operations located in Sweden and Finland;
- participating in and leading sales negotiations and preparing contracts;
- creating sales budgets and action plans (orders booked, gross profit, market share etc.)
- developing marketing action plans such as customer events and product launches with business units;
- building and maintaining customer relationships by transmitting market, customer, and competitor information to management, giving presentations, and conducting sales negotiations;
- preparing business reports;
- conducting competitor follow-up and intelligence;
- reference management, including customer feedback and satisfaction;
- following up on account receivables, warranty/quality issues, and lost orders to ensure customer satisfaction and maintain long-term relationships.

**Requirements**:

- Technical background with a minimum of Bachelor’s Engineering degree or equivalent in mechanical/process/thermal engineering
- Good knowledge of power generation processes
- Minimum 8 years’ experience from power plant operation and/or engineering with a proven record
- Good leadership and communication skills
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Service-minded
- Willingness to travel both locally in South Africa and overseas
- Good installation and engineering experience would be considered an advantage

What we offer:
We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, opportunities for professional growth and development, and a dynamic and challenging work environment. We believe that our employees are our most valuable asset, and we strive to create a culture of excellence where everyone can thrive.
- When everything works together_
- Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. With 17,700 professionals around the world, we are the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Our commitment to moving our customers’ performance forward requires creativity, technological innovations, service know-how - and above all, teamwork._



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