Technical Sales Representative

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global leader in air and gas handling products, services and solutions. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling, and have over a century of experience in doing so.

ESAB South Africa, is looking for a Technical Sales Representative to promote and sell the organisation’s products and services within an assigned geographic area, product range, or a list of customer accounts to meet sales targets. This position is based in Pretoria (Gauteng).

What Your Day-to-Day Activities Will Be…

• Pursue sales leads, visit existing and new customers.
• Assess customer needs and suggest appropriate products and services.
• Respond to customer queries.
• Negotiate prices and delivery times within the limits of authority
• Conclude sales orders to meet revenue targets.
• Identify, research, and contact prospective customers and build positive relationships to generate future sales and repeat business.
• Refer sales leads, customer feedback and information on competitor activity to appropriate contacts within the organisation so that they can respond to changing market conditions and customer demands.
• Establish annual, quarterly, monthly, or weekly sales plans and, prioritise and schedule own activities so these targets are met.
• Assist the Accounts department with timely debt collections.

Your Education Should Be…

• Degree or Diploma in Sales/ Marketing.
• Engineering qualification would be advantageous.

Your Professional Experience Should Be…

• 5 years of relevant experience in sales or marketing within the gas and welding environment.
• Product technical knowledge.
• Be proactive, dynamic, self-motivated, aggressive and sales orientated
• Customer focus
• Team player and results driven.
• Computer Literate
• Influencing and selling skills
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Projects

Chart is an equal opportunity employer...

This is an equal opportunity position. You will have the opportunity to work for a global engineering organisation in a challenging and dynamic role with great career development opportunities. We offer a competitive salary along with a benefits package.

About us:

Worldwide business – Liaise with our colleagues in 27 countries.

We offer global and local opportunities– 6000 employees and world leading engineers, who create cutting edge developments – You will be a part of over 160 years of innovation and development that continues today with our digital solutions. At Howden, we have a strong corporate identity and purpose – You will be a member of our team, shaping the future of the world and tackling some of the most pressing issues facing the planet.

Our products and organisation are Revolving Around You – Our culture promotes individual development to enhance our most important asset – our people.