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Join the Team as a Senior Sales Engineer at Electric House
Are you a skilled Sales Engineer looking to take the next step in your career? At Electric House, we are seeking a dynamic Senior Sales Engineer to lead our sales team in Jeddah, Makkah. We pride ourselves on our commitment to quality and customer service, and we're excited to expand our team with talented individuals.

About the Role:
As a Senior Sales Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing the sales processes from opportunity identification to contract finalization and payment collection. This role demands effective leadership, strong relationship management, and strategic thinking to drive our sales operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the sales processes for the team.
• Establish and maintain strong customer relationships with decision-makers.
• Identify new sales opportunities and develop sales analytics.
• Prepare and submit weekly performance reports.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, Communication, Mechatronics, or Industrial Engineering.
• 5-7 years of experience in project sales related to electrical materials and equipment.

Required Skills:

• Leadership, interpersonal, and persuasive skills.
• Team building and negotiation skills.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.

Benefits:

• 30 days annual leave.
• Monthly salary between 10,000 SAR and 12,500 SAR.
• Medical Insurance (BUPA).
• Tickets for the employee.

Join us at Electric House and be part of a leading supplier of electrical accessories in Saudi Arabia.

Your Role
As a Sales Engineer, your challenge is to identify customer goals and requirements in the earliest possible sales phase and to translate this into a winning technical solution with the right balance between technology and a competitive price.

Your Department
The department you will be working in focuses on the development of the Airports and Parcel segment in the EMEA LATAM region (Northern Europe and Middle East). You will support other Vanderlande customer centers globally on the disciplines of Sales Layout Engineering, Sales Engineering, and Sales Consultancy. We are looking for a Sales Engineer to strengthen our team for successful growth and future readiness.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Co-define the winning sales strategy with the Sales Manager and translate this strategy into a winning solution.
• Solve commercial/tactical issues and challenges directly with the Sales Manager.
• Translate customer needs into an overall solution, understanding tender procedures and different stakeholders.
• Responsible for organizing all sales engineering deliverables throughout the sales process, coordinating with various technical experts.
• Lead the internal sales project team in line with the sales planning towards the winning solution.
• Provide updates to senior management on bid status.
• Bring all aspects of the offer together in a clear quotation matching budgets calculated.
• Present the technical solution to the customer interactively to show the value of our solution.
• Ability to work on various projects in different sales phases simultaneously.

Personal Characteristics

• Good listener and communicator, creative and driven to win.
• Team player with problem-solving ability.
• Pro-active, seeking out information.
• Takes full ownership of their projects.

Education and Experience

• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• BSc/MSc in a technical direction.
• Excellent in English, both verbally and in writing.

To Apply for the Sales Engineering Role, We Expect

• Proven track record in material handling systems strongly preferred.
• Experience with customer interaction, presenting, and workshops is strongly preferred.

Role Purpose
Responsible for boosting sales appointments and expanding the customer base for the team by performing top-of-funnel prospecting and lead-generation activities through various methods (cold and warm).

Job Accountabilities & Activities
Planning:

• Create top-of-funnel sales opportunities through outbound cold calling to prospective customers.
• Follow-up on all inbound leads/customer requests to pre-qualify prospective customers.
• Set meetings between first level qualified prospects with the Department Head.
• Conduct market research to identify key commercial and industrial customers for distributed solar leasing/PPA and energy efficiency systems within the KSA market to maintain a healthy pipeline and ensure business continuity.
• Keep a healthy database always updated, remove duplicates, and correct data.
• Enter customer and opportunity information from the mapping exercise within the assigned market.

Stakeholder Management:

• Maintain a log of technical requests with dates.
• Keep track of site visit appointments with the Site Engineer.
• Coordinate with Legal & Finance when required.
• Follow up on requests with the appointed Design Engineer.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure adherence to all relevant regulations, permits, and environmental standards.
• Collaborate with regulatory bodies to obtain necessary approvals and permits for project development.

Reporting and Documentation:

• Prepare weekly reports, status updates, and feedback on opportunities/projects.
• Maintain accurate documentation of project activities, contracts, and correspondence.

Education & Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
Required Years Of Experience
2-3 years sales experience.