Technical Sales Executive

Responsibilities: 

• Support the Sales manager to achieve sales targets by managing relationships with customers and pursuing profitable growth opportunities in assigned customer accounts, thereby contributing to the sales turnover along with timely payment collections.

• Support to develop customer account plans for all assigned customers by identifying the relevant customer needs, prioritizing initiatives and company resources to meet customers’ needs, and maintaining high customer satisfaction. 

• Monitor the progress of projects, deliveries, or accounts closely with customers and contractors, resolving problems, responding to queries (technical and commercial) as well as inspecting painting progress to ensure project completion on the agreed time and to obtain optimum coating performance. 

• Promote products, services, and solutions to owners and consultants through regular visits, product presentations, and follow-ups, and respond to inquiries to recommend and ensure Jotun is specified for the projects, thus creating sales opportunities for the company. 

• Monitor and follow up, advise and inspect coating application as per product data sheet and application guide to avoid possible complaints.  

• Advise to customer and inspect surface preparation before coating applications, familiar with inspection tools used in coating applications and surface preparation,  timely delivery of the quality technical reports using Jotun tools. 

We are looking for:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering. Chemistry is preferable.

• Minimum 2 to 3 years of relevant experience in Performance Coating & Business Development.

• Fluency in English – both verbally and written

Location: Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Personal Qualities:

• Understands the organization's informal rules and structures and utilizes political processes effectively to get things done.

• Identifies and seizes commercial opportunities; has a strong positive impact on business growth and profitability.

• Builds a useful network of contacts and relationships and utilizes it to achieve objectives

• Uses a methodical and systematic approach; plans ahead, defines clear priorities and allocates resources effectively

• Co-operates well with others; shares knowledge, experience and information; supports others in the pursuit of team goals

• Focuses on bottom-line results, identifies potential risks and monitors the financial impact of own activities.

We offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits.

• Continuous learning opportunities and training activities through on-the-job training and our in-house learning Jotun Academy.

• Career development opportunities across multiple disciplines and geographies.

• Leaders who focus on engaging and enabling their team, proven by consistently high employee feedback scores.

• A supportive and inclusive company culture where you can be your authentic self.

• A focus on having fun together through team buildings and social activities.