About the position
Are you a skilled and motivated professional with a strong technical background in vacuum pumps, blowers, water pumps, and compressors looking to join a global entity?
Our client based in Gauteng is looking for a hands-on, proactive individual who thrives on solving technical challenges and building meaningful client relationships.
If you are confident, detail-oriented, and ready to make a difference, this role offers the opportunity to showcase your technical expertise while working with cutting-edge equipment and a diverse client base.
Join a team that values technical proficiency, professionalism, and innovation – apply today!
Minimum Requirements:
- Matric.
- Electrical Eng ND/Mechanical Eng ND/Mechatronics Eng ND or Millwright trade.
- Fully bilingual.
- First Language Afrikaans, as the client base prefers to communicate in Afrikaans.
- Strong technical background in vacuum pumps, blowers, water pumps and compressors.
- Great client orientation.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Must proficiently communicate with customers, verbally and via email daily.
- Candidate must be able to liaise with customers in a professional and courteous manner.
- Calling on existing and new customers maintaining relationships and growing the business with these customers.
- Identifying new prospects and cold-calling potential customers.
- Setting and chasing ambitious sales targets and generating new pump sales.
- Grow field service, including procuring active service contracts.
- Tracking previous services completed and encouraging customers to service again with us. Generate service repair sales for the Company's workshops.
- Generate new pump sales: spares, pumps, and systems.
- On-site problem-solving.
- Install and repair vacuum pumps and systems on-site.
- Develop and implement strategies with the sales team.
- Complete the required reports on time (weekly and monthly).
- Develop relationships with the key role players– i.e., Technicians, Engineers, Maintenance Managers, Consultants, Contractors, Distributors, and End users.
- Give accurate and constant feedback to management.
Personality Traits:
- Good technical skills and hands on.
- Good communication skills, verbal and written.
- Good report writing skills.
- Team Player.
- Deadline driven.
- Energetic and motivated.
- Working under pressure abilities.
- Confident and have reasoning skills.
- Results-oriented and sales-focused.
- Self-starter, proactive individual.
Desired Skills:
- Field Service Technician
- Fitter and Turner
- Millwright
- Pumps
