Technical Sales Engineer

Job Description

• Create novel and economically feasible recipes/formulations for Obegi’s portfolio and customers.
• Develop and promote new concepts and products.
• Provide technical assistance to improve customers’ formulations and support with new requested ones.
• Conduct customer visits and cater to their technical and developmental requirements.
• Conduct customized lab workshops for customers.
• Coordinate with the commercial team for project follow-up.
• Proper reporting to management on status and developments.
• Administer strategy (sales, marketing, pricing), budgets, forecasts, and financial objectives in agreement with the Director, Team Leader / Coordinator.
• Follow the instructions of the Director and the Team Leader regarding the sales strategy and approach, deployment of the product portfolio, and development of white spaces and opportunities.
• Monitor customers’ product needs, competitor activity, and product development.
• Keep track of the sales figures and trends to achieve the budget and the set targets.
• Keep track of customer receivables and ensure on-time payment.
• Visit accounts on a regular basis.
• Offer technical support to the customers if possible.
• Prospect continually for potential customers.
• Undertake market updates/studies and keep updated customer profiles.
• Monitor and manage continually the needs, availability, and proper level of stocks of materials.
• Liaise with the suppliers on technical and purchasing matters to boost sales and prepare reports to the suppliers as requested.
• Present new ideas / identify new business opportunities and prepare if accepted by top management,the respective marketing plans and budgets.
• Prepare comprehensive sales/development reports on “Salesforce” for all interactions with Customers and suppliers.
• Prepare other reports as and when needed.
• This is in addition to the functional tasks decided by the company.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry.
• Relevant professional certification is a plus.
• Excellent English and Arabic language level both spoken and written.