Sales Manager – Pharma OSD Sales (APAC excl. China)

GEA Group


Date: 5 days ago
City: Vadodara, Gujarat
Contract type: Full time
Responsibilities / Tasks

Job Description:

All activities associated to generate enquiry in the defined area, maintaining customer relation, final negotiating and winning the project.

  • Developing regional strategy aligned with Sales Director.
  • Responsible for new machine sale around India. Also provide supports in regions in Asia Pacific (excl. China) based on discussion with manager & business requirements.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in similar function.
  • Accountable & responsible for complete sales process with external customers & GEA internally.
  • Reporting all sales activities, enquiries, visit reports & contact details.
  • Develop network and connections between of customers and GEA management.
  • Presenting at exhibitions and conferences, as well as seminars & doing respective arrangements as per business requirements
  • Improve Pharma APAC market position and drive effectiveness through customer relationship management
  • Take responsibility and ownership for the team activities & new initiatives
  • Responsibility to ensure all necessary contracts and commercial processes are followed & acceptable to GEA after contractual sign off. Manage and mitigate risk.
  • Responsible for managing & finalizing the contracts (legal and compliance vetting) / agreements with customers, on time payment collection process, dealing with guarantees & letter of credit – in interest of GEA
  • Stay in office when required to work closely for internal communications, management reporting.
  • The role involves extensive travel, up to 60% of the time. With the changing business climate, the online sales process will take more prominence. Therefore, it is vital to liaise with customers face to face through video/Teams Meetings or otherwise wherever possible
  • Strong financial and operational performance required with key GEA financial KPI delivery on annual budgets for sales
  • Align closely with the Service business with After sales services & execution to ensure drive the business growth.
  • Align with all OSD CTC to take technical support and to sale all principal technologies for OSD business in to the region
  • Ensure the organization has a high customer centric focus but with a view to delivering profitable returns for GEA,) and customer satisfaction
  • Establish and inspirationally lead and develop high performance “can do” approach
  • Customer meeting for feedback on GEA position.
  • To achieve regional OI budget
  • Develop pipeline and create new customers
  • Based upon available information from customer make case by case sales strategy to work on the project & win it.
  • Regular forecasting of all sales prospects / activities.
  • Discuss in detail with customer to find out their correct requirement, status of budget approval, team involved, site location & expected time for finalization.

Share / presents GEA technology, advantages with customer to investigate more about customer requirement.

  • Due to in-depth Project Management background, actively tries to find workable solution to propose customer to have win-win situation.
  • Communicates with Customers, Respective Agents, Country Sales Organization externally.
  • Communication with GEA CTCs to understand the technologies and achieve the targets
  • Negotiations short term sales strategy for sales & defends interest of all key stake holders.
  • Internal communication with Head of Asia Pacific Sales, Sales Support Managers, Head of Project Execution, Project Managers, Design department, other GEA Companies.
  • Decides on technical solutions to be offered to customer.
  • Key decision-making during negotiations with customers.
  • Participate in implementation of industrial best practices & standards

Your Profile / Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Master’s in business management (Marketing)
  • Minimum 5 to 10 years of experience of working in industry.
  • Broad experience of working in sales especially around pharmaceutical industry with proven track-record will be highly preferred.
  • In-depth technical knowledge on Granulation lines, Material handling & containment solutions.
  • Capable of handling activities relating to Sales Manager viz. Generating pipelines by visiting various customers, evaluating enquiries, understanding URS, process equipment, Process flows, Technical & scope clarifications, etc.
  • Ability to present to wider audience.
  • Good Negotiation & commercial skills.
  • Sales professional
  • English (proficient)
  • Analytical capabilities, problem-solving skills
  • Strong Customer orientation
  • Adapts well to changes in assignments and priorities
  • Team player, strong bottom line and target orientation with a strong people orientation
  • Excellent communication
  • An entrepreneurial mindset, taking ownership of the work, assignments, successes and mistakes.
  • High performance and result orientation
  • Interpersonal skills (power of persuasion, conviction and well-argued reasoning, & build up relationships with relevant decision makers and stakeholders)
  • Personal drive and the ability to think and act independently
  • Excellent Communication & inter-personal skills.
  • Ability to work with cross functional teams (internal & external).

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