Graduate Technical Sales Engineer at Tetra Pak

Are you looking for a challenging and exciting position?

Then this position is for you - Tetra Pak West Africa is looking to fill a position within our Processing TS&S organization. Reporting to the Processing Technical Sales & Service Manager your primary objective is to develop business with existing customers and establish new accounts within a designated area to achieve a budgeted sales target.

This is a local position based in Nigeria, West Africa and is a permanent position. This position demands extensive travel, both locally and regionally.

As Technical Sales Engineer, you will be responsible for:

Driving the TS&S portfolio family in the market. Support in the development and implementation of the TS&S business plan. Has accountability for the TS&S sales and profitability

You will need to maintain customer contact, secure orders, monitor and maintain current knowledge of new products, ensure complaints are dealt with expeditiously, communicate technical solutions through presentations, quotes and make recommendations to improve product or design.

Key tasks for this job are:

• Drives promotion, deployment, sales and profitability of the TS&S portfolio
• Proposes business plan and action plan
• Drives implementation of business plan and action plans for its portfolio family
• Ensures effective cooperation and alignment with market area, cluster and BU
• Shares accountability for customer satisfaction results
• Secures fast issue resolution and appropriate communication
• Coordinates continuous improvement activities related to customer operational performance

Language and Education:

• Fluent in both written and spoken English.
• A degree in Engineering field
• Ability to speak French.

Professional Skills and Experience:

• Resource and planning skills
• Decision making skills
• Communication skills
• Customer satisfaction
• Assertive
• Negotiation skills
• High energy levels
• Enthusiasm
• Deadline driven
• Self-motivated
• Team player in a matrix structure

To succeed in this role you will possess:

• Strong sales ability with a proven track record
• Result oriented and persistent with a long term perspective in day-to-day business
• Commercially astute
• Knowledge of contracts
• Good knowledge of food processing systems and flow equipment
• Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project
• Education in business, food technology and trade

It would be desirable if you also possess experience in the liquid food industry – dairy, beverage and prepared foods