Sells products to customers, focusing on volume, mix and profitability targets for the Automation and Communications business.
Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships to understand customer needs, promote customer understanding of full product offering, and align to provide a solution. Ensures a positive customer experience throughout the sales process.
Partner with other HITACHI ENERGY sales organizations to build pipeline for Automation and Communications solutions to increase overall brand value of HITACHI ENERGY.
Creates added value for the customer and HITACHI ENERGY and ensures the successful outcome of transactions, contracts and proposals by using effective sales techniques. Communicates details in accordance with HITACHI ENERGY offering and strategy (delivery time, payments, and general terms and conditions).
Ensures efficient marketing activities and value proposition to customers.
Identifies and drives the development of new market opportunities in the designated market and ensures know-how sharing and cross-collaboration.
Leadership of all sales activities, administrative duties, account relationship, forecasting, delivery oversight, strategic account management, pre-sales activities, opportunity development, tracking, Request-For-Proposal [RFP] response, customer budget cycles, etc. – this entails management of sales opportunity from initial customer contact through successful award and contracting by building a high-quality sales pipeline.
Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of professional experience in engineering, sales, and/or marketing of technical solutions; OR
Master’s degree with 7 years of professional experience in engineering, sales, and/or marketing of technical solutions.