Technical Sales Engineer

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Lagos
Senior level
Chemical • Manufacturing
The Role
The Technical Sales Engineer at Sika Manufacturing Nigeria will work to increase sales profitability and customer satisfaction by targeting new customers and opportunities. The role involves managing key accounts, understanding credit sales, improving market coverage, and providing sales forecasts and reports while ensuring alignment with team goals.
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Company Description

Sika Manufacturing Nigeria Limited is a subsidiary of SIKA Group, headquartered in Switzerland. Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for construction and industry.

Sika has subsidiaries in 103 countries around the world and, in over 400 factories, produces innovative technologies for customers worldwide. In doing so, it plays a crucial role in enabling the transformation of the construction and transportation industries toward greater environmental compatibility. With around 34,000 employees, the company generated sales of CHF 11.2 billion in 2023.

Job Description

Reports to: Head of Vertical Market, Infrastructure

Role summary:

The Sales Engineer will support Sika Nigeria’s vision, policies, and goals for increase in sales profitability and customer satisfaction, by seeking out and targeting new customers, new sales opportunities, and initiate action plans to approach and secure new and old business.

General Responsibilities:

  • Develop and increase sales and business opportunities for Sika Nigeria 
  • Develop, build and maintain cordial relationship with stakeholders such as: Customers, consultants, etc.
  • Manage Key Accounts and Key Projects within assigned coverage area
  • Ensure prescriptive selling of the right solutions to meet the needs of the customers
  • Understand credit sales management bordering on utilization and recovery.
  • Improve market coverage, and develop new market segments / Application fields
  • Attend and plan technical trainings/workshop/training
  • Provide required reports and planning as well as sales forecasts ensuring forecast accuracy
  • Support team goals and actions for delivery of targets

Qualifications

  • 5+ years working experience in related field
  • HND/BSc in Engineering/Environmental Sciences or related field
  • Professional Certification (COREN)
  • Hands on experience of the construction industry and built-up environment
  • ERP experience in CRM & Sales Force
  • Knowledge of Micro & Macro Economic metrics


Additional Information

Competitive Benefits: Health Insurance, paid time off and paid holidays

Company Culture: Sika centers work culture around entrepreneurship where individuals have the power to make decisions, learn from mistakes, and define their careers.

Meaningful Work: Sika products enhance our surroundings and the work every employee completes helps positively impact daily lives by making our world stronger, more durable, and more reliable – every day. 

Community Involvement: Sika Corporation takes active roles in our community and aims to support volunteer work and charitable endeavors across the United States through rebuilding and giving back. 

Sustainability Initiatives: Sika is committed to sustainable development, reducing environmental impacts, and assuming social responsibility. The company supports energy efficient projects and implements numerous measures aimed to boost economic, social, and ecological sustainability

Top Skills

CRM
Erp
Sales
The Company
Seattle, Washington
15,576 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 101 countries around the world and manufactures in over 300 factories.

Its more than 33,000 employees generated annual sales of CHF 10.49 billion in 2022.

On Sika's LinkedIn page we share our most important corporate news and job openings, as well as a broad mix of content from our Sika subsidiaries around the world.

Your Career at Sika:
https://www.sika.com/en/career.html

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