Weir has been in business since 1871 and our sustainability and success has been built on attracting, retaining, and developing exceptional people. As a global company, we reflect the diversity of our customers in the diversity of our people and ensure everyone is given the opportunity to flourish regardless of their gender, race, beliefs or background. We offer a wide range of career opportunities across a variety of technical and business roles in engineering, manufacturing and service locations worldwide. Enabling our people to unleash their full potential is central to ‘We are Weir’, our vision, mission, and strategic priorities. We aim to be the most admired engineering business in our markets and we'll achieve that ambition by being the employer of choice in our markets. Weir is an inclusive and innovative organisation where you can be your authentic self. We continually develop our talent and diversity of thought to keep our business relevant, innovative and successful for the future. Business Need/Purpose of Role: Job Requirements: Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree - Mechanical / Metallurgical Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience- Computer literate - Microsoft Office suite- Valid driver’s licence Minimum Experience: - 3 years’ related technical sales experience in a minerals processing equipment / mining environment- CRM program experience- Technical report writing experience- Technical solutions selling Key Tasks: Including but not limited to: - Meet budget set for territory served- Increase sales of full range of Weir Minerals products- Service existing clients and develop new business- Provide technical assistance and after sales service to clients- Operate independently and provide technical selling solutions to customers- - Be proactive in seeking growth in all products- Submit quotes and tenders according to customer requests- Expedite client orders- Gather market intelligence about customers, competitors, markets to help develop marketing support necessary forecasting- Effective usage of Salesforce- Provide weekly and monthly updates / reports on input, sales and performance delivery- Implement rationalisation and promote new technology for the territory- Support product managers in developing the required footprint for the territory- Adhere to all Safety Health Environment (SHE) and housekeeping requirements at the branch and customer sites at all times- Adhere to Duty of Care Policy at all times Minimum Skills/Abilities: - Excellent business communication - verbal and written- Strong presentation skills- Negotiation skills- Cold calling and sales hunting skills- Ability to work under pressure- Ability to manage difficult customers and respond promptly to customer needs- Strong technical competence including reading and interpreting engineering drawings- Problem solving ability- Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness- Safety conscious minerals onsite LI-LG1