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Lubricants Sales Engineer (Harare)

TotalEnergies Marketing Zimbabwe (Private) Limited
Nov. 29, 2024

Job Description

Challenging economic environment requiring creative ways to maintain current & develop new business. Position also involves working closely with other departments and sections of the company.

Duties and Responsibilities

  •  Achieve the defined sales budgets of lubricants in B2B (volumes, margins & NOI).
  •  Implementation of programs & initiatives like periodic promotions, trade shows.
  •  Follow up service fee from the portfolio & Improve sales condition of existing customers.
  •  Prepare and present weekly activity report as well as monthly report to the Specialties Manager.
  •  Ensure implementation of the terms & conditions of sales, credit limits and payment terms of each customer
  •  Verify invoices for price irregularities and make certain the corrections are immediately carried out.
  •  Support existing and new customers through frequent visits.
  •  Preparing quotations and processing orders on time and in full
  •  Attending to tenders, preparation of tender documents, get the necessary approvals and timely submission in full.
  •  Provide quarterly forecast of product requirements to the Lubricants Administrator.
  •  Profitability-
  •  Analyse profitability by customer & propose actions for improvement in the portfolio.
  •  Sell other services to customers (LubANAC, LubConsult, LubInsight, LubPiolot).
  •  Improve the profitability of the division through introduction of high margin specialized products.
  •  Develop Customer Portfolio.
  •  Prospect and onboard B2B customers and negotiate sales contract.
  •  Perform periodic market survey of the business and propose an action plans.
  •  Use SALSA and ensure all maturity KPIs are met.
  •  All customer visits will be documented through the visit report function on SALSA.
  •  All customer visits must be entered immediately after the visit is completed and no later than 5 days after the visit.
  •  Travel as required to meet with customers and attend industry events.
  •  Credit Management & Pricing
  •  Follow up credit risk, credit limits, terms of payment & payment related activities.
  •  Prepare price insertions, price updates, price communication and related issues.
  •  Collect payments & perform allocations in time.
  •  Technical Support & Innovative services.
  •  Ensure all stakeholders requiring training receive appropriate technical training (distributors, network staff, station attendants, B2B staff).
  •  Listen from customers, understand pain points & offer new differentiative products & services.
  •  Monitor the requirement of new products type and quantities based on the market need.
  •  Manage lubricant products equivalent & compatibility; and conduct lubes surveys at customer sites
  •  Communicate and handle all product complaints at customer level and liaise with Product Support Technical Team.
  •  Responsible to track any product trial, take oil samples, interpret oil sample reports, discuss & feedback to mine engineers & maintenance, request dispensing equipment.
  •  Comply with Company & Group Rules
  •  Respect and apply TOTAL’s quality & safety standards and the code of conducts.
  •  Conduct periodic inventory of fixed asset that are at customer site.
  •  Perform any other related duty, as instructed by the supervisor. 
  •  Achieve Profitability and Volume Objectives 
  •  Providing Technical support (installations, training, oil analysis, lube surveys) 
  •  Undertakes HSEQ audits at allocated Network sites. 
  •  Health, Safety, Quality and Environment program implementation including used oil disposal program.
  •  Reports 2 near miss per month.

Qualifications and Experience

  •  Relevant university degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing or equivalent).
  •  Minimum of 2 year of relevant experience.
  •  Knowledge and application of TotalEnergies Group policies and procedures. 

Other

How to Apply

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