Assistant Manager - sales

Assistant Manager-Sales

Location: Haridwar, UL, IN

On-site or Remote: Onsite

Assistant Sales Manager

Responsible for retaining & growing business in existing & new customers within the region. Responsible for gaining market share in this region.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Identify additional sales opportunities and execute the sales strategy for the assigned geographical area.
• Educate and evaluate the end-user and the needs of the channel partners to help develop the appropriate plan to meet and exceed the objectives.
• Encourage and maintain excellent working relationships with distributors and end-users to develop partnerships.
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of projects to drive the annual sales growth plan. Run on this pipe.
• Keep customers well informed about the latest technology developments and product innovations.
• Regularly review the changes and dynamics of the market to ensure that the opportunities are in line with the company's strategy.
• Support and participate in team sales initiatives by sharing relevant information for assigned accounts.
• Prepare regular progress, status and forecast reports to management in the assigned area of responsibility.
• Can anticipate spending 80% of the time in front of end-users/customers.
• To manage customer accounts payable and ensuring on-time collection.
• To continuously improve current working knowledge of existing and new products and services.

Education/Key Skills:

• Engineering graduate in Mechanical OR Industrial Production with 8+ years of experience in Production / Manufacturing Engineering OR Methods / Process Engineering OR Sales / Application, preferably metal cutting products and working in a technical manufacturing environment.
• Should be competent in understanding and communicating all product and technical information.
• Able to assess customer needs competently.
• A computer literate with good presentation skills and lot of drive/energy to bring coordination and cohesiveness amongst all functions to implement the decided strategies and achieve sales plan.
• Strong administrative/communication skills.
• Should be willing to travel extensively.
• Should be willing to work with cross functional teams to meet customer needs.

As part of our core values, Kennametal is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all people. We are an Equal Opportunity employer.