Sales Manager

Job description / Role

Sales Manager - North Africa

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Motivate and manage Sales Account Managers in the region.
- Develop new end users and new sales partners, promote product sales and track progress toward sales goal.
- Provide sales and marketing activities by maintaining regular contact and service with customers.
- Apply SEL products and solutions for loose equipment and project sales.
- Provide customer training and new product instruction.
- Participate in the preparation of technical proposals and bids for new projects.
- Coordinate business activities to plan and organize customer visits, conferences and seminars, and provide customer training.
- Collect, analyze and report customer feedback on products and services.
- Maintain familiarity with company products, setting and testing software.
- Provide support to the regional sales& marketing manager in developing sales activities and forecast.
- Participate in the preparation of technical proposals and bids for new projects.
- Continuously identify, measure, and improve processes.
- Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

- Fluent French Speaker
- Minimum three years sales experience in electric power industry within North African countries
- Fluent French Speaker
- B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and related business experience
- Minimum eight years business development and sales experience
- Minimum three years experience in electric power industry within North African countries
- Minimum two years experience in a management role
- Excellent presentation, communication and power industrial market development skills
- Ability to travel 50% of working time
- Self-motivated and demonstrated team player
- Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills
- Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
- Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
- Background check results satisfactory to SEL

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience using international numerical protection and automation products
- Strong English reading and writing skills desired

About the Company

SEL makes electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. To accomplish this mission, we design, manufacture, and support a complete line of products and services for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of electric power systems. Our solutions range from comprehensive generator and transmission protection to distribution automation and control systems. The SEL Government Services Division is dedicated to the security, safety, and reliability of electric power at facilities ranging from military base power systems to ships, while Engineering Services provides engineering capabilities and system solutions to national and international customers. SEL University provides training and programs that help our customers meet the technical challenges and complexities of integrating digitally based technologies into the expanding power system infrastructure.