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With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency.
Job Responsibility:
Responsible for driving Channel Sales to achieve their goals
Prepare monthly report on sales volume, highlights, business conditions, competitor activities and growth initiatives
Should have handled Channel Sales for a minimum of one year period successfully growing the business 3X IIP
Should have trained and developed a team of DSEs at the Distributor end for growth of channel sales in the market
Having conducted Regional Seminars/Roadshows would be an added advantage
Should be a self-starter and enjoys extensive team work and learning throughout
Mapping market potential and planning account sales and profitability
Preparing and executing strategies to achieve pre-set targets and ensuring profitability
Administering lead generation, tracking information on new projects/opportunities, matching available opportunities in the market with company product portfolio and presenting the same as a profitable business solution
Managing presentations and demonstrations on new technology and products for potential new business
Monitoring competition and devise effective counter strategies
Assists, advises and trains customers utilizing Kennametal / Kennametal & Widia products to maximize customers’ productivity and machine uptime and reduce their operating costs, thereby helping our customers grow market share and ultimately growing KENNAMETAL & WIDIA sales
Analyzes and provides solutions for difficult operating conditions/problems at customer job sites by specifying and applying KENNAMETAL & WIDIA product and services
Identifying & exploring new opportunities and driving big projects through CAP (Customer Acquisition Process)
Respond to and resolve problems/complaints at customers related to product quality/performance issues and/or delivery problems
Should be able to conduct min 4 Successful TPRs per month and upload in the system
Requirements:
Engineering graduate in Mechanical OR Industrial Production
6 to 12 years of experience in Sales / Application, preferably metal cutting products and working in technical manufacturing environment
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 co-ordination 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
Nice to have:
Passion to work in a challenging work environment
Positive attitude & Self-motivated
Excellent communication and listening skills
Good influencing skills
Hands-on and can-do attitude - high energy, positive, deadline-driven, dependable with an ability to deliver results with aggressive deadlines
Deployment of KVBS, Six Sigma, Lean & Business excellence methodologies
Strong presentation skills when communicating with external and internal audiences
He should have ability to effectively grow and maintain strong relationship with various functional groups of the client base and should be able to apply creativity and innovation in approach and implementation
He should have excellent business acumen, financial, negotiating skills as well as have strong interpersonal, communications skills & Excellent Execution Capabilities