MECHANICAL SALES ENGINEER, Durban

Position Title: Mechanical Sales Engineer (KZN) 

Reports to: Senior Area Sales Manager Coastal and SADC

 Our Client, a leader in the OEM Industry is urgently looking for the above.

Purpose:

To deliver profitable, sustainable growth in KwaZulu Natal region by converting technical expertise into customer value and sales outcomes—building and retaining strategic customer and channel relationships, shaping demand and pricing, and orchestrating internal resources to win projects, improve uptime/total cost of ownership, and expand Client's share across priority sectors. Drive revenue and margin growth by creating demand, developing accounts and channels, and executing disciplined pipeline, pricing, and account plans aligned to the regional strategy.

• Territory: KwaZulu Natal; must reside in Central Durban or within a 40km radius. If they moved to Gauteng but had previous experience in KZN and want to relocate, we could consider as well.

• Valid driver's license required.

• Travel 70% of the time in the region

• Must have qualification: BSc/BEng/BTech in Mechanical Engineering (or very closely related) or Mechanical Engineering Diploma and 5–8 years' technical/solutions sales in industrial environments (e.g., rotating/engineered components, reliability solutions).

• Core accountabilities: deliver revenue & margin growth in KZN; value based, technical solution selling; pipeline & forecasting discipline (CRM usage); channel/distributor development.

• Profile traits: customer focus, commercial judgment, influence & collaboration, learning agility, and professional conduct.

• Hands-on technical person will be ideal for this role combined with sales experience. If the person does not have solid sales experience but is for example a project engineer or similar in a plant or relevant industry we could consider them.

• Full details are in the attached Position Description.

Salary & benefits

• The Base salary +/- R55k to R70k depending on experience and qualifications  

• Company contributions – 66% medical insurance, 11.875% towards pension fund with Momentum and group cover (see attached).

Company car or travel allowance (R11,500) based on certain conditions might be an option