.Sales Manager | Partial Discharge Monitoring solution | Middle East and North Africa Sales Manager | Partial Discharge Monitoring solution | Middle East and North Africa Madrid, Spain Date: 14 Feb 2024The Sales Manager for PD (Partial Discharge) detection/localization solution for the Middle East and North Africa is primarily responsible for developing, driving, growing, and closing the opportunities for Ampacimon's PD detection and localization offering targeting UGC (underground cables) business assets of electricity transmission and distribution utilities in the Middle East. This is a self-contributor role.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIESDevelop and execute a business development plan for Ampacimon's respective PD detection/localization solutions with the key electricity transmission and distribution utilities in the Middle East.Support and coach Ampacimon's Key Account Manager to upsell the respective PD solution to their respective key accounts base.Perform the execution phase and analysis phase of Entrepreneurial Selling, involving:Defining the needs and pain points of the customersEngaging the prospect (lead generation, sales pitch preparation & qualifying)Making the match (determining fit, proposing)Doing the deal (closing, re-setting expectations)Relationship managementMeasurement.Attain order targets and consistently close business on a quarterly basis.Maintain relationships with customers to develop reference base and retain business.Stay abreast of changes in relevant technology, competition, customer preferences and regulatory requirements in power transmission and distribution industry that may affect positioning in the marketplace.Identify potential alliances within your region and accounts which can grow our business.Collaborate marketing activities within your respective territory to generate qualified target opportunities.QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIREDExperience of selling technically complex solutions, combining hardware, software, and services.Demonstrated experience of building commercial successes from scratch, and creating market opportunities, not only executing sales deals in an established environment.Demonstrated knowledge of electricity sector.Demonstrated experience of driving results in long sales cycles environments.Executive communication – capable of projecting the brand Ampacimon wants to convey in the marketplace, both in written and direct forms.Ability to interact at high-level with customers or partners.Tenacity and Positive attitude – ability to handle rejections from initial customer contact.Persistence and resilience – don't take no as an answer.Proactive and strategic problem solving - required to researching/understand electric utility business issues.Coordination – ability to coordinate internal and external resources to solve customer's problems.Team player – ability to interact with other Ampacimon's team members (in Europe and US) to enlist their support to close and deliver business deals
