1. JOB PURPOSE

To support and drive the company's domestic and international sales and marketing activities by developing new customers, managing existing accounts, generating business opportunities, coordinating with distributors and sales partners, and supporting the company's overall market expansion strategy.

The role will be responsible for converting market opportunities into profitable business while strengthening customer relationships and the company's presence across targeted industries and geographies.

2. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

A. Sales & Business Development

- Identify and develop new customers in domestic and international markets.
- Generate leads through market research, customer references, exhibitions, digital platforms and industry networks.
- Prepare and execute customer-wise and territory-wise sales plans.
- Conduct regular customer visits and business development meetings.
- Understand customer requirements and identify suitable company products and solutions.
- Prepare quotations, commercial proposals and techno-commercial offers.
- Follow up on enquiries, quotations, trials, purchase orders and repeat business.
- Negotiate with customers within approved commercial guidelines.
- Develop long-term relationships with procurement, technical, quality and management teams of customers.
- Monitor sales pipeline and ensure timely conversion of enquiries into orders.
- Achieve assigned monthly, quarterly and annual sales targets.

B. International Sales & Export Development

- Identify potential customers, distributors, agents and channel partners in international markets.
- Support development of markets in Asia, Middle East, Europe, North America, Latin America and other assigned regions.
- Coordinate with international distributors for lead generation and customer development.
- Prepare export quotations and coordinate with internal teams for order execution.
- Follow up on export enquiries, samples, trials and commercial orders.
- Monitor competitor activity, market prices and customer requirements in international markets.
- Support participation in international exhibitions and business meetings.
- Develop country-wise customer and market databases.

C. Marketing

- Develop and execute marketing activities in line with company objectives.
- Conduct market research to identify new industries, applications, customers and geographical markets.
- Prepare market intelligence reports covering:
- Market size
- Competitors
- Pricing
- Customer requirements
- New projects
- Industry trends
- Import/export trends
- Potential applications
- Support preparation of company presentations, brochures, product literature and sales materials.
- Coordinate digital marketing activities, including website, LinkedIn and other relevant platforms.
- Prepare customer-specific presentations and product proposals.
- Support branding and promotional activities.
- Track competitor products, technologies and market positioning.

D. Exhibition & Event Management

- Identify relevant domestic and international exhibitions, conferences and technical events.
- Support planning and execution of exhibition participation.
- Coordinate booth requirements, product displays, marketing materials and customer invitations.
- Prepare visitor/customer databases before exhibitions.
- Generate leads during exhibitions and ensure systematic post-exhibition follow-up.
- Prepare exhibition lead-conversion reports.




- Develop business opportunities from exhibition contacts.

E. Customer & Distributor Management

- Maintain regular communication with existing customers and distributors.
- Monitor distributor performance against agreed targets.
- Support distributor appointment and development activities.
- Conduct periodic business reviews with distributors.
- Identify gaps in distributor coverage and develop new channel opportunities.
- Resolve commercial and coordination issues in association with relevant internal departments.
- Maintain updated customer and distributor databases.
- Track customer feedback and communicate product improvement requirements to management.

F. Sales Planning & Reporting

- Prepare monthly and annual sales forecasts.
- Maintain sales pipeline and enquiry tracking.
- Prepare:
- Daily/weekly sales reports
- Monthly sales reports
- Customer-wise sales reports
- Product-wise sales reports
- Territory-wise sales reports
- Enquiry-to-order conversion reports
- Lost business reports
- Competitor analysis
- Monitor achievement against sales targets.
- Analyse reasons for delayed or lost orders and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain CRM/customer records and ensure timely updating.

G. Technical & Application Support

- Understand the technical specifications and applications of company products.
- Discuss customer technical requirements with the Engineering/R&D;/Production/Quality teams.
- Coordinate product trials, samples and customer approvals.
- Follow up on technical qualification and validation processes.
- Understand customer applications and recommend suitable products.
- Collect technical feedback from customers and communicate it internally.

H. Internal Coordination

Coordinate closely with:

- Production
- Planning
- Quality
- R&D; / Engineering
- Purchase
- Finance
- Logistics
- Export Documentation
- Management

to ensure smooth execution of customer requirements from enquiry through order delivery and payment realization.

3. TARGET INDUSTRIES

The position may focus on customers in industries such as:

- Automotive
- Electric Vehicles
- Resistance Welding
- Electrical & Electronics
- High Voltage Switchgear
- Transformers
- Transmission & Distribution
- Motors & Generators
- Railways
- Steel & Metals
- Continuous Casting
- Power Generation
- Renewable Energy
- Semiconductor
- Data Centres
- Aerospace & Defence
- Industrial Engineering
- Heavy Engineering

4. REQUIRED SKILLS

Technical / Professional Skills

- Positive understanding of industrial sales and B2B business development.
- Ability to understand engineering products and technical specifications.
- Good market research and competitor-analysis capability.
- Strong MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Ability to prepare professional customer presentations.
- CRM knowledge preferred.
- Knowledge of export sales and international business preferred.

Sales Skills

- Lead generation
- Customer acquisition
- Negotiation
- Key account management
- Distributor management
- Business development
- Customer relationship management
- Sales forecasting
- Commercial proposal preparation




- Follow-up and conversion

Communication Skills

- Excellent English communication skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Ability to communicate with senior management and customer decision-makers.
- Additional foreign-language skills will be an advantage.

5. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Preferred:

- B.E. / B.Tech – Mechanical / Electrical / Metallurgy / Production / Industrial Engineering
- MBA – Marketing / International Business preferred

Candidates with strong industrial sales experience and relevant technical qualifications may also be considered.

6. EXPERIENCE

2–7 years of experience in:

- Industrial B2B sales
- Engineering product sales
- Manufacturing industry
- Electrical industry
- Automotive industry
- Welding industry
- Copper/copper alloy products
- Industrial components
- Export sales

Experience in selling technically specified products to OEMs, Tier-1/Tier-2 companies, EPC companies, distributors or industrial customers will be preferred.

7. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs)

KPI

Suggested Measurement

Sales Target Achievement

% of annual target achieved

New Customer Acquisition

Number of new active customers

New Business Value

Annual value of new business generated

Enquiry Generation

Qualified enquiries per month

Enquiry Conversion

% conversion to orders

Customer Retention

Repeat business / retention rate

Distributor Development

Sales achieved through distributors

Export Business

Export sales growth

Gross Margin

Margin achieved against target

Customer Visits

Planned vs. completed visits

Exhibition Leads

Qualified leads generated

Lead Conversion

Exhibition/marketing leads converted

Collection Support

Outstanding payment follow-up

Market Intelligence

Quality and frequency of reports

8. KEY RESULT AREAS

The Assistant Manager – Sales & Marketing will primarily be responsible for:

New Customers → New Markets → New Products → New Applications → New Distributors → Increased Sales → Customer Retention → Market Intelligence

The position is expected to contribute directly to the company's domestic and international revenue growth.

9. PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

- Result-oriented
- Proactive and self-driven
- Strong follow-up ability
- Willingness to travel
- Customer-focused
- Commercially aware
- Analytical and data-driven
- Good negotiation skills
- Team player
- Strong networking ability
- Willingness to learn technical products
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines

10. TRAVEL REQUIREMENT

The position may require approximately 40–70% travel, depending on the business requirements.

Travel may include:

- Customer visits
- Distributor visits
- Industrial visits
- Exhibitions
- Conferences
- Technical meetings
- New market development
- International business-development visits

11. IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

The ideal candidate should be a technically oriented B2B sales professional who can understand engineering products, identify industrial applications, develop new customers, manage distributors and convert opportunities into profitable business.

Preference should be given to candidates who demonstrate the ability to combine technical understanding + sales capability + market intelligence + international business development.

Pay: ₹45,800.00 - ₹50,300.00 per month

Benefits:

- Cell phone reimbursement
- Food provided
- Internet reimbursement

Work Location: In person

📌 Assistant Manager Sales & Marketing (India)
🏢 Mipalloy
📍 India