30 Aug
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Luminaire Industries
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Vadodara
30 Aug
Luminaire Industries
Vadodara
Job Description – Technical Salesperson
## Textile Auxiliaries | Ahmedabad
**Company:** Luminaire
**Location:** Ahmedabad, Gujarat
**Industry:** Textile Chemicals / Textile Auxiliaries
**Role:** Technical Salesperson – Textile Auxiliaries
**Experience:** 3–8 years preferred
### About Luminaire
Luminaire is a textile auxiliaries company focused on developing high-performance solutions for textile dyeing, processing and finishing.
Our product portfolio includes soaping agents, wetting agents, sequestering agents, dispersing agents, softeners and other specialty textile auxiliaries.
A key focus for Luminaire is our **proprietary next-generation soaping agent technology**, developed to deliver superior wash-off performance, improved removal of unfixed dyes, better fastness results and more efficient textile processing.
We are looking for a technically strong salesperson who can introduce, trial and establish these products with textile processing units across Ahmedabad and surrounding textile clusters.
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## Key Responsibilities
### Technical Sales & Business Development
* Develop business with textile dyeing, printing and processing units across **Ahmedabad, Narol, Vatva, Naroda, Odhav and surrounding textile clusters**.
* Identify mills and processors using **reactive dyes on cotton, viscose and cellulosic fabrics**, with particular focus on customers consuming soaping agents.
* Generate new leads and independently build relationships with dyehouse owners, purchase teams, production managers and technical heads.
* Introduce Luminaire's complete range of textile auxiliaries while positioning the company's **proprietary soaping agent as a flagship product**.
* Convert existing conventional soaping-agent users to Luminaire through technical trials and performance comparison.
### Technical Trials
* Conduct mill-level product trials in coordination with dyeing and processing teams.
* Understand existing recipes, dosage levels, processing conditions, water quality and customer requirements.
* Recommend suitable dosage and application processes for Luminaire products.
* Compare trial performance against existing competitor products on parameters such as:
* Colour fastness
* Removal of hydrolysed/unfixed dye
* White-ground cleanliness
* Back-staining
* Water consumption
* Number of wash cycles
* Processing time
* Cost per kg of fabric
* Prepare trial reports and systematically follow up until commercial conversion.
### Product Focus – Proprietary Soaping Technology
The salesperson will have a major responsibility for establishing Luminaire's advanced soaping technology in the Ahmedabad market.
The objective is not merely to sell chemicals, but to demonstrate measurable processing benefits such as:
* Effective removal of unfixed/reactive dyes
* Improved wash and rubbing fastness
* Reduced back-staining
* Cleaner white backgrounds in prints
* Better chelation and dispersion of contaminants
* Improved processing efficiency
* Potential reduction in water, time and overall process cost
* Consistent performance across varying processing conditions
The salesperson must be able to explain these benefits technically and commercially to textile processors.
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## Customer Development
Build strong relationships with:
* Textile processing houses
* Dyeing units
* Printing units
* Continuous processing units
* Cotton and viscose processors
* Export-oriented textile manufacturers
* Dyeing and finishing managers
* Textile consultants and technicians
Maintain regular visits to existing and prospective customers and develop long-term business rather than one-time sales.
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## Market Intelligence
* Track competitor products, pricing and technical claims.
* Understand which soaping agents and auxiliary brands are currently being used by major Ahmedabad processors.
* Identify customer pain points and communicate market feedback to Luminaire's technical team.
* Identify opportunities for development of new specialty auxiliaries.
* Maintain information regarding approximate consumption, current supplier, purchase price and trial status for key prospects.
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## Sales Targets & KPIs
Performance will be evaluated on:
* Number of new textile processors approached
* Number of technical trials conducted
* Trial-to-commercial conversion percentage
* Monthly sales volume
* New customer acquisition
* Repeat orders
* Soaping-agent sales volume
* Gross contribution from assigned territory
* Customer retention
* Outstanding-payment management
* Development of large-volume processing-house accounts
A strong emphasis will be placed on **commercial conversion after successful technical trials**.
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## Candidate Profile
### Preferred Experience
* 3–8 years of experience in **textile auxiliaries, textile chemicals, dyes or textile processing chemicals**.
* Existing relationships with textile processors in Ahmedabad will be strongly preferred.
* Experience selling products to dyeing or processing houses is highly desirable.
### Technical Knowledge
Candidate should understand basic textile wet processing including:
* Pretreatment
* Reactive dyeing
* Washing-off / soaping
* Dye fixation
* Sequestering
* Wetting
* Dyeing auxiliaries
* Finishing
Knowledge of troubleshooting textile processing issues will be an advantage.
### Educational Background
Preferred:
* B.Tech / Diploma in Textile Technology
* Textile Chemistry
* Chemical Engineering
* B.Sc / M.Sc Chemistry
Candidates with strong practical textile-processing experience may also be considered.
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## Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who:
* Is technically confident inside a dyehouse.
* Can speak directly with production heads and textile technicians.
* Understands that textile auxiliary sales are driven by **trials, results and relationships**.
* Can independently generate business rather than depend only on incoming enquiries.
* Is comfortable conducting repeated follow-ups until commercial conversion.
* Has strong local textile-industry connections.
* Is ambitious and interested in developing a territory long term.
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## Territory
Primary territory:
**Ahmedabad**
Key areas include:
**Narol | Vatva | Naroda | Odhav | Changodar | Ahmedabad textile-processing belt**
Opportunity may subsequently expand into other Gujarat textile-processing clusters based on performance.
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## Compensation
**Salary:** Competitive, based on experience
**Incentives:** Attractive performance-linked incentives based on sales and new customer development
Additional incentives may be offered for successful commercial conversion of Luminaire's proprietary soaping-agent technology with large textile processing houses.
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## Key Objective of the Role
The immediate objective is to establish **Luminaire as a strong technical textile-auxiliary supplier in Ahmedabad**, with particular emphasis on making our **proprietary advanced soaping agent technology a preferred product among cotton and reactive-dye processing units**.
We are looking for a salesperson who can combine:
**Technical understanding + robust mill relationships + successful trials + consistent commercial conversion.**
📌 Technical Sales Specialist (Vadodara)
🏢 Luminaire Industries
📍 Vadodara