29 Aug
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Luminaire Industries
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Vadodara
29 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.
## 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.
## 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.
## 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.
## Sales Targets & KPIs
Performance will be evaluated on:
- Number of recent 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**.
## 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 solid practical textile-processing experience may also be considered.
## 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.
## 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.
## 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.
## 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 + strong mill relationships + successful trials + consistent commercial conversion.**
📌 Technical Sales Specialist (Vadodara)
🏢 Luminaire Industries
📍 Vadodara