Calderys

Provides customized refractory solutions and services

Sales Engineer - Thermal Industry

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeChinaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Thermal, Engineering, or Materials-related fields, or equivalent experience.
At least two years of sales experience.
A proven track record in sales and account management.
A technical background in the materials industry.
Business acumen and interest in technical work.
Interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills, with a value-added solution-selling approach.
Ability to influence others without direct reporting lines.
Advanced problem-solving skills.
Strategic thinking, results orientation, and concern for impact.
Ability to self-motivate and work resourcefully.
Entrepreneurial mindset and appetite for challenges.
Multitasking and time-management skills.
Ability to use common information technology tools, including Excel, Word, G Suite, and web tools.

Responsibilities

Ensure compliance with safety rules and educate teams on preventive measures to achieve safety objectives.
Build, execute, and monitor commercial plans.
Participate in developing the annual sales plan, budget forecast, and mid-term plan for the assigned area.
Direct sales forecasting activities and set performance goals accordingly.
Execute commercial roadmaps developed for the assigned segment, products, or geography.
Analyze sales trends, prepare reports for management, and provide business advice.
Coordinate the effectiveness of sales and development strategies, including ensuring that appropriate analysis and action plans are in place.
Review and analyze performance against programs, quotations, and plans to determine effectiveness.
Ensure the business meets or exceeds expectations of existing customers and develop growth opportunities in each circuit and market segment.
Develop plans and strategies for new commercial opportunities and achievement of sales goals.
Manage medium-sized accounts and, where relevant, support key account managers or sales directors for large accounts, including negotiating short- and long-term contracts, identifying growth and profitability improvement opportunities using CRM opportunity management functionality, and advancing customer relationships.
Apply pricing policy to assigned accounts.
Establish and nurture relationships with assigned customers in management, purchasing, and research and development.
Identify sales development targets and develop and implement appropriate strategies.
Ensure forecast accuracy and jointly manage customer relationships with the Customer Service Team.
Visit customer sites, provide on-site technical guidance and service, provide feedback to the technical department on refractory product installation and use, and work closely with the technical department to solve customer technical problems.

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of the thermal market.
Salesforce skills.

Key tasks and Responsibilities 主要工作职责

Hygiene Safety Environment missions: Ensure compliance with safety rules, educate teams on preventive measures to achieve our safety objectives 遵守安全规则，也教育团队人员采取相应的预防措施以实现我们的安全目标

Commercial plan building, execution & monitoring业务计划的制定、执行和监控

Participate to the building of the annual sales plan/ budget forecast and mid-term plan for your perimeter参与制订年度销售计划、预算、预测和中期计划。
Direct sales forecasting activities and set performance goals accordingly执行销售预测并制定相应的目标。
Execute the commercial roadmaps developed for your segment or products or geography 执行负责区域、产品的业务发展路线图。
Analyses sales trends/preparation of reports for management/advise on the business分析销售趋势，为管理层准备报告，提供业务建议。
Coordinate effectiveness of sales and development strategies including ensuring appropriate analysis and action plans are in place 协调销售策略和发展策略的有效性，包括适当的分析和相应的行动计划。
Review and analyze performances against programs, quote and plan to determine effectiveness 总结、分析项目的执行情况，报价和计划的有效性。
Ensure business is servicing existing customer base at (or surpassing) expectations and developing new growth opportunities in each circuit and market segment. 确保业务符合(或超越)现有客户的预期，并开发新的增长机会。

Develop plans and strategies for developing new commercial opportunities and achieving the sales goals with strong ability to build both internal and external relationships 为开发新的机会和实现销售目标制定计划和策略，并具有建立内部和外部关系的能力。

Account management at medium account ; if relevant supports Key account manager or Sales directors for some large accounts, including but not limited to : negotiating short term and long term contract, Identify growth/ profitability improvement opportunities (using CRM opportunity management functionality) and advance the relationships with customers in order to fully capture them 中级客户管理;为大客户经理或销售总监提供相关支持，包括但不限于:谈判短期和长期合同，识别增长/盈利点(使用CRM管理工具)，并推进与客户的关系，促进合作。
Apply the pricing policy vis a vis the assigned accounts 执行价格策略
Establish and nurture relationship with assigned customers (management, purchasing, R&D) 与指定客户(管理、采购、研发)建立和培养关系

Identify sales development targets, elaborate and implement appropriate development strategy识别销售发展目标，制定并实施相应的发展策略
Ensure forecast accuracy and jointly manage customer relationship with Customer Service Team确保预测的准确性，并与客服团队共同管理客户关系
Visit customers' sites, provide technical guidance and service on site, and give the feedback of products and application to technical department installation, and work closely with the technical department to solve customers' technical problems 深入客户现场，给予现场技术指导、服务，及时回馈给公司耐火材料安装及使用情况，和技术部门紧密联系和沟通，解决客户存在的技术问题。

Profile/Competencies

Education, background, level of experience 教育、背景及工作经验要求

Bachelor’s Degree in Thermal,Engineering or Martial related field or equivalent experience 热工、工程或材料相关专业学士学位或同等工作经验
Minimum 2 years experienced as a sales person 2年以上销售工作经验
Proven track record sales & account Management 有良好的销售和客户管理记录
Thermal market knowledge is a plus 具有热工市场知识者优先
Material Industry technical background is required 材料行业技术背景
Business acumen and Technical appetite 商业敏锐性和技术需求
Strong interpersonal and communication (including negotiation) skills; value-added solution selling 良好的人际沟通(包括谈判)能力;解决方案销售更佳
Ability to positively influence others w/o direct reporting lines 积极影响他人
Advanced problem solving skills 高级问题解决能力
Strategic thinking, result oriented, concern for impact 战略性思维，结果导向，关注影响
Highly motivated and resourceful self-motivator 高度上进心和自我激励者
Taste for challenges - entrepreneurial mentality 热爱挑战 - 企业家精神
Strong multi-tasking and time management skills 较强的多任务处理和时间管理能力

Ability to use common IT tools (Excel, Word, Gsuite, Web tools) 能使用常用IT工具(Excel, Word, Gsuite, Web工具)
Salesforce skills would be an advantage 拥有Salesforce技能更优

Regular and weekly trips (up to 70%) 出差(高达70%)

About the Company

Calderys

Provides customized refractory solutions and services

Calderys provides refractory solutions for industries such as iron and steel, foundries, aluminum, cement, and other thermal applications. Its offerings include monolithic and brick-based refractories, plus engineering, installation, and maintenance services. The products and services are customized to meet each client’s operational needs, with close collaboration to understand challenges and develop tailored solutions that improve performance, reduce costs, and enhance safety. Unlike competitors who offer generic products, Calderys emphasizes end-to-end, long-term service through engineering, installation, and regular maintenance contracts, creating ongoing relationships with customers. The company’s goal is to help clients optimize refractory performance, extend equipment life, lower operating costs, and maintain safe, reliable operations.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Vantaa, Finland
Founded: 1929

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