Benelux intralogistic Sales Engineer F/H

About Alstef Group ?

Alstef Group conçoit, intègre et fournit des solutions automatisées clés en main pour les marchés de l'aéroport, de l'intralogistique et du tri colis. Sa mission est de créer des solutions intelligentes qui, au delà de répondre aux besoins de ses clients, leur font bénéficier durablement d'un système automatisé sur mesure, éco-conçu, performant, évolutif et innovant. 

Présent dans 16 pays et avec une large gamme de systèmes installés sur les cinq continents, Alstef Group est un acteur majeur sur le marché des systèmes de manutention. Nous offrons une promesse d'excellence à nos 950 employés et une volonté de dépasser les besoins en constante évolution de nos clients.

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Your missions

Reporting to the Sales Director Intralogistics Solution of Alstef Group, the sales engineer intralogistics is in charge of developing and maintaining a portfolio of customers in order to increase the turnover of the group's companies.

In line with the sales strategy defined and based on the Group's strategy and in relation with the sales department based in France (7 people), you will have to:

• Identify the types of companies to be targeted in relation to the Business Action Plan,
• Create a network of business providers/lead generators in the BENELUX area,
• Collect information about potential prospects and customers in order to qualify the sales file,
• Ensure a competitive survey, in order to better determine the group's strengths and weaknesses in regards to the market,
• Maintains relations with existing customers of Alstef in order to keep the business, provide the right service and spot,
• Keeps informed of new products, solutions and services and other general information of interest to customers. Being proactive in the reflection of new applications or adaptations of existing ones which he shares with his management,
• Performs other job-related duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time.

Beside other tasks, you will have to ensure development & follow-up :

• Implement business prospection, reactivate installed base customers and previous leads, follow up prospects and customers approached,
• Answer calls for tenders from prospects and current customers,
• Submit offers to customers,
• Drives the sales by visiting potential new customers, qualifies customers and manages projects to close together with the project manager. Act as a resource for questions, issues or problems that may arise while in the field,
• Negotiate, sign and get contracts signed,
• Ensure internal contract management and customer satisfaction,
• Participate to trade shows and to all prospecting, promotion and communication actions aimed at ensuring the company's reputation on its market,
• Follow-up and retain current customers through regular contacts,
• Manage the development of Key Accounts as a business referent.

this position involves working in collaboration with the after-sales representative in charge of the Benelux area and the project design offices. You will therefore have to make regular visits to France (Rennes and Orléans on a monthly base at the least)

What about you ?

You have master’s degree in Engineering with a focus on mechanical and/or industrial IT/ automation and you have at least four to five years' experience in:

• prospecting and business development in Benelux
• selling complex technical products or technical solutions or systems.
• industrial companies
• business/industrial customers

knowledge of the agri-food sector can be a plus.

Concurrently and beyond your technical and sales skills, your soft skills are very important too for this position.

autonomous and persevering person, you have a "systems" mindset and the ability to identify and analyze complex and technical systems.

You are customer-oriented and capable of developing and managing commercial and contractual relations with key accounts with rigour.

You are fluent in Flemish-Dutch and you have a good level of English and/or French

You are based in Belgium or in the Netherlands, ideally Antwerp/Tilburg area

WHAT WE PROPOPOSE TO YOU  ?

• Permanent contract based in Belgium or the Netherlands (local contract)
• A company car
• interesting package (fixed salary and variable)

Attentive to professional equality, we are committed to promoting gender diversity in all the company's professions

For equal skills, priority is given to disabled people and other beneficiaries of the employment obligation

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