MISSIONS
Joining our sales team in France, already made up of 8 sales people, you will be responsible for building customer loyalty and developing a customer portfolio in the south-east of France. You will generate sales by promoting all the Group's activities, technologies and applications in your area, and by providing technical solutions tailored to your customers' needs. In this context, your missions will focus on the following areas:
Prospect new markets and develop your customer portfolio, taking into account the guidelines recommended by the Product teams.
Support your prospects/customers from the search for technical solutions through to production launch, drawing on all the Group's resources (R&D, Product, etc.).
Monitor the progress of customer projects (costing, preparation of bids, studies, launches, etc.) and ensure that they run smoothly by acting as an interface between internal departments and customers, and coordinating the internal players involved.
Negotiate sales proposals (price, lead time, technical solution, quality, etc.) and close the sale.
Meet prospects and customers on a regular basis to maintain commercial relations (monitoring development prospects, serial life follow-up, etc.).
Carry out quantitative and qualitative follow-up of prospecting and sales actions: visit report, sales follow-up file ....
Gather market information, identify new applications and participate in their development in collaboration with the Product teams.
Contribute to raising the profile of the Group's expertise by taking part in professional events (presentations, trade shows, etc.).
PROFILE
With 2 to 5 years' higher education, specializing in surface treatment, materials or mechanics, you will have gained initial successful experience in a predominantly technical and commercial position, acquired in a highly technical industrial environment.
Your pronounced taste for technology will enable you to quickly assimilate the technical training (scientific fundamentals, applications, etc.) that you will receive during your induction.
You are recognized for your interpersonal skills and your results orientation.
Fluency in English would be a plus.
Would you like to join an international, multidisciplinary environment with real prospects for cross-functional development? Then join us!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Type of contract: CDI
Location: mobile position based at our Andrézieux-Bouthéon plant (42 - close to train station and motorways)
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E-mail address for applications: [email protected]
ABOUT US
Groupe HEF is a world-renowned expert in surface materials engineering, focusing on 3 areas of expertise: tribology, photonics and hydrogen technologies.
The Group develops new materials and processes, working alongside its customers to meet societal challenges in the mobility, construction, low-carbon energy, defense and medical sectors.
Anchored in Saint-Etienne, a land of industrial innovation, Groupe HEF operates a vertical integration model based on high R&D intensity, mobilizing 8 to 10% of sales, and global industrialization, with 80% of its business carried out internationally.
HEF Group is a pioneer in social innovation, with two-thirds of its capital owned by its employees. This gives the Group the financial strength to support its strategy of long-term investment and rational growth.
The Group's commitment to preserving the environment is reflected in the circular economy of its processes and a product offering designed to replace polluting technologies.
