The candidate for Junior Sales Engineer will have responsibilities include but not limited to: - Searching for new clients who might benefit from company products or services and maximizing client potential in designated regions; - Developing long-term relationships with clients, through managing and interpreting their requirements; - Persuading clients that a product or service best satisfies their needs in terms of quality, price and delivery; - Negotiating tender and contract terms and conditions to meet both client and company needs; - Calculating client quotations and administering client accounts; - Providing pre-sales technical assistance and product education;
- Working on after-sales support services and providing technical back up as required;
- Preparing reports for head office and keeping customer records; - meeting regular sales targets and coordinating sales projects; - Making technical presentations and demonstrating how a product meets client needs;
- Liaising with other members of the sales team and other technical experts.
It is observed that some people start their job from lower ranks and remain in lower ranks for the long period of time while others start their job in lower ranks and use that low rank as their launching pad and start flying in a very short time. Actually the people who got rapid promotion have some capabilities and one could develop those capabilities in him so that he could get the rapid promotion in the job. Some of these capabilities are mentioned here under:
Continuously improve the qualification: It is the best tool which could come to help you to progress in your rank to have the higher qualifications. No doubt learning with earning is not an easy job. But once you get determined than you could get the task done in desired way.
Keenly observe the field and try to understand the technical tasks: It is observed that those people rise in their rank that could handle the technical aspects of their job in right way. Therefore, it is suggested to keep those secrets of job with you as soon as possible.
Try to show your worth to higher authorities: After getting good qualification and knowing the technical aspects of your job, it is good idea to give a good presentation to higher authorities so that you could get entered your name in the good book of higher authorities. In this way you could get the big boost in the promotion.