Sales Specialist

Date: Apr 13, 2024

Location: Jubail, 04, SA, 31961

Company: farabipetr

Job Purpose

The aim is to state the overall significance of the job from the organisation's perspective.
To provide service to the customers in a timely manner by obtaining, analysing and verifying the accuracy of order and supply information. Initiates and/or implements corrective action as needed in order to ensure that an excellent standard of service and a high level of customer satisfaction is maintained.

Main Accountabilities

This section describes the principal outputs required from the job. 
Description Key Results Area

Policies Processes and Procedures

  • Implements approved Department policies, processes, and procedures and monitors adherence so that work is carried out in a controlled manner.    
  • Adherence to the department policies, processes and procedures. 

Day-to-day operations

  • Follows the day-to-day operations assigned for the Market Planning & Sales department to ensure compliance with the established standards and procedures.    
  • Smooth flow of day-to-day operations. 

Job Specific

Description Key Results Area
  • Working with the Marketing team to develop the annual sales plan of the department with the best possible basis, present them and seek required approvals. 
  • Gathering current marketplace information on pricing, products, new products, delivery schedules, merchandizing techniques.
  • Working with marketing teams includes providing customer    feedback regarding product capabilities and suggesting markets to improve visibility of the products and services
  • Prepare the rolling plan for supply with coordination with logistic team to ensure the safe and timely maintained delivery.
  • Update and revise the sales plan in accordance with different factors such as plant operation change, Market dynamics and Customer requirements and forecast. 
  • To target meeting all the department KPI’s and exceed the expectation (if possible). 
  • Ensure the sales of largest possible volume with target prices or better in accordance to the market conditions.
  • Reporting the daily, monthly and yearly sales to the team and the division management on frequent basis.
  • Resolve any constraints with customers to receive the material by working with all concerned parties internally and externally.
  • Initiate required actions and responses to customer complaints for order changes, etc.
  • Develop new markets/customers for all the products.
  • Work with R&D team to develop new applications for the products or develop new product which may result in better profit to the company.
  • Working with product-development teams involves providing customer feedback to improve products and assisting in the design of products to meet customers' needs.
  • Ensure payment receipt on time and resolve with customer any outstanding payment issue. 
  • Prepares customer service summary reports.  
  • Develop and recommend changes to existing methods and systems to increase the accuracy, efficiency and responsiveness to the customer.
  • Work with the Sales Representative to ensure the proper documentation and understand the process and the reason/concept behind each step.      
  • Adherence to sales and marketing plans
  • Sales completion.
  • Customer satisfaction.
  • Favourable terms & conditions.
  • Market and Sales data analysis.
  • Customer relationship management.
  • Regional Sales targets.
  • Performance standards achieved.

Reporting, HSSE and Related Assignments

Description Key Results Area

Reporting

  • Assists in the preparation of timely and accurate reports for Department in order to meet Department requirements, policies and standards.    
  • Key information captured accurately and presented to decision-makers in a timely manner.

HSSE

  • Ensures compliance to all relevant health, safety, security, and environmental procedures across the Company in order to promote a healthy and safe work environment
  • Participates adheres across company to HSSE Code of Conduct and actively participates in promoting the use of risk assessments.
  • Participates in safety, health and environmental programs.
  • Participates in incident investigation and provide technical expertise as required, understanding of system causes and development of recommendations to avoid recurrence.    
  • Healthy, secure, and safe work environment 
  • Compliance to all regulatory policies and procedures
  • Quality incident investigation

Related Assignments

  • Performs other related duties or assignments as directed.
  • Line Manager’s feedback.

Application of Guidelines and Decision making

Guidelines:  Thinking within detailed standard practices and instructions.
Decision making: Operating within given practices and procedures. Work is subject to supervision.

Communications & Working Relationships

Internal: QC, R&D, EHSS, Marketing, Technical services, Internal Audit, Operation, Finance and Procurement 
External:  Existing and Potential suppliers and customers.

Qualifications

Bachelor Degree in Science or Engineering. 

Experience

4 - 6 years of experience. 

General Competencies

Behavioural Competencies Technical Competencies
  • Organization Loyalty 
  • Personal Integrity
  • Customer Service Orientation
  • Teamwork & Collaboration
  • Analytical Thinking    
  • Business Acumen
  • Negotiation
  • Planning & Organizing
  • Financial Awareness
  • Communication Skills