Slicing and Packaging Sales Engineer

About the role

GEA, a global supplier of systems for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors, is looking for a Slicing and Packaging Sales Engineer to join its Pharm and Food Applications Division team in Mexico. The engineer manages the assigned resources to meet customers' needs while promoting sales of GEA's new slicing and packaging machines, reporting to the PFA Sales Director and owning the revenue for €5 million.

Key responsibilities

• Detailed and implement the country sales strategy and carry out sales planning and forecasting.
• Develop the product portfolio in close cooperation with the Division and drive revenues through new machine sales in the assigned cluster.
• Focus on new machine delivery and meeting customer needs, while promoting the GEA vision of coordinated sales across the organisation.
• May be assigned several applications within the Slicing and Packaging business unit and must prioritise appropriately.

Required profile

• University degree in one of the main engineering fields.
• At least 5 years of relevant sales and customer experience.
• Proven advanced understanding of the slicing and packaging business, customer relationship management and market development.
• Strong capital equipment or service sales experience in the slicing and packaging business.
• Familiarity with GEA service offerings and the local market requirements of different customer groups.

Required skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Able to implement a strategic new machine sales plan.
• Innovative thinking and openness to modern new machine products.