Job Title : Product Specialist - Energy Storage Solutions
Sector Title : IT
Area : Johannesburg
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Providing expert energy generation & large scale storage product and solutions knowledge. Optimizing your portfolio through establishing, maintaining and developing strong long-term relationships with suppliers, clients, key business executives and stakeholders. Act as point of reference for all product related enquiries. Also providing specialist support, guidance, monitoring and evaluation of Installations and Maintenance services as provided by the company.
Key Performance Areas:
Providing the sales team (internal/external) with the necessary technical expertise to enable sales and sales processing.
Effectively manage the Deployment team members, providing direction and guidance, monitor and evaluate.
Review product pricing, forecasts, and constantly monitoring inventory levels held at warehouses including liaison with production (locally and globally) to ensure supply timelines.
Providing specialist support, guidance, monitoring and evaluation of Installations and Maintenance Services.
Review of system stock levels, report on items = 120days.
Provide product awareness training sessions (Employees, Clients, Contracts and Sub-contractors)
Building relationships with all stakeholders.
Maintaining all requisite standards & licensing
Ensuring that Suppliers conform to requisite standards.
Make product diagrams/specifications and any specific product requirements available to all stakeholders.
Oversee product non-conformances and taking the appropriate action where required.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Suppliers.
Ensure Suppliers Compliance to BBBEE legislation & Health, Safety and Environmental regulations
Assist with marketing and branding material for products.
Co-ordination of sales and market approach, provide sales strategy inputs.
Evaluation of price competitiveness.
Continuous analysis of the market segment and drive business development.
Identifying new opportunities, strategy development, evaluation and review.
Ensure the profitable sales of the product and the management of the life cycle thereof.
Communicating new products and product changes.
Provide and generate information for successful Tender / Bids / RFQs / RFIs / RFPs and Vendor applications.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Suppliers contractual obligations in terms of Quality, lead-times, EOL, DOA etc
Ensure that Supplier Contracts are updated (Renew/ Cancel.
Oversee matters around non-conformance in a timely manner.
Adhere to all company policies, procedures, regulatory standards and statutory requirements.
Requirements:
Matric certificate.
Related Qualification: Diploma or Engineering Degree.
Computer literacy MS Office, Visio, Accpac.
A minimum of 3 years Energy Storage Product knowledge and actual deployment experience.
Must be an expert in the field of Energy Storage Products.
Knowledge or background within the Alternative Energy Industry is advantageous
Battery Storage Solution Design (Bill of material and services)
Thorough understanding of the operating environment (Medium & Large Scale Energy Storage and or Generation solutions) and principles of competitive advantage.
Product pricing with international shipping component, pre-inspections, tariffs, duties etc.
Sound knowledge and understanding of the principles of product life cycle, financial structures, accounting procedures and purchasing processes.
Long working hours.
Required to attend meetings, functions/events.
National and International travel required
Code 8 drivers license and own reliable vehicle.
Valid Passport.
Ability to manage Suppliers
Salary: Market related
Please forward updated your resume in MS Word with your application. Note; if no correspondence is received within 6 weeks of your application, please consider your application as unsuccessful.