Product & Application Engineer

We are hiring Product & Application Engineer for Flow & Heat Transfer Process Equipment!

Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized process equipment’s in the areas of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. Our team is dedicated to pushing boundaries and achieving excellence mainly in energy, food and the marine industry.

Alfa Laval Middle East and South-East Africa has a strong ambition to become world-class in terms of service, quality and delivering superior customer experience. We offer a challenging, exciting, and rewarding position in a highly dynamic and interesting organization. We are looking for a passionate & dedicated Product and Application Engineer who will be based out of Pune, India or Cairo, Egypt.

P&A Engineer is a key technical advisor and product advocate to actively drive and to manage the technology evaluation stage of the sales process.

The person would be closely working with Flow & Heat Transfer Products within Business Unit WIFH. Foundational technical knowledge of Heat Transfer & thermal products for Industrial applications like Sugar, Edible Oil, Starch, Ethanol and Wastewater will be an advantage. Candidate must have experience in technically sizing and pricing of Heat Exchanger, Agitator, Valves, Pumps & other fluid handling products.

Who you are?

As a Product & Application Engineer you are a key person to identify and provide reliable solutions for all technical issues to assure complete customer satisfaction throughout the sales process. You have a strong service culture. You are motivated by customer relations, results, continuous improvement, and have excellent people and communication skills.

About the job

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Work with the External & Inside Sales teams to meet and where possible exceed the customer’s

requirements/expectations, which include:

• Work with existing relations or in products and in what is generated by sales team
• Lead the technical part of a customer requests making visits (physically or virtually), meetings and interactions with customers, focusing on product presentations to offer a customized value proposition to the customer.
• Lead and Support in the quotation process in a customer project.
• Run virtual meetings, virtual seminars and webinars to increase awareness of AL products and services • Be product champion in a product launch campaign or in product campaigns and drives.
• Be local trainer for a specific product and application: Define and delivery local training programs for the AL employees, channels and customers.
• Use the One CRM tool and other tools in a consistent and qualitative way, to support the sales process and take decisions
• Responsible to ensure business principles and governance are adhered to within area of responsibility

You have-

• Technical Knowledge - Competent in various heat transfer & fluid handling processes and products.
• Knowledge of Commercial /incoterms
• Good listening skills - active listening skills to comprehend customers’ technical requirements.
• Strong customer service orientation and sense of urgency
• You demonstrate Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are your strengths
• You have an ability to express ideas clearly both in written and verbal formats
• Strong attention to detail and follow-up skillset
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Email systems, specifically strong excel skills
• Team work and team player
• Digital communication - Have a social media active profile and use digital channels to increase network and secure presence.
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Qualification & Experience

Mechanical or Chemical Engineering graduate / Diploma holder as Product & Application Engineer having robust experience of handling quotations and customer communication.

Minimum 3~5 Years of experience in any similar Food, Pharma and Water Industries.

The location

• The position is located in Pune

Why Should You Apply?

An Exciting place to build your career in the sales & technical team having the opportunity to expand your global network inside- and outside Alfa Laval with different nationalities.

Excellent opportunity to work with a global leader within the key technology areas of heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling.

We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an international, open, and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.

If you consider yourself qualified for the position, please apply.

Note -

We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Psychometrics assessments, and upon application, you will be invited to play the assessment games.