Summary
Olayan Saudi Holding Company is seeking a Sales Engineer in Jeddah. The role focuses on generating and qualifying leads, arranging meetings with prospects, and researching commercial and industrial customers for distributed solar leasing/PPA and energy efficiency systems in Saudi Arabia. Responsibilities also include maintaining opportunity records, coordinating site visits and technical requests, and preparing weekly reports and project documentation. Applicants should have a bachelor's degree in engineering and 2–3 years of sales experience.
The posting
As published on olayan.com. Pulled from the employer's site and shown as they wrote it.
Role Purpose
Responsible for boost sales appointments and expand the customer base for the team by performing Top-of-Funnel prospecting and lead-generation activities through a variety of methods (cold and warm).
Job Accountabilities & Activities
Planning:
- Create top-of-funnel sales opportunities through outbound cold calling to prospective customers.
- Follow-up on all inbound leads / customer requests with the view to pre-qualify the prospective customer.
- Set meetings between first level qualified prospects with the Department Head.
- Conduct market research and identify key commercial and industrial customers for distributed solar leasing/PPA and energy efficiency systems within KSA market to maintain a healthy pipeline and ensure business continuity.
- Keeps a healthy database always updated, removes duplicates, and corrects data.
- Enters customer and opportunity information from mapping exercise within the assigned market.
Stakeholder Management:
- Maintains a log of technical requests with dates.
- Keeps track of site visit appointments with the Site Engineer.
- Coordinates with Legal & Finance when required.
- Follows up on requests with the appointed Design Engineer.
Regulatory Compliance:
- Ensure adherence to all relevant regulations, permits, and environmental standards.
- Collaborate with regulatory bodies to obtain necessary approvals and permits for project development.
Reporting and Documentation:
- Prepare weekly reports, status updates, and feedback on opportunities/projects.
- Maintain accurate documentation of project activities, contracts, and correspondence.
Education & Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering
Required Years of Experience
2-3 years sales experience.