Territory sales manager

Position title: Business Development Manager :

Summary - 

A Business Development Manager is responsible for identifying and cultivating partnerships, expanding market presence, and driving revenue growth through targeted marketing initiatives. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse market trends, develop competitive strategies, and to promote the company's products and services within the manufacturing sector.

Responsibilities:

Business Development & Sales Growth

• Identify and develop new business opportunities for Mechanical Face Seals (MFS) and Radial Oil Seals (ROS) across target industries:
• Identify opportunities for MFS/RSS account growth and upselling, working collaboratively with clients to introduce new products or services that align with their business objectives.
• Generate and qualify sales leads through market mapping, OEM engagement, and distributor networks.
• Develop strategic sales plans to achieve revenue and profitability targets.
• Prepare sales forecasts and business plans.

OEM & Key Account Management

• Build relationships with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and major industrial customers.
• Manage the complete sales cycle from inquiry to order closure.
• Negotiate commercial terms, pricing, contracts, and supply agreements.
• Ensure long-term customer retention and account growth.

Technical Sales Support:

• Understand customer application requirements and recommend suitable sealing
• solutions.
•  Coordinate with Application engineering and product teams for:
•  Product selection
•  Custom seal design
• Application validation
• Failure analysis
• Present technical product capabilities and advantages to customers.

Market Research & Competitive Analysis

•  Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and industry developments.
• Identify emerging opportunities in new sectors and geographic regions.
•  Analyze customer requirements, pricing trends, and competitor product offerings.

New Product Development Support

•  Gather Voice of Customer (VOC) inputs for product improvement and innovation.
• Collaborate with R&D and manufacturing teams on new product introductions.
• Support product testing and validation programs with customers.

Customer Service & Problem Resolution

•  Address customer concerns relating to:
• Product performance
• Delivery issues
• Work with quality and application engineering teams for corrective actions.

Reporting & Performance Management

• Maintain CRM and sales pipeline data.
• Track KPIs such as

Education and Experience:

• A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, or a related field.

• Advanced degrees or certifications in business development, or a relevant field can be advantageous.

• Exp in business development roles, preferably within the manufacturing sector for min of 12 -15 years

Competencies:

• Negotiation Skills
• Strategic Thinking
• Communication Skills
• Relationship Building
• Analytical Skills
• Relationship Building
• Creativity
• Project Management
• Adaptability
• Ethical Conduct

Behavioral Characteristics

• Self motivated
• Passionate about learning new things and taking challenges positively.
• Eager to learn the capability
• Able to communicate ideas effectively
• Ability to communicate effectively with business users and other IT Groups
• High level of self-control and good personal time management.
• Flexible adaptation to business process alignment with system and industry best practice

Geography to cover and Travel requirements

• PAN India customer base. Willingness to travel across India (depending on the segment/customer base) frequently or as & when required.

Key Interfaces and Stakeholders

• Internal engineering community, including R&D, Manufacturing Operations of both plastics and elastomers, and Aerospace.
• Cross functional work with parallel systems upstream or downstream to the engineering toolset.

Interview process

2 rounds - Virtual interview and 1 round face-to-face

Any other Criteria

• Notice Period: Below 90 Days only. No Negotiation on Notice Period
• Gender: Female and Male; Female preferred
• Qualification: Mechanical Engineering / Automotive Engineering / Industrial Engineering
• Experience: 12 -15 years
• We don’t consider candidates who have changed multiple companies.
• Without mandatory skills experience, the candidate profiles will not be considered
• We want a candidate from Bangalore/Karnataka; we can look for a candidate from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala. Other Location candidates will not be accepted.