SALES AREA ASSISTANT

Sales Department

Italdraghe SpA
San Giovanni in Marignano, IT

Italdraghe SpA, established in the middle of the last century, has gathered decades of experience, becoming one of the best known manufacturers of dredgers, dredging components and marine equipment worldwide.

The key words for Italdraghe have always been quality, reliability, commitment and customer centricity: raw materials are carefully selected, design is conceived to meet customer needs and the company is always committed to keeping the customer at the center of its business.

Italdraghe objectives are to maintain high production standards, to spread the value of Made in Italy quality and to carry out projects of increasing complexity. Italdraghe products are suitable for a wide range of applications and sectors such as maritime, metallurgical, mining, coal, building materials and renewable energy.

As Sales Area Assistant the candidate will work closely with the Sales Area Manager with a strong focus on commercial activities both supporting the Sales Area Manager and developing a new customer portfolio. The candidate will be involved in all the activities concerning the commercial department from new customer acquisition to existing customer orders fulfillment. The candidate will be in charge of promoting all the products offered by the company such as cutter suction dredgers, special purpose dredgers, mining pumps, dredging components, marine equipment and many other products. The area of interest will be both Italy and foreign countries with a specific focus on North and South America, Middle East and Africa. As Sales Area Assistant the candidate will work on scouting new sales opportunities, preparing offers and tenders and providing assistance in contractual preparations. Once signed the contract, the candidate will support Italdraghe team in ensuring product on time delivery and granting client’s satisfaction.

• General support towards the Sales Area Manager
• Identify of new business opportunities
• Scouting new potential clients
• Organize business trips in the geographic areas of interest to visit clients and promote Italdraghe products
• Develop, strengthen and maintain the relationship with existing clients
• Support in the preparation of both technical and commercial offers
• Prepare all the documentation to be submitted for tender participation interacting with all the other business functions needed
• Prepare and organize meetings, company visits and events
• Organize and support the participation of Italdraghe company in dredging / marine sector exhibition both in Italy and abroad

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Naval Engineering, Management Engineering or other Engineering
• Strong technical background in engineering
• Languages: spoken and written Italian and English
• Other languages: knowledge at least another language between French, German, Spanish, Portuguese is a plus

• Open minded attitude to work with people from different countries, cultures and different layers of society
• Strong attitude towards commercial and promoting activities
• Customer sensitivity, high efficiency and effectiveness in conducting daily activities
• Entrepreneurship attitude to propose initiatives to Italdraghe team
• Able of dealing with multiple sales processes and contracts simultaneously
• Versatility, reliability and accuracy
• Excellent organizational skills
• Team-working skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Full-time availability