Description:
You have a gift for sourcing new business, and ensuring that your existing customers’ needs are met. Your strong technical knowledge, attention to detail and enthusiasm make you stand out from your peers.
You’ll join a team that prides itself on new developments in many different industries. It’s a “think outside of the box” culture, which has innovation as its cornerstone.
Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Identifying opportunities & potential industries for growth
- Evaluating incoming requests for quotes
- Providing cost estimates for casting production
- Building long-term relationships with customers and suppliers
- Simultaneously managing projects in a fast-paced environment from inquiry through delivery to ensure reliability of product and service
- Providing technical expertise and commercial information to customers
- Successfully collaborating with the other Sales team members to further grow Penticton Foundry
Requirements
- Ideally have a Bachelor’s Degree or Technologist Diploma in Engineering, or bring related technical knowledge combined with hands-on industry experience
- Basic knowledge of metal casting principles, foundry practices, solidification characteristics and heat treat methodology (asset, not a must have)
- Some metallurgical knowledge of steel and iron is an asset
- A critical skill is the ability to read blueprints/engineering drawings
- Collaborative and team-focused
- Strong relationship building skills
- Can solve complex challenges
- Willing and able to travel across North America
- Winning mentality