Design Engineer – Gauteng (REF: 2547)

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We are seeking a design engineer to join our corporate audio visual pre-sales team in Gauteng. This role will be client facing, and guide technical competence by supporting the sales team. A proven track record in working with large audio visual projects is a mandatory requirement.

Purpose: 

Being the lead technical point of contact for strategic external and internal customers, developing value-added sales relationships by ensuring that they have prioritized service. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the leadpoint of contact for technical level sales related matters for both internal and external customers.
  • Develop new business withexisting clients and identify areas of improvement to meet sales targets
  • Build and maintain strong,long-lasting client relationships through a trusted-advisor consultative
  • Negotiate contracts and close agreements to maximise profits, escalating tomanagement where applicable in terms of deal size and commercial risk.
  • Develop and implement strategy to grow sales, clearly communicate the progress of monthly/quarterlyinitiatives to management.
  • Prepareweekly and monthly pipeline reports with as much accuracy as possible, ensuring that targets are exceeded.
  • Collaborate with the technical team to identify and grow opportunities.
  • Assist with challenging client requests, escalate to management as and when required.
  • By engaging with internal project teams, and managingcustomers’ expectations, ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives where practicable.

Requirements:

This is a reasonably technical position and candidates must have a good understanding of design and implementation of modern audio visual solutions. The successful candidate will have experience in most of the following:

  • Advanced audio visual, unified communication (video conferencing, voice and VMR) and networking experience and qualifications.
  • Advanced knowledge of programming languages used audio visual products such as Crestron, AMX, Kramer and Extron.
  • Costing and proposal experience for large projects.
  • Knowledge of project management techniques.
  • Ability to work with architectural drawings, as well as CAD system design software.