TITLE: Senior Technical Manager
Solmax International
LOCATION: Varennes (near Montreal), Quebec, Canada
STATUS: Full-Time -- Experienced
Solmax International Inc. is a corporation exclusively dedicated to the manufacturing of polyethylene geomembranes (HDPE, LLDPE) and the pre-assembly of oversized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) panels. For 30 years, Solmax has been recognized as one of the leading experts in the geomembrane industry. Our expertise benefits companies seeking the highest degree of imperviousness to minimize the impact of their activities on the environment. Solmax is located in Varennes (near Montreal) in the Province of Quebec, Canada.
The company has been selected as one of the 50 Best managed companies in Canada in 2012, exports to over 60 countries and has two international subsidiaries located in Malaysia and Chile. We are currently looking for a Senior Technical Manager.
DESCRIPTION
The Senior Technical Manager is expected to support the Americas & Europe Sales team in supporting, developing and expanding the clientele and market coverage with the help of the Technical and marketing departments to our existing and potential customers, consultants, contractors and authorities.
As such, she/he will be responsible for the technical commercialization of Solmax International’s products. She/He will give technical presentations to our customers and to engineers to promote the sales of our main products as well as the new products. She/He will maintain and coordinate all technical communications necessary to ensure that the product offered will meet customer’s expectations. She/He will work on technical recommendations when requested. She/He will be responsible for the writing of marketing case studies and technical brochures. She/He will support the implementation strategy for new products and will continuously look for new technical ideas which may bring about new specifications or products to be developed by the technical department and then commercialized by the sales department.
She/He will organize and participate in regular and "brown bag" seminars and will write technical papers to be published in order to enhance the technical visibility of Solmax in the Industry.
She/He may also be responsible for internal training of the sales force.
She/He accepts, follows and represents Solmax’s values and defends the interest of the company in conjunction with the interests of the customers. She/He will maintain a superior level of service by providing customers with any information that they might require. She/He is responsible for the follow up of the complaints with the sales representative and the customer, going on site if necessary, to support them finding a solution with the engineers/end users. When appropriate, she/he will establish coordination with the technical department for solutions.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND AND PREREQUISITE
- Master degree in Civil/Geotechnical Engineering or Bachelor degree with relevant experience.
- Minimum of 10 years in civil/geotechnical engineering.
- Knowledge in geosynthetic applications (5 years).
- Technical sales experience (5 years).
- Ability to integrate and use technical knowledge.
- Mastery of French and English (written and spoken).
- Other languages (Spanish, Mandarin) or dialects would be an added advantage.
- Good public speaking and presentation skills.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Good experience in maintaining relationship with customers.
- Organized, motivated, honest.
** Must be available to travel (maximum 30% of the time)
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your resume to the attention of Valerie Alain at rhcanada@solmax.com or by mail at: Solmax International, Att: Human Resources Department, 2801, Marie-Victorin, Varennes (Quebec) J3X 1P7, Canada.
For more information, please visit our website at www.solmax.com.