Customer and Sector Insights Lead: Mining

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Job Title: Customer
& Sector Insights Lead: Mining
Location: Global
Location Type: Remote
Travel: 50% Global Travel
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/
Applications: https://www.wmfts.com/en/mining/
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax
Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group
with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal
solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging
team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing
growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our
website to learn more. Job Summary:
This is a global strategic role with a primary
focus on driving the growth of designated market sectors and related portfolio,
with a strong emphasis on capture and dissemination of Customer Insights.  Reporting to the Customer & Market Insights
Manager, you’ll be part of a team playing a crucial role in delivering the
strategic objectives of the business to drive revenue growth and sustain
contribution margin.  By engaging
directly with our customers, you’ll bring a strong commercial voice to provide
direction on how we best serve the industry and position ourselves for success.

The role requires engagement and collaboration
across all functions within the Strategic Business Development Directive, Sales
and Supply and will be responsible for ensuring the commercial view and
customer needs are well understood and embedded into our approach. A key part
of the role is to support the relationship between Sales and Supply to ensure
all entities are aligned in working with our customers. 

Key Responsibilities:

As the commercial expert for your designated sector, enable Sales to exceed annual revenue and contribution margin targets, facilitating portfolio pricing strategies for direct and indirect RTMs as required. Take a leading role in enabling Sales to win contracts/tenders/RFPs where required. 
Undertake global field sales work to build Sales’ expertise in applications, processes and portfolio capability addressing competitive threats whilst cross-pollinating regional application strongholds. 
As the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for your designated sector capture and disseminate customer insights and application/process knowledge to the Training Content and Marcoms teams. 
Design and mobilise go-to-market strategies that are tailored to the dynamics of target sub-sectors, fully considering customer needs and the competitive landscape, to drive new lead generation. 
Collaborate with Portfolio Management, Sales, Supply and Global Engineering, to ensure that customer and sector insights are integrated into the NPI roadmap and sales strategies. Collaborate with Sector Sales Managers and Portfolio Management to validate the NPI commercial plans and facilitate successful new product commercialisation and relating vitality. 
Develop Solution selling capability of Sales, to deliver market leading Customer Value Propositions (CVPs) that sustain competitive advantage.

Work with both Sales and Supply to ensure that appropriate levels of commercial and technical support are provided to customers. 
Build and sustain a network of market contacts, and as an advocate and SME for WMFTS, attend customer sites, exhibitions and conferences where required to promote portfolio capability. 
Follow GBD Business Development Framework (Protect/Grow/Expand) for standard work guidance. 
Time Management Approximately 50% Customer insight related content generation, 50% global travel.

Skills/Experience:
BSc/BEng in an Engineering discipline or equivalency through relevant experience. Experience developing and executing regional or global commercial growth strategies within the mining sector. Proven experience working with mining customers across multiple international regions, with an understanding of differing market dynamics, customer requirements and routes to market.

Ability to make decisions concerning commercial negotiations, MRP, RFQ pricing (with global alignment), regional discounting, contract frameworks (MSA), negotiations, group gross Contribution. 
Exceptional Leadership and Followership skills. Excellent written and communication skills in English. Data analysis skills using CRM, Power BI, Excel. 
Knowledge of CRM (customer relation management system).

Ability and willingness to travel nationally and internationally on a regular basis, as required (up to 50%) for networking, developing/negotiating strategic key accounts, launching and executing GTM campaigns in the field and collaborating with Sales and Customers as required.

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking
care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package,
including:
A competitive salary
Flexible working arrangements
A generous holiday allowance
Three days’ paid volunteering leave
Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group
Inclusion Plan
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and
equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their
full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships
where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural
backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities,
neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else
that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will
always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we
have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion
Commitments. These include
Gender-neutral parental leave
15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or
domestic abuse
Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more
Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.
We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If
you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our
application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive
and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to
apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us
know.
Company Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are
driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace
where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in
manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for
the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products,
including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use
applications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders
as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our
technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and
industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage,
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and
Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that
sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans
to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and
inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make
their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers,
our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment
where everyone feels included.