Technical Marketing Specialist

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Identify new business opportunities and map applications, customers and market segments in the Middle East.
• Support sales teams with customer visits, technical seminars, project discussions and account development.
• Promote products and new materials to end-users, designers, licensors, engineering companies and fabricators.
• Advise customers on corrosion, failure analysis and material selection.
• Represent Alleima at technical conferences and industry events.
• Map product development opportunities based on market needs.
• Drive business development initiatives across short-, medium- and long-term horizons.
• Provide product managers with market input, application knowledge and product planning support.
• Develop partnerships with key end-users and customers and identify new customer solutions.

Qualifications and experience

• A degree in Materials, Metallurgical or Chemical Engineering is preferred, or equivalent knowledge from extensive and solid work experience.
• Strong industry and application understanding in oil and gas, refinery, chemical processing, power generation, metals or related industries.
• Proven business development experience across petrochemical, refining, power generation or other process industries in the MENA region.
• Experience in corrosion, corrosion testing, failure analysis, material selection and working with technical industry stakeholders.
• Experience in technical marketing, application development or customer seminars.
• Four to five years of professional experience in a similar role.

Key skills

• Strong knowledge of corrosion, failure analysis and material solutions.
• Good understanding of stainless steel, duplex steel, nickel alloys and other corrosion-resistant materials.
• Ability to translate technical issues into customer value and practical recommendations.
• Ability to lead technical seminars, discussions and conference presentations.
• Business mindset with the ability to identify applications and growth opportunities.
• Fluent written and spoken English and Arabic; other languages are advantageous.

Travel and reporting

• Regional travel is a natural part of the role, including customer visits and technical industry events.
• The role reports to the Regional Sales Manager Middle East with a dotted line to the Technical Marketing Manager for APAC.

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