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Team Leader - Sales Engineer
Nexus Staffing Solutions
Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted about 1 hour ago (24 Sep 2026) Updated about 1 hour ago
Job Description
The Team Leader – Sales Engineer will lead a sales engineering team delivering electrical solutions to clients across various sectors. Key duties include guiding the team to meet sales targets, identifying new market opportunities, preparing technical proposals and managing the full sales cycle from lead generation to contract closure. The role demands a solid background in electrical engineering, especially LV systems, switchboards and transformers, together with strong sales leadership and commercial acumen. Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and possess sever
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering or a related technical field
- • Proven experience in Sales Engineering, Technical Sales or Business Development
- • Strong technical understanding of LV systems, electrical switchboards and transformers
- • Ability to understand customer requirements and recommend suitable electrical solutions
- • Experience preparing or reviewing technical proposals and quotations
- • Demonstrated understanding of commercial sales operations and business development
- • Strong customer engagement, negotiation and presentation skills
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Lead, supervise and develop the Sales Engineering team to achieve sales targets
- • Drive sales revenue, customer acquisition and business growth
- • Identify new markets, customers, projects and strategic business opportunities
- • Understand customer requirements and recommend appropriate electrical equipment and engineering solutions
- • Prepare and review technical proposals, quotations and solution designs
- • Present technical products and solutions effectively to customers
- • Manage the sales process from lead generation through quotation, negotiation, order conversion and follow‑up
- • Develop and maintain strong relationships with key customers and business stakeholders
- • Monitor sales pipeline, conversion rates, revenue and individual/team performance
- • Provide coaching, direction and accountability to the sales team
- • Work closely with technical, production, projects, tendering and commercial teams to ensure customer requirements are successfully delivered
- • Monitor market trends and competitor activities to identify opportunities for business growth
- • Support customer negotiations and contribute to closing high‑value sales opportunities
- • Prepare regular sales performance and pipeline reports for management