Sales Engineer (Energy)
The posting
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Job ID
R0016154
Date Posted
2023-02-27
Company Name
Hitachi Asia (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Job Schedule
Full time
Remote
No
Goal of the Business Unit
Expanding the Smart Energy & Building solutions business especially on energy monitoring and optimization
Key Scope of Works
- Identify and create new leads and grow the existing customers’ business with new areas of opportunities for Smart Energy and Building
- Conduct market research to identify opportunity and evaluate customer needs
- Understand existing or new customer’s requirement, develop a tailor-made business proposal and presentation together with Engineering Team
- Generating high-quality sales leads, following up after initial contact, securing and renewing orders, negotiating price, completing sales, and arranging deliveries
- Ensure excellent customer service through regular follow-up with customers
- Participate on behalf of the company in exhibitions or conferences
- Collaborate with team members to achieve better results
- Supporting BDM to translate proposals into ready-to-sign contracts
- Supporting BDM to translate discussion into action items during internal and external meetings
Required Skills and Capabilities
- Creative and innovative sales approach with driven and result oriented to support the BDM
- Visit the customers, understand the customer requirement, and develop the business proposal based on Hitachi as well as non-Hitachi’s products with quantifiable benefits for the customers.
- Basic IT technical knowledge is mandatory.
- Identify market requirements by visiting customers and potential partners as well as by doing market research.
- Work with engineering counterparts from customer side and from other Hitachi organizations including group companies to develop solution/service requirements.
- Work with the BDM to develop the go-to-market strategy, assist them to understand the best market positioning of the solution/service, key benefits and target customers.
- Work with BDM to create business cases for solutions and services to secure the internal funding including developing go-to-market plans, customer benefit analysis, pricing and business models.
- Serve as an internal and external leader for solution and service offerings by working with the technical channels and key customers.
- Analyze potential partner relationships for the solution and service business and promoting them.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office especially PowerPoint and Words for business proposal and strategic planning
- Self-motivated with a results-driven approach
- Aptitude in delivering attractive presentations.
Required Experiences
- Minimum Degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
- Knowledge of Building Security System, Fire Protection, Controls, HVAC would be preferred
- Experience in Building industry would be preferred
- Three (3) years of combined experience in a sales role with at least three (2) years of experience working in a sales business development for companies that offer products and services aimed at Smart Energy and Building in ASEAN market.
- Outstanding communication (written and oral) and intercultural skills in English. Japanese speaking is a plus-point.
Taken from Hitachi's own posting, last seen live on 1 Nov 2026.
About Hitachi
Transformers, HVDC links, high-voltage products and grid automation from Hitachi Energy, plus data storage, IT services, air compressors and factory equipment from other Hitachi companies, sold to utilities, EPC contractors, data centers, manufacturers and enterprise IT buyers.
Pay schedule: Each role is a salaried job with the Hitachi company that posts it (Hitachi Energy, Vantara, Digital Services, Global Air Power and others), with incentive plans and local benefits named in only a few postings.
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