Henkel group

Territory Sales Engineer (Karnataka)

Henkel group Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees

Oct 12
solutions-engineer Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time India
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About the role

The Territory Sales Engineer will drive sales and business growth within the automotive aftermarket segment across Karnataka. Responsibilities include managing distributor and retailer relationships, identifying new market opportunities, and providing technical support to customers.

What they look for

Field Sales Territory Management Distribution Management Automotive Retail Techno-commercial Skills Negotiation Skills Communication Skills Demand Generation Customer Relationship Management Problem Resolution Market Analysis

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 3 years of experience in automotive retail field sales, specifically handling adhesives, tapes, or spare parts. Strong territory management, negotiation, and communication skills are required to effectively manage regional stakeholders.

Benefits

Health Insurance Parental Leave Employee Share Plan Accident Insurance Term Life Insurance Outpatient Department (OPD) Policy

Full description

About this Position

As a Territory Sales Engineer, you will be responsible for driving sales and business growth across the Karnataka region within the automotive aftermarket segment. You will work closely with distributors, retailers, mechanics, customers, and internal teams to generate demand, identify new business opportunities, strengthen customer relationships, and provide technical support. This role is ideal for someone with strong field sales, territory management, distribution management, and techno-commercial skills What you´ll do

  • Geographical Coverage – Karnataka.
  • Drive demand generation and sales activities across the assigned territory.
  • Coordinate sales efforts with ESF and channel team members and provide regular sales and status updates to management.
  • Identify new sales, market, and business opportunities with customers.
  • Build and maintain strong customer relationships through proactive engagement.
  • Identify and prioritize market and account opportunities to support sales and growth objectives.
  • Develop commercialization plans for prioritized accounts to drive business growth.
  • Manage relationships with distributors, retailers, mechanics, customers, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) in the region.
  • Assess customer technical complaints and support effective problem resolution.
  • Share insights from customer evaluations and discussions with quality teams to help resolve quality-related issues.

What makes you a good fit

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Automotive retail industry in Field Sales position
  • Handling sales of adhesives, tapes, spare parts is a must.
  • Territory management and distribution management skills.
  • Relationship with Customers & Key opinion Leader’s (KOL) of the region.
  • Techno-commercial and Negotiation Skills.
  • Good Comunication skills

Some perks of joining Henkel

  • Diverse national and international growth opportunities
  • Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
  • Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
  • Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
  • Best-in-class Group Medical Insurance policy covering employee, spouse and up to 2 children
  • Competitive accident and term life policies for up to 3 times annual gross salary
  • Progressive OPD policy of INR 30,000 for employee, spouse and up to 2 children

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.

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