Specialist Milling Consumables

Job Description

Join FLSmidth in Roodepoort as a Proposal and Application Specialist for Milling Consumables, where you’ll drive commercial success by crafting compelling proposals and value propositions. This role focuses on supporting sales strategies across EMEA and APAC, ensuring product selections meet customer needs, and enhancing market knowledge through collaboration. Ideal for a technical expert with strong communication skills and a passion for delivering innovative solutions in the mining industry.

Requirements

• College degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 10 years of experience within the mining/industrial industry
• Minimum 5 years of experience with mining consumable products
• Mechanical background with the ability to read and understand mechanical drawings
• Previous experience with mill liners is preferred
• Proficient with SolidWorks and Enovia
• Proficient with engineering design tools
• Proficient in engineering fundamentals
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with core discipline design teams to achieve working solutions to problems
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally from time to time

Responsibilities

• Develop costing and proposals for EMEA and APAC regions
• Craft and articulate the unique value of products and services to meet customer needs and differentiate from competitors
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure product offerings align with customer requirements and commercial objectives
• Provide guidance and support to proposal resources, ensuring high-quality, consistent, and timely proposal submissions
• Analyze market trends, customer feedback, and competitive landscape to inform sales strategies and product development
• Support global engineering efforts in product standardization, production methods, and materials
• Apply designs using technical knowledge and experience, establishing design criteria to the Company’s standards
• Ensure designs deliver effective, reliable products that can be viably and cost-effectively manufactured
• Enhance market knowledge related to assigned product portfolio through interactions with colleagues, suppliers, clients, and branch networks
• Prepare, review, and approve 3D designs
• Review customer specifications
• Promote a culture of personal and team safety, including others who may be affected by the company’s operational activities