Smart Metering Sales Engineer (M/F)

Reporting to the Sales Manager / Sales Director and as part of a replacement;

The Smart Metering Sales Engineer advises, provides proactive technical support, and develops sales of smart metering solutions to utilities, industrials, integrators, distributors, and partners. They support customers in their metering infrastructure modernization projects to improve operational efficiency and service quality. They manage their activity in collaboration with technical teams within the European group.

ASSIGNED MISSIONS:

Embedded software development

Design, develop, and integrate software functionalities on existing and developing embedded platforms Perform unit tests and initial integration phases Ensure anomaly correction and code quality (cross-reviews) Develop tools in support of other activities Integrate and configure third-party software (real-time kernels, communication stacks, etc.)

Main responsibilities

Technical Support and Consulting

• Provide proactive technical Support to the entire customer base, becoming the technical-sales point of contact for the France Sales team across the Group's entire product/solution portfolio.
• Understand the business challenges of utilities, industrials, and integrators
• Advise customers on technical architectures adapted to their needs
• Promote solutions for:
• electric, gas, water, or thermal smart meters,
• data concentrators,
• remote reading solutions and MDM (Meter Data Management) platforms,
• Ensure competitive, technological, and regulatory monitoring.
• Develop and deliver customer training on products and technical solutions.
• Intervene on-site, with electrical authorization, for initial commissioning
• Participate in technical workshops and concrete solution demonstrations.
• Guarantee customer satisfaction and loyalty through the quality of technical assistance

Customer Request Management

• Respond to customer needs and transform customer needs into orders
• Identify and qualify projects.
• Build technical offers and prepare commercial offers and tender responses, for validation by the Sales Director.
• Ensure project follow-up until final acceptance.

Business Development

• Identify new opportunities for deploying metering solutions.
• Develop sales of metering solutions (smart meters, remote reading systems, etc.) in France and for export through various sales channels; directly or via Agents, Distributors, Integrators, and Partners.
• Participate in industry trade shows and events.

Activity Management

Maintain the CRM up to date. Build a pipeline of qualified opportunities. Establish reliable sales forecasts. Track revenue and margin objectives, and customer satisfaction.

The position is based in Montluçon (Allier 03).

Education

Bachelor's to Master's degree in:

• Electrical Engineering,
• Energy,
• Telecommunications, IoT,
• Industrial Computing,
• Business with a technical specialization.

Experience

5 years minimum in a B2B commercial activity with a strong technical component. Proficiency in English Experience desired in one of the following fields:

• Smart Metering, Smart Grid,
• Utilities,
• Energy Management,
• Remote reading or communication infrastructures