Marketing Director

ABOUT THE JOB

This job directly reports to the MD and  is for an inside entrepreneur to take charge of the marketing function of the Company; someone who uses entrepreneurial skills to manage, develop and grow the  market of Company.

This job is about taking over the marketing function from the founder entrepreneur who has grown the Company to its present position, with his mentoring leaving him free for business expansion & product development.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Fluidtherm Design & Development P. Ltd is a meritocracy which engages in research, design, manufacture & commissioning of Industrial furnaces primarily  for the Heat Treatment & Powder Metallurgy industry . We have a presence apart from India, in

S. Korea, China, EU & USA.

Our in-house process prototyping facility and more importantly a RnD mindset gets  us attractive & profitable contracts that sets us apart from our competitors.

We empower our employees to imagine and develop creative engineering solutions, while building an organization that is transparent, free of divisive behavior and which thrives on ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

MORE ABOUT THE JOB & THE COMPANY

Equipment made by Fluidtherm are specialised niche products with commensurate profitability. We have recently expanded our facilities, manpower & equipment

Leveraging our reputation and strengths we have started offering products which find use in several other Indian & overseas markets in an effort to raise our annual turnover from the present approx. Rs 30 Cr to Rs 100 Cr; this being a modest target given our product range, the size of the market & the reach of digital marketing.

The marketing manager is expected to bring both management & entrepreneurial talent to  achieve this sooner than later (under 3 years).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

·      Create & lead a high-performing & lean marketing function.

·      Recognize latent opportunities that are attractive to the Company

·        Manage the marketing function including  appointment of sales engineers & agents in India & overseas.

·        Manage the digital marketing function; create and maintain on-line presence, manage & update all Company websites and create technical & marketing content on a regular basis.

·          Work closely with the engineering group to develop the best technical solution for customers

·           Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in all spheres of activity

Anyone with these traits can excel at the job:

·          Mental acuity & alertness: clear thinking without brain fog.

·          Energy & enthusiastic willingness to travel to chase down every opportunity

·          Strong contract ‘closing’ ability

·          Last mile implementation skills to make all efforts count.

·          Knowledge of the fundamentals of thermal process equipment

·          Proficiency in basic material science, heat treatment technology & powdered metal technology.

·        Proficiency in technical & commercial negotiations

·        Familiarity with the fundamentals of the Indian Contract Act.

·        Sixth sense threat & opportunity recognition

·        Continuous updating of industry trends & opportunities

·        Author level expertise of writing in English

·        Ability to make attention grabbing presentations

·        Ability to read & make modifications to CAD & Solidworks drawings.

·        Knowledge of how CFD Tools like Ansys are made & interpreted

·        Clear minded ability to see & explain solutions to complex technical problems.

·        Proficiency in international etiquette, culture sensitivity & egalitarian interaction with overseas colleagues, customers & suppliers.

Background:

·        9-18 years of extensive hands-on marketing of capital equipment

·        High level of fluency in written & spoken English & conversational skills in Hindi.

·         Knowledge of metallurgical processes like heat treatment, brazing & powder metallurgy