Sales Representative (Industrial Equipment)

Location: Gauteng, South Africa; full-time role with regular customer visits, on-site technical support, after-hours or weekend work when required, and international travel.

Company

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, provides mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries, including mechanical seals, couplings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

What you will do

• Represent John Crane and manage customer relationships across existing, new, and dormant accounts.
• Increase market share and promote the full John Crane product portfolio.
• Identify commercially viable business opportunities, projects, and new customers.
• Prepare annual budgets, customer action plans, and market development plans.
• Track sales, orders, projects, targets, market movements, and competitive activity through dashboards and reports.
• Provide technical on-site customer support and collaborate with the global projects team.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience with rotating equipment, including pumps, compressors, or turbines.
• At least 3 years of experience working with OEMs.
• Valid driver's license.
• Mechanical engineering aptitude, strong mathematical and problem-solving skills, and effective planning and time-management abilities.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, leadership, reporting, computer, and Microsoft Office skills.
• Ability to work independently, demonstrate initiative, and contribute to a sales or commercial team.

Nice to have

• Qualified tradesman certification.
• At least 3 years of experience in power generation, oil and gas, or mining.
• Experience with John Crane or competing products.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment with competitive compensation and benefits.
• Inclusive workplace supported by employee resource groups covering veterans, Pride, racial diversity, women, and neurodiversity.
• Recognition through the annual Smiths Excellence Awards and Smiths Day global celebration.
• Equal consideration for qualified applicants regardless of legally protected characteristics.