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Technical Sales Engineer

NOV Open · verified Sep 24, 2026
Mumbai Full-time Mid-level Solutions & Sales Engineering

At a glance

Mid-level Solutions & Sales Engineering role at NOV. Mumbai · full-time.

Pay not stated

RoleSolutions & Sales Engineering
SeniorityMid-level
LocationMumbai
EmploymentFull-time
PostedAug 31, 2026 · 3w ago
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Sell products to key customers while representing their needs across internal teams
  • Track client operations, product use, performance, feedback, service quality, and order progress
  • Build technical presentations and commercial proposals around customer requirements
  • Maintain the opportunities and quotations pipeline, then move qualified deals through closure
  • Track tenders, competitor activity, market changes, forecasts, and required sales reporting

What you bring

  • A bachelor's degree or MBA focused on petroleum or mechanical engineering
  • At least five years in technical sales with strong technical and commercial experience
  • Working knowledge of drill bits, coring, and borehole hole enlargement operations
  • Deep familiarity with drilling applications, equipment, and commercial activity across upstream oil and gas
  • Strong communication, negotiation, prioritization, and decision-making skills with Microsoft Office proficiency

Who this fits

This role suits a self-directed technical sales professional who can manage complex client relationships and projects at a fast pace. You will work with technical support, subject matter experts, operations, and accounts receivable teams, while handling customer communication and proposals. The position is based in Mumbai, India.

From the employer

To sell products to key customers, act as the customer's voice to all internal stakeholders, communicate qualified sales opportunities and agree on achievable delivery dates in alignment with NOV’s capacity and the customer's expectations.

Responsibilities

  • Keep track of client’s operations, product performance, and utilization along with client’s feedback
  • Actively participate in client service quality meetings along with the technical support team.
  • Assist technical team with critical inputs on client’s requirement for product designing and improvement.
  • Ability to create and present presentations and techno-commercial proposals as per client’s requirement.
  • Work closely with the internal support team, subject matter experts, and operations team.
  • Monitor and communicate the status of all orders to the customer; ensure the customer's account is current and assist AR with any past due accounts.
  • Maintain sales prospects and quotations pipeline and close those opportunities.
  • Designing and implementing a strategic sales plan that expands the company’s customer base and ensures its strong presence.
  • Actively keeping track of all the tenders and preparing effective submission responses adhering to timelines and market intelligence.
  • Gain knowledge of competitor activities, market offerings, and efforts – document and communicate the information accurately.
  • Identify emerging markets and market shifts while being fully aware of new products and competition status.
  • Contribute data to the Annual Financial Plan/Quarterly Sales Forecast and continually focus on meeting target requirements.
  • Develop and submit sales activity and market intelligence reports as needed for management.

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree or MBA with specialization in Petroleum or Mechanical Engineering
  • Minimum 05 years of experience in technical sales
  • Knowledge of drill bits, Coring, and Borehole Hole enlargement operations and related key deliverables is strongly preferred.
  • Strong technical and commercial background required.
  • Understands the broader upstream oil and gas market and possesses a deep understanding of the drilling industry – applications, equipment, and commercial in all aspects of the drilling market.
  • Displays the ability to maintain complex and fluid client relationships and projects and the ability to work at a fast pace.
  • A proven track record of being self-motivated and possessing sound decision-making.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to negotiate.
  • Having excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize and execute under minimal supervision
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, etc.)

Behavioral Competencies

  • Achieves Results.
  • Communicates Effectively.
  • Dependability/Attendance.
  • Job/Organizational Knowledge.
  • Makes Effective Decisions.
  • Planning/Organization.
  • Problem Solving/Judgment.
  • Productivity.

Quality, Health, Safety & Environment

  • To help sales/operations to achieve KPI targets.
  • To comply with HSE requirements and reduce waste generation to protect environment.
  • Ensure that work is conducted without harm to people or the environment.

  • Ensuring that all incidents are properly recorded and reported and that an

  • Investigation is carried out to establish and rectify root causes.

  • Actively participate in the NOV HSE management system.

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