
Indirect Lubes Tech Coach - North LATAM
at Shell
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- Brazil
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Role focused on building technical capability within North Latin American Macro Distributors to grow and defend Shell Lubricants sales to B2B and B2C customers, with profitability and sustainability in mind. Primary responsibilities include delivering lubricants training to indirect Shell Sales staff and distributor teams, advising on equipment service life and maintenance per oil analysis results, and providing direct field coaching to vendors to generate sales opportunities. Develop the technical competencies of Distributor Front Line Technical Staff across 20+ MDs to specify Shell products for various applications and support large contracts in B2B and B2C channels. This is a home-based role in Brazil requiring travel up to 50%.
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What’s the role
The main purpose of the role is to build technical capability within North Latin American Macro Distributors to grow and defend Lubricants sales to B2B and B2C Customers with profitability and sustainability. Key responsibility is to give appropriate direct support for complex technical issues of distributor customers among local, regional and GKA (Global Key Accounts) Customers
What you’ll be doing
Develop and deliver appropriate lubricants training to indirect Shell Sales staff and MDs teams to leverage Value Led Selling, Cross/up-selling approach and mindset referring to our Shell products and to build up consistent technical skills and competences in the distributor staff through continuous coaching in the field;
Advise on the relevance to Customer’s equipment service life & maintenance action requirements associated with oil analysis results (LubeAnalyst service tool)
Work closely with local DAMs (Sales) who have the ‘ownership’ of the MDs, to provide appropriate technical coaching to maintain and gain business in line with business strategy. Carry out joint visits with Technical and/or sales resources of the distributor to new and existing customers providing field technical coaching to generate sales opportunities, with both existing and new products
Build up and develop the technical competencies of the D-FLTS (Distributors Front Line Technical Support - Technical staff from MDs) within the 20+ MDs. DFLTS will be able to correctly specify appropriate Shell products to be used for specific applications (vehicles, machinery and equipment), including the specification of Shell product to replace a competitor’s product at a given application. In short time, the ideal target is that through Shell ILTC work the D-FLTS will be able to give immediate recommendations for more than 75% of applications required by Customers from different sectors. Build up with D-FLTS a confident knowledge transfer space and a collaborative mindset to win together where we operate.
Jointly with DAM (Shell Sales Manager for MDs), one objective is to provide appropriate training and field coaching for the D_FLTS using the global standard modules and guidelines included in the DVP program, in and promote the use Service tools as LubeCoach and LubeAdvisor to get self-capability to manage technical customers’ queries and improve their product-application-services expertise.
To give the appropriate direct support for complex technical issues of distributor customers
Provide direct support in case of complex technical issues or customer claims, especially to larger accounts and to Top5 /Big 5 accounts
Work with MDs at complex B2B customers Site Assessments and CVP joint construction for large contracts. Help support SPANCOP (Sales Process) movement and business growth and defense
Provide the appropriate technical support and Services to FWS (B2C business channel) in line with product portfolio and approvals
Provide HSSE, Occupational Health, safety and product disposal advice to distributors to handle customers and frontline sales in line with local legislation requirements. Actively keep them up to date with changes in legislation
Refer complex technical issues to the PAS (Senior Global Technical Group) network for resolution, working with them to ensure issue is completed satisfactorily, with local customer follow up by the technical staff as necessary
Feedback to PAS on: business cases, field evaluations, technical market information and trends, competitor activities, customer feedback. It is a key responsibility of the FLTS to work with the PAS network to develop the delivery of cross border second line support for lubricants
Exploiting the use of Sales First tools through integrated SPANCOP with Sales one and delivering Customer testimonials (DVrs) according to global needs and guidelines, in order to provide proven Technology Leadership and to enhance Technical Intimacy image or Value Led examples
Receive referrals of technical problems or complaint from the reseller or MD and work to resolve them through the source or, if relevant, directly with the customer. Feedback to the source originator to ensure continual improvement in the fielding of enquiries and understanding of technical issues
Liaise with Operational Portfolio Managers for product portfolio issues as appropriate. Manage portfolio harmonisation process at distributor level
Acting and behaving according to Shell Global Business Principles, Code of Conduct, HSSE standards and rules
Note: This is a home‑based office role in Brazil
What you bring
Must have legal authorization to work in Brazil on a full-time basis for anyone other than the current employer
Bachelor’s degree (e.g., BSc, BEng) in Engineering or a comparable technical skillpool
Minimum five years’ experience in a technical (lubricants & applications) environment as a Field Engineer
Mandatory Spanish and English fluency (written and spoken)
Proven track record in technical and commercial competence development in B2B environment (specially Heavy Industries)
Experience in distributor management beneficial (i.e., DICE training)
Demonstrates interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills
Estimated: 50% Travel availability
What we offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
Benefit from flexible working hours.
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
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