About NowPurchase Building the future of Metal Manufacturing! NowPurchase is transforming the $140B metal manufacturing industrythe backbone of infrastructure, transportation, and industrial growth. We are building Indias most trusted digital procurement platform for metal manufacturers while creating an operating system that makes procurement smarter, faster, and autonomous. We are a growing team of 150+ professionals with a strong PAN India presence, supported by 2 registered offices, 7 warehouses, and 2 Processing unit centers, enabling seamless nationwide operations. Having worked with 250+ foundries across India, we’re now scaling aggressively—across regions, products, and value-added solutions. Our momentum has been recognized globally and nationally, including: • Financial Times High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific (2024 & 2025) • India’s first-ever ESOP buyback by a B2B commerce startup (2024) • Innovative Startup of the Year – Eastern Leadership Awards 2025 • Dun & Bradstreet Startup50 Award • Deloitte Technology Fast 50, India (2025) Why this role matters? This is not a transactional sales role. You will own customer growth, build long-term relationships with foundries, and drive adoption of high-impact, value-added products like CarbonMax, GraphiMax, MagMax, BariMax, and specialized additives. This category is a top strategic priority for leadership, giving you direct visibility, ownership, and career acceleration. Your Role at a Glance Role: Technical Solution Location: Coimbatore Experience: 2+ years Reporting to: Technical Solution Lead Qualification: B.Tech Graduate in Mechanical/Metallurgy discipline What You’ll Be Doing • Conduct 20+ trials every month for value-added products including our own private label range of CarbonMax, MagMax, GraphiMax, BariMax. • Plan, coordinate, and execute trials of raw materials in the foundry to reduce the cost of production and/or increase benefits. • Communicate effectively with the foundries to gather input, share findings, and align on how they can improve their raw material consumption and optimize their cost. • Work closely with the R&D team to transfer successful trials into scalable and sustainable production processes and offer them the raw materials from NowPurchase. • Document and analyse trial results, providing comprehensive reports and recommendations. • Create cost-benefit analysis for the product and collaborate closely to demonstrate savings via our MetalCloud software. • Work with Sales & BD resources to help determine the best pricing strategies. • Address and resolve any quality complaints. • Actively visit potential and existing clients in the foundry industry to promote our products and Services What Your Day Actually Looks Like • Trial Execution and Analysis: Conduct and analyse over 20 trials monthly for value-added products, collaborating with foundries to optimize raw material consumption and production costs. • Process Optimization: Plan and execute trials to enhance foundry processes, aiming to reduce production costs and maximize benefits while ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. • R&D Collaboration: Work closely with the R&D team to translate successful trials into scalable production processes, facilitating the integration of NowPurchase raw materials and offering comprehensive documentation and analysis. • Customer Engagement and Support: Address quality complaints, collaborate with Sales and Business Development teams on pricing strategies, and provide technical support to customers, demonstrating cost savings via MetalCloud software. What sets this role apart • End-to-end ownership: acquisition → trials → repeat business • Deep collaboration with technical & procurement teams • Clear growth path into Regional Sales or Category Leadership roles What We’re Looking For • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/metallurgical engineering. • Experience of at least 2 years in a similar role at other foundry chemical & alloy companies. Strong negotiation, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills • Willingness to travel and operate in a high-ownership environment • Exposure to foundry, metals, chemicals, consumables, or industrial products is a big plus Compensation & Benefits • Competitive CTC as per industry standards & candidate pedigree. • 28 Annual leaves excluding maternity/paternity, marriage, and bereavement leave. • Business-related travel, accommodation, meals, and on-field expenses are fully covered. • High-visibility role with leadership exposure. • Opportunity to be part of a category-building journey. Hiring Process 1. HR screening & discussion 2. Interview with Hiring Managers 3. Mettl Assessment 4. Final round with Director 5. Offer & onboarding