Sales & Marketing Manager Foundry Castings Domestic & Export

GPT Castings Limited is building out its Foundry Division and hiring a Sales & Marketing Manager for grey iron and SG (ductile) iron castings domestic and export. This is a market development role: opening new segments across automotive, pumps and valves, railways, general engineering and export markets.

About the Role

This is a newly created position reporting directly to the Director. You will own market development for the foundry business end to end segment selection, customer acquisition and the build-out of an export channel. The territory is open: there is no inherited account book to maintain. We are looking for a business developer who can work independently, and we will size the role and the mandate to the person we find.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and enter new end-user segments for grey iron and SG iron castings — automotive, pumps and valves, railways, general engineering and beyond.
• Approach and develop OEMs, tier-1 suppliers and industrial buyers; convert enquiries into sampling, approval and regular supply.
• Build an export channel from the ground up — market selection, buyer identification, agent and distributor tie-ups, and enquiry generation in overseas markets.
• Work with the foundry team on technical feasibility, pattern and tooling requirements, drawings and sampling for new part enquiries.
• Prepare costings and quotations, negotiate commercial terms, and close orders.
• Track competition, casting prices and demand trends across target segments, and report on pipeline and conversion to the Director.
• Support collections and account health for the customers you bring in.

What We're Looking For

Must-have

• 5–15 years in sales / business development, with direct experience selling castings or a foundry background.
• Working knowledge of grey iron and SG / ductile iron castings — grades, applications and the enquiry-to-approval cycle.
• Demonstrated new customer acquisition, not only account servicing.
• Comfortable reading drawings and holding a technical conversation with a customer's engineering team.
• Willing to travel for customer development.

Good-to-have

• Export sales or international business development exposure — a strong plus, but not a filter.
• Existing contacts in automotive, pumps and valves, railways or general engineering.
• Experience with machined castings or supply of finished components.

What We Offer

• Genuine white space — multiple untapped segments and an export channel to build from scratch, rather than a mature territory to hold.
• Direct reporting to the Director, with the autonomy to choose markets and set the approach.
• The stability of an established manufacturing operation behind you.
• Scope and compensation matched to the person — we are open to a strong business developer anywhere in the 5–15 year band.