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Jernej Hercog

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Last update: 09.05.2023

Wastewater Subject Matter Expert; Municipal and Industrial Wastewater

Graduation: Water and Wastewater Management
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Limited professional) | English (Full Professional) | Slovenian (Native or Bilingual)

Attachments

Jernej_Hercog_Lebenslauf_deutsch.pdf
Jernej_Hercog_CV_english.pdf
PMP certificate_2166584.pdf

Skills

  • PMP certified
  • Proactive
  • Organized
  • Self-motivated
  • Self-starter
  • Multi-tasking
  • Team-player
  • Hands-on mentality

Project history

07/2016 - 09/2020
Manager Engineering Services
Clariant (Industry and mechanical engineering, >10.000 employees)

• Responsible for design of mechanical equipment used for conditioning mineral sediments in field of civil engineering, dredging and mining.
• Taking care of operation and maintenance schedule and project execution of every awarded project.
• Managing technical staff and monitoring and controlling their work.
• Monitoring and controlling human and mechanical resources (planned vs. actual) online and on site.
• Troubleshooting on site, short reaction time and full technical support.
• Plan, Execute, Monitor & Control conditioning and dewatering process of organic and inorganic sediments worldwide.
• Establishing direct contacts with client Engineering department in order to create a project team for execution.

10/2014 - 06/2016
Product Manager
MENA Water (Energy, water and environment, 50-250 employees)

• Product line revenue and net margin for assigned product categories across all sales channels.
• Product roadmap including product lifecycle of current products, derivatives of existing products and definition of new products to support current and future plans.
• Drive new product development to achieve growth targets.
• Pricing strategy development and implementation across all sales channels.
• Competitive analysis of product categories including existing domestic companies and foreign competitors entering markets.
• Cost reduction initiatives including continuous improvements, product redesigns, and alternative sourcing.
• Develop marketing initiatives to strengthen our brand and support our sales growth.
• Customer interface via customer visits, field installations, training, etc.
• Support sales team and channel partners through the development of presentations, demonstrations, and other materials. Train the sales teams on the product lines. Develop remote demonstrations to support sales efforts. Support the development of proposal responses. If approved by the Sales Manager, attend sales meetings with customers to highlight solution value and perform system demonstrations to show the functional capability of the system.
• Assist in developing corporate standard technical presentations and documentation to ensure consistent messaging.
• Assist sales in the development of sales forecasts for the assigned product portfolio

10/2013 - 09/2014
Sales Engineer
MENA Water (Energy, water and environment, 50-250 employees)

• Manage a full pre-sale implementation of the product, involving professional services, product management and technical support.
• Prepare quotations and confirm prices with General Manager and forward to the customer.
• Follow up with the customer if any amendments required in the quotation, take General manager`s approval and revise the offer.
• Participating with the account team on early-stage prospect interactions.
• Working with the account team to identify suitable customer references.
• Hosting additional information gathering sessions with technical members of the buying center.
• Demonstrating how a product solves the specific use cases for the customer.
• Providing a recommended deployment methodology or architecture.
• Introducing the client to the post-sales support organization.
• Making routine inquires to ensure ongoing satisfaction and eventual realization of the benefits that were articulated during the sales cycle.
• Providing training to channel partners and new customers.

01/2011 - 10/2013
Water Design Engineer
Idila (Energy, water and environment, < 10 employees)

Developing projects to regulate water courses. Making of hydraulic calculations with computer programs HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS. Designing irrigation projects and calculations with program Cropwat. AutoCAD designing of wastewater treatment plants, reservoirs for portable water, water distribution systems.

Main job responsibilities:
 Performing technical and commercial evaluation of bids.
 Issue and follow up of quotations.
 Sale water treatment chemicals to customers.
 Designing the projects in AutoCAD.
 Gain application knowledge in flocculants, coagulants, dosing
systems.
 Defining size and designing hydro-cyclones for Water industry.
 Selecting rotating equipment and pumps.
 Searching for a new contact and maintaining contact with
clients and suppliers.

07/2009 - 12/2010
Project Engineer
Nivo (Architecture and civil engineering, 250-500 employees)

Organizing work processes. Keeping the site (> 10 workers). Producing schedules of the working process. Dividing duties at the construction site. Optimizing work processes. Accompanying costs and taking steps to reduce them.

Local Availability

Open to travel worldwide
up to 25% working time
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