Sales Representative II - Chicago & Kansas/ Missouri - Apply Now

• Chicago, IL and surrounding
• Kansas/ Missouri and surrounding

Summary

Responsible and accountable for all sales activities working toward the achievement of related sales budget, goals, and objectives within a defined geographical area and/or account base. This is a senior level field management position focused on direct and/or indirect channels to market. The position has significant and very broad revenue and/or geographical territory accountability.

• Implement those defined strategies and tactics to achieve budgeted order input and revenue shipment within the assigned region and distribution channels. Recommend to sales management how best to deploy sales channel strategies and resource allocations for served markets.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the key customers and how this insight is integrated into the territory business plan and Account Plan, by “pulling the right levers” to generate value, manage the inflation equation and protect the balance sheet. This will be demonstrated through Creating, updating and executing quarterly territory business plans that demonstrate an understanding of the product, the territory and accounts, as well as, documenting critical KPI’s, and providing a sales bridge to insure business plan objectives are realized.
• Directly responsible for major account sales and development, as well as, communication of goals and objectives to internal resources to ensure territory success.
• Develop specific business and sales plans to achieve growth objectives including recommendations for new product development and other Company services in support of said plan.
• Directly accountable for new account acquisitions and revenue/market share gains at existing accounts.
• Deliver results by showing the ability to identify and create opportunities, as well as, set goals that deliver profitability/ growth in your territory, tackle challenges head-on, respond quickly to obstacles in order to secure a competitive advantage.
• Establish and maintain meaningful relationships with the key personnel of each assigned major account. Fairly arbitrate customer and channel conflicts within assigned geographical channels.
• Work with our Strategic Pricing Department in facilitating all customer pricing contracts including special pricing. Strive for consistency and price/value improvement while working within company policies. Ensure all terms and conditions are being upheld.
• Maintain a general awareness of developments within the market to provide feedback on customer issues, competitor activities, pricing trends, consolidation activities, and marketing initiatives.
• Maintain accurate and complete account data within the company CRM system relative to: opportunity, forecasts, milestone dates and other information as required by management.
• Provide timely and complete reports and other information as required by management.
• Act in a positive and proactive manner, at all times, while presenting the Corporation, Division, its products and services, and policies.
• Educate and act in a consistent manner within the scope and principles.
• Travel is required. Travel is restricted to defined territory or as required by management. Occasional overnight stays within the territory will be required. Position is home office based.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Desired Bachelor’s degree with an Engineering concentration and
• 3+ years of technical and/or commercial sales experience or combination of the following:
  • 3+ years of Outside industrial sales experience
  • 3+ years of Distribution management or engagement
  • 3+ years of Technical support & application

• Experience and awareness of multiple industrial manufacturing’s markets, advanced applications and target accounts. This can be accumulated through direct or indirect selling to end customers. 1.) The SR-II should also begin to show evidence of solid commercial skills including managing special pricing, negotiations and annual business plan execution. 2.) An SR II should know their customers, products and competition.
• Have the ability to recognize, understand & create value through differentiation between company/products and competitor/products. As well as, present this differentiation in a compelling manner through written, verbal or graphical communication.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop an internal network needed to support and grow their business. In addition the ability to build strong relationships with customers, distributors and KAM’s in order to accomplish their annual sales goals and objectives. This would include being able to efficiently work and effectively communicate with multiple departments and functional groups.
• Excellent verbal, written and digital communication skills essential. A SR-II should also be able to ask good questions and be able to conduct a basic customer needs assessment. They should also begin to demonstrate the ability to communicate to multiple levels within external customers. Meaning the ability to effectively work with the procurement department, engineering team or maintenance staff.
• Solid problem solving abilities should be evident. A SR-II should be able to asses a problem and either solve the problem or know where to go for help in solving the problem. They should be able to provide answers to common problems to distribution inside sales & outside sales, internal customer service, and external customers, etc.).
• Diligence and determination to provide value by meeting the customer needs regardless of internal and external problems or obstructions. Essentially, demonstrating the Can-Do mentality in all they do. The SR-II should also begin to demonstrate leadership in this category, by influencing other people in Can-Do mentality. An individual accepts accountability and realizes excuses are not acceptable.
• The ability to consistently meet deadlines and deliver accurate deliverables (reports, projects, etc.) to management, teams, customers. They should also begin to demonstrate good time management skills by using a physical or digital tool to schedule their objective and agenda 2-4 weeks out.
• Basic knowledge of industrial controls in one or more technical disciplines such as pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical or fluid controls. 1) A SR-II should be able to perform sizing of actuator or valves, as well as, understand pneumatic control schematics & logic. 2) A SR-II should be able to crossover standard catalog part numbers such as actuators, valves & air-prep from a competitor and suggest improvements and options that would create more value for the customer. 3) A SR-II should be able to create and present basic product training or present technical information to a group.
• Basic commercial skills should begin to be apparent in all activities. Besides, experience with customer engagement and selling against competition, prospecting and new sales development should be evident. This can be accumulated through direct selling in person or over the phone or indirect selling through various channels. 1.) An SR II should know their customers, their customers Decision Maker Units (DMU) and their applications. 2.) They should be understand a “Account Development Plan” and know how to act upon it on a basic level.
• Display willingness to learn by giving and receiving feedback and seeking every opportunity to take the business forward. A SR-II takes initiative in all aspect of their professional life by taking ownership of their success through learning news skills, setting & achieving personal goals. They should also be open to ongoing coaching, related to the selling space and markets, the products and navigating the sales cycle.
• Basic Channel Management leadership should be visible in all actions while executing a mutually accepted business plan. This would include consistent joint sales calls at target accounts and prospect accounts, being able to present product solutions, solve application problems or leverage company resources as needed. An SR-II should be able to conduct a Quarterly Business Plan (QBR) regularly as assigned by management. These skills would include more difficult conversations such as low performance, channel conflict resolution and special pricing discussions.

• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook), and comfortable with using a CRM system in your day to day sales activities.

• Fluid Power Certification a plus.