Sales Manager; ES25075

Job # ES25075

Job Title:

Sales Manager

Office

Location:

Houston, TX (preferred)

Business Function / Department:
Industrial Systems/Port Solutions

Develop and implement commercial and technical strategies for current and potential clients in the port solutions industry segment on a rolling 18-month cycle to deliver orders budget.

• Identify, establish contact, and develop relationships with a network of purchase influencers within current and potential client organizations to position the Company to bid for their new opportunities.
• Identify technical client needs and engage internal resources to ensure integration of commercial offerings with client expectations.
• Develop and implement sales and business plans and strategies at strategic accounts.
• Create and lead the tactical plan for pursuing projects at approved accounts.
• Build industry and client awareness of the Company’s products and services via presentations at conferences, trade shows and at client meetings.
• Develop and communicate opportunity forecasts and sales plans to Business Unit and Company management.
• Provide guidance in the preparation, review, and final commercial proposal generation to client.
• Prepare and deliver presentations at technical conferences and meetings with clients, at client sites, as assigned.
• Utilize successful order closing strategies to secure orders.
• Effectively position the Company’s products and services as the solution to client needs.
• Assess and report opportunity risks, as appropriate to the opportunity.
• Provide pre-sales technical assistance to clients and partners, such as reviewing written proposals and specifications, and conducting product and service presentations.
• Identify, resolve, and communicate resolution on customer issues, escalating unresolved issues to immediate manager.
• Produce and maintain records of opportunities, proposals, contracts, projects, and business activities per corporate guidelines.
• Provide timely updates on sales activity, performance, integration of corporate business project processes, market trends, project status, and client relationship issues to business unit and Company management.
• Identify opportunities and provide recommendations to business unit for improvements in sales management processes.
• Identify and recommend new and/or enhanced products or service feature needs by soliciting feedback from clients, monitoring industry trends, and tracking the competitive environment to drive business growth.
• Feed product and service concerns to appropriate management for continuous improvement.
• Review sales literature for technical accuracy.
• Provide technical guidance in the preparation, review, and final commercial proposal generation to clients.
• Track competitor’s offerings, assess client situations, and propose competitive options applicable to the client’s individual needs.
• Lead contract negotiations as assigned.
• Travel to client locations, both locally and regionally, in support of sales opportunities.

• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager.
• Give manager best advice.
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified.
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager.
• Exemplify Company Core Values:
  Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment.
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws.
• Recommend viable improvements proactively.
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent via education and/or work experience.
• 5 years’ technical sales, technical customer service, or application engineering experience in a commercial environment.
• 2 years’ experience in technical sales, technical client service, project support, or application engineering experience in a commercial environment.
• Demonstrated experience in business-to-business sales in port solutions.
• Demonstrated experience supporting clients in the port industry.
• Demonstrated experience with industry procurement processes.
• Demonstrated experience with client specifications…