Lead Sales Specialist

Lead Sales Specialist

Are you a professional Technical Sales Leader? Are you a Sales lead motivated by deriving customer solutions and closing deals?

Baker Hughes’ high-performance Lufkin Gears and Allen Gears offer custom solutions and services to solve the most complex power transmission challenges. Our gearboxes transmit power from engines, servos, motors, turbines and compressors in mechanical drive, turbo, industrial and marine propulsion applications around the world. Our products and services are known for dependability and high performance, boosting uptime, improving reliability and driving down maintenance costs.

The Lead Sales Specialist plays a key role in driving regional growth by leading complex technical sales pursuits from start to finish. This position is responsible for preparing high‑quality proposals and bids, negotiating contracts, and ensuring full compliance with commercial commitments and risk guidelines. Leveraging deep technical and commercial expertise, the Lead Sales Specialist partners closely with customers and internal teams to shape competitive solutions, secure high‑value orders and build long‑term strategic relationships across the region.

• Leads and executes the regional growth strategy, expanding market share, strengthening customer relationships and consistently delivering high‑value orders.
• Owns the entire technical sales cycle, driving opportunities from inquiry through qualification, technical assessment, proposal development, negotiation and final order.
• Assesses complex customer requirements and translates them into well‑defined, technically sound solutions that position the business competitively.
• Develops and presents strategic, tailored proposals that demonstrate clear value, technical depth and strong understanding of customer priorities.
• Partners closely with engineering, commercial operations and leadership to shape winning deal strategies, manage risk and accelerate approvals for key opportunities.
• Negotiates terms and conditions with authority, balancing customer expectations with commercial frameworks and long‑term business objectives.
• Guides customers through detailed evaluations, providing seasoned insight, clarifying technical considerations and supporting informed decision‑making.
• Builds and grows trusted relationships with key accounts, earning long‑term engagement by consistently delivering expertise, reliability and measurable results.
• Drives territory‑specific engagement strategies, applying market intelligence and competitive awareness to target the right opportunities at the right time.
• Collaborates effectively with technical sales support to ensure accurate, timely proposals and seamless execution of customer requirements.
• Leads the development of significant, high‑value orders within a competitive medium‑sized territory, consistently operating with urgency, discipline and strong business acumen.
• Manages a complex pipeline with precision, maintaining clear visibility into forecasts, opportunity health and regional performance drivers.

• Solid technical acumen with experience in industrial or power transmission solutions considered a strong advantage.
• Proven ability to combine technical understanding with commercial instincts to create value and win business.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day to fit everything in and work when you are most productive.

• Contemporary work‑life balance policies and wellbeing activities.
• Comprehensive private medical care options.
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs.
• Tailored financial programs.
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits.

The annual pay scale for this position is between $91,910.00 – $.

Candidates for this role (office‑based/hybrid/remote) must be located in or near the locations displayed above. The pay range posted represents Baker Hughes' good‑faith estimate of the minimum and maximum for this position at the time of posting and applies to the possible locations for this position. Baker Hughes will issue a non‑bias competitive offer; the salary range reflects…