Sales Engineer

Recruiter:

Laura Miranda Escobedo

Hiring Manager:

Alton R Smith

Department:

Sales - SC Houston

​​​​​​​Location:

Home Office

Working at Ruhrpumpen means being part of a team that values innovation, dynamism, and creativity. Continue developing your career with us and watch your potential grow.

Job Responsibilities

Job Summary

Provides sales & customer support coverage, management and strategic focus for the North American End-user Sales of Ruhrpumpen in a defined territory and/or account lists. End-user Sales is responsible for increasing sales, market share and profits for all Ruhrpumpen product lines, as well as Non-OEM products, as defined in sales strategies; with a focus on repairs & retrofits of all brands of pumping equipment (OEM or Non-OEM), mechanical optimization, parts, and new pumps sales, across all market segments.

Responsibilities and Duties

· Grow business in all market segments by calling on assigned customers on a regular basis.

·Maintain active communication and relationships with respective in-house personnel

· Develop and maintain active relationships with buying influences and develop new relationships to maintain and grow customer / territory interactions

· Identify and develop new customers and new sales potentials

· Responsible for territory/customer forecast, budgets, and cost control via company approved systems, methods, and policies.

· Represent all Ruhrpumpen products including Non OEM products as defined in sales strategies

· Partner with customers to understand project specifications and scope requirements to insure proposals are generated to meet requirements

· Recommend changes to Key Account sales strategies / tactics as they are periodically evaluated for effectiveness.

· Negotiate orders, including all technical, commercial, and legal details to mutual satisfaction of all parties

· Provide new pump opportunities to OE Inside Sales Group for quoting and specifications.

· Travel to customer locations to ensure close and regular face to face contact.

·Entertain customers during and outside normal business hours on regular bases.

· Complete monthly activity reports and forecasts including industry / market / account competitive analysis to support management strategy

Qualifications and Skills

· Open to travel

· Ability to communicate ideas, concepts, solutions, customer pay-back at all levels of the customer’s at a high professional level. Ability to manage a sales territory, develop and execute individual business plans.

· Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering or Similar

· 5+years Pump Industry Experience

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