Job Description
If you are a tenacious, results-oriented individual who excels in selling high-value products to engineers and the C-suite, and if you are ready to take on the challenge of a hunter sales role with a strong problem-solving focus, we want to hear from you!
- Responsibility to proactively seek and develop new business within assigned territory.
- Actively calling on existing customers to foster growth and opportunity.
- Identify and target potential clients within the assigned territory with a focus on engineers and C-suite executives through research, cold calls, networking, and other creative methods to uncover new sales opportunities.
- Developing a thorough understanding of customers’ business goals and objectives, operating systems and manufacturing processes.
- Develop and execute strategies to generate a consistent pipeline of qualified leads and opportunities, emphasizing our ability to solve complex problems with high-value products.
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with decision-makers: making initial contact, introducing NEFF’s product lines, and developing a rapport to identify customer needs.
- Developing and maintaining a Customer Contact and Activity Database for assigned accounts.
- Monitoring Sales Activity Reports, projecting annual sales goals, preparing territorial sales forecasts and verifying that sales activity supports the forecast and projected sales.
- Reviewing customer activities at least quarterly with Team Leader or Sales Manager and strategizing ways to maximize sales volumes or grow territory.
- Factory automation experience required.
- Technical sales experience highly desired with a proven track record of successful sales experience as a hunter sales role with a focus on selling to engineers and the C-suite.
- Ability to aggressively prospect new business through cold calls and leads.
- Strong customer focus with the ability to initiate, develop, and maintain relationships.
- Ability to influence others based on facts, return of investment, problem solving, and a strong closing capability.
- Proven experience in selling to potential customers, not only on features and benefits, but by connecting the specific needs, challenges, and goals of the customer to a tailored solution to meet their desired outcome.
- Provide regular reports and updates on sales activities, pipeline progress, and achievements to the sales management team.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Self-motivated, goal-oriented, and driven to exceed sales targets.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- A relevant bachelor’s degree in engineering, industrial technology, with robotics and/or sales engineering required.
- In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, a relevant associate degree in a related technical field with strong, demonstrated mechanical/technical aptitude and 3-5 years of Technical Sales experience.
- Competitive base salary with incentive opportunities
- Vehicle & Cell phone allowances
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Health, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Retirement Savings Plan
- And more!