About Breaux Petroleum Products:

Breaux Petroleum Products is an established fuel and lubricants distributor for the energy, marine, industrial, agriculture, and transport industries across the Gulf Coast. A provider of Shell and CITGO products, the company also offers a suite of value-added services to complement its product portfolio including lubrication technician services, oil filtration & dehydration, varnish mitigation, oil analysis, and high-velocity oil flushing. Founded in 1922, Breaux Petroleum remains a family-owned and operated company currently under its 4th and 5th generation of leadership.

Job Summary

Our company is seeking an experienced sales hunter to join our team and develop new business opportunities in the River Parishes / New Orleans Metro region. A self-starter who is passionate about selling, developing new relationships, and enjoys working with a team would be a great fit for this role.

The core responsibilities and duties associated with this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market and maintain relationship with existing customers.
• Follow-up on cold and warm leads to further the sales process.
• Maintain business activity and pipeline information within CRM.
• Obtain proper knowledge of the company products through certifications and/or available training offered by the company.
• Collaborate with upper management and the service team to prepare proposals.
• Participate in weekly meetings to determine, follow up, and track goals.
• Learn, understand, and advise solutions for your customer’s business issues.
• Work with supplier partners and other technical resources to solve customer issues and identify solutions.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Prospecting and cold calling
• Meeting preparation and presentations
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Teams, Excel, and Word
• Professional demeanor 
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and duties simultaneously.
• Extremely self-motivated when managing communication channels.
• Process-focused, proactively seeks out new methods and improvements.
• Excellent business acumen
• Self-starter

Preferred but not required:

• Experience working with machinery and rotating equipment.
• Petrochemical, marine, and industrial market sector experience
• Established network within assigned territory (River Parishes / New Orleans)
• Experience in the fuel and lubricants industry

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• 5 years of experience in sales or lubrication and industrial services

Benefits:

• Monthly Gas Allowance
• PTO (Personal Time Off)
• 8 Paid Holidays (birthday becomes a paid holiday after 1 year)
• Competitive Pay
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
• Telehealth
• Pet Health
• Short & Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance paid by the company.
• 401k Plan
• Annual Company Events
• Annual Allowance for Company Apparel

 Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, sit, talk, and hear. The employee may be required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch.

The employee occasionally may lift and/or move up to twenty pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Selection Guidelines

Formal application, rating of education and experience; oral interview and reference check may be required.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the several types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

 Equal Opportunity Employer.