Location Dallas, TX

**District Sales Manager Texas/Oklahoma territory**

**$80K base plus bonus**

Our manufacturing is seeking a District Sales Manager for the Texas and Oklahoma areas. We are seeking a high energy, persuasive, polished, sales professional to grow the Texas and Oklahoma areas. The territory will include Texas and Oklahoma. You will be supported by an organization that is known as an industry leader in the mobile electrification market, that not only manufactures high quality products in the conductor bar, festoon, commutator, industrial cable, cord and hose reel lines, but provides "service after the sale" that drives our niche in the market.

**Requirements:**

* BS or BA in engineering, sales, marketing, or business

* Have experience selling to industrial markets, end users, distributors, or OEMs

* Understanding of electrification products, material handling equipment, intralogistics, industrial sales or machinery and equipment sales

* Industrial automation sales experience is desired. PLC product-related experience will also help with selling solutions. Mechatronic, robotics, experience is desirable for new data orientated products

* Possess excellent communication and project management skills

* Solid record in outside sales

* Know how to get it done through the factory

* Travel expectations are 60%

* The ideal home office location for candidates will be a North Texas homebase, but could be located anywhere in Oklahoma or Texas.

**Key Responsibilities:**

* Assists with the development and execution of the sales plan.

* Recommends new product development requirements/ideas as well as potential enhancements to existing product lines.

* Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from newspapers, business directories, industry ads, trade shows, Internet Web sites, and other sources.

* Travels throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders.

* Follows up on quotes to customers and provides inside sales feedback on all sales activities.

* Quotes prices and lead times to customers.

* Documents all pertinent customer activity in the Company database.

* Prepares annual sales budget and forecast for assigned territory.

* Supports Market Managers with market insights/surveys as requested.

* Solicits support from the corporate office for sales presentations to potential new customers.

* Provide quarterly feedback on sales activity in the territory:

* Prepares reports of business transactions and keeps expense accounts.

* Works with the inside sales team to keep account activities and literature up to date.

* Attends trade shows.

* Performs any other duties as assigned by the Director of Sales and National Sales Manager.