Account Manager

Description

CLIENT has future and immediate hiring needs for experienced Account Managers/District Representatives in Bakersfield, CA to support our Pacific Sales team in Chemical Technologies. This is your opportunity to join a large growing company offering a competitive base salary, bonus structure and benefits.

What You Will Do

• Work closely with current and new customers to understand business needs and recommend continuous improvement and innovation
• plans that will maintain and grow sales within assigned territory
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders in current and new customers, including plant or facility executives. Leverage
• external network to pursue business opportunities within assigned territory
• Generate and execute sales plans in assigned customer base and new customer accounts to meet defined territory profit increase goals
• Engage in problem solving by performing system analysis, interpreting data and providing written recommendations to ensure customer
• operations are performing at optimal levels
• Actively sell and support CLIENT innovations and technology in assigned customers to promote long-term business relationships with CLIENT
• Begin to develop awareness of account profitability and overall health of account
• Plan and lead customer trainings, events, seminars
• Exhibit technical proficiency in a specified job area according to business group
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• 4 years of successful technical sales or field sales support experience, preferably onshore and offshore experience
• Must have a valid Driver’s License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
• Immigration sponsorship not offered for this role
• Physical Demands:
• May be required to Lift/Push/Pull/Carry up to 55 pounds chest high.
• Role is deemed safety-sensitive and may be subject to employer or customer drug testing.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial), or Life Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, etc.)
• 5 years of successful technical sales or field sales support experience in an offshore role
• Experience in oil and gas industry, preferably in deepwater production chemicals
• High computer application literacy (including Microsoft Office Suite, and ability to learn internal business systems)
• Prior experience that required excellent communication and organizational skills
• Prior experience that demonstrates strong ethics, effective time management, ability to multitask, adaptability, autonomy, and self motivation
• Good negotiation and problem resolution skills
  
  

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.