What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Development - Cooling Tower position at BIC Recruiting?
COMPANY OVERVIEW: Our client is a manufacturer of and supplycomponents for companies and contractors worldwide including Construction, Parts, Service, Repair.
POSITION TITLE: Business Development - Cooling Towers
COMPENSATION: Competitive base salary DOE bonus
BENEFITS: Standard package
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
SUMMARY: The primary purpose of this position is to manage accounts and drive results in the given territory.
Duties Or Responsibilities
POSITION TITLE: Business Development - Cooling Towers
COMPENSATION: Competitive base salary DOE bonus
BENEFITS: Standard package
LOCATION: Houston, Texas
SUMMARY: The primary purpose of this position is to manage accounts and drive results in the given territory.
Duties Or Responsibilities
- Responsible for assigned region and accounts in the Southeast US.
- Actively pursue and secure key/strategic accounts
- Establish relationships to move vertically and horizontally within an account
- Develop capture plans for individual projects and accounts understanding customer needs and pain points, decision makers and buying process
- Capable of working at the plant level with customer equipment owner and subject matter experts
- Perform inspections, write reports, and prepare proposals
- Develop and cultivate customer relationships by meeting with customers, conducting presentations, and discussing existing projects
- Value by promoting value propositions
- Contact and meet with customers to discuss all aspects of opportunities and proposals while closing opportunities
- Conduct Executive Level Communication among both the customers
- Develop competitive analyses and strategic positioning plans for each account working with leadership and management
- Work in a cross-functional manner with various teams to maximize sales in the given accounts
- Understand competitive intensity of opportunities to best enable success
- Serve as product expert being able to solve routine product/systems issues
- Develop and clearly articulate account growth plans by product
- Meet territory sales and standard margin goals for various product solutions
- Solicit and analyze customer feedback for product performance and value
- Provide expert product knowledge across all product lines
- Build cross-functional relationships externally and internally to support accounts
- Bachelor’s degree preferred (not required)
- 5-10 years’ experience in sales
- Knowledge of chemical/refining/industrial applications/cooling towers is preferred
- Aftermarket or distributor sales (representative management) experience is preferred
- Strong negotiation skills
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