Product Sales Specialist
New Today
Summary
In this role you combine technical knowledge with sales skill to profitably grow revenue for the company and maximize market share. This position requires someone that has a strong mechanical acumen, is assertive, personable, and solutions-oriented. In this position, you will identify new sales opportunities and manage a book of assigned business, develop sales proposals, estimates, specifications, and presentations.
Essential Functions
Strategically identify opportunities to grow sales profitably with new and existing customers within an assigned territory. Develop and execute account plans for existing and potential target accounts.
Partner with the customer to understand their business and serve as a trusted advisor who understands their needs.
Develop and deliver product demonstrations and sales presentations that explain why a customer should consider a change, why it makes sense now and then why you and LiftOne are in the unique position to deliver the solutions that will benefit the customer.
Think critically and suggest improvements that lead to risk mitigation, cost savings, profitable revenue growth or other customer goal achievement.
Provide clear and accurate responses for RFPs and contribute technical solutions directly to proposals.
Identify customer business opportunities by analyzing cost-benefit ratios of equipment in customer environment; engineering or proposing changes in equipment, processes, or services.
Develop and calculate finance solutions for varied customer needs or demands.
Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualifying individuals to perform the essential functions.
What We Are Looking For In You
Customer Empathy - Develop “loyal” and not just “satisfied” customers – Demonstrate understanding and expertise about our customers through business partnership, integrity, commitment and responsiveness.
Be a Team Player - Be an “enterprise thinker” when discussing solutions with customers. Predisposition towards prospecting and team selling - passing leads, intentionally helping teammates, including cross-functional and departmental networking.
Have a Sense of Urgency – Bias towards action, prioritizing customer needs and service while also achieving constant, forward movement in the sales process.
Be a Critical Thinker - Leverage our entire product, services and technology portfolio to provide solutions to customers’ problems and create growth accelerators for customers’ businesses.
Have Intellectual Curiosity - Push yourself on hard and soft skills training and development, continuously. Develop and deliver technically competent, customer facing product walk-arounds, product demonstrations and sales presentations that align with customer goals, challenges and growth objectives.
Display Competitiveness and Resilience – Demonstrated persistence and ability to handle rejection. Fanatical about understanding and executing the sales process. Proof that you create your own economy. Explain how failed sales attempts are not failures but investments in the process. Hold yourself accountable, possessing leadership, motivation and purpose.
Education and/or Experience
Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical focus (Engineering, Sciences, Construction, Business Management) or extensive related experience in a technical discipline highly preferred
Previous sales experience within the industrial/technical sector with a documentable track record of successes and accomplishments.
Skills and Abilities
Strong project management and problem-solving skills
Strong presentation, written, and oral communication skills.
Ability to “think outside the box” to offer new ideas, concepts, solutions etc.
A desire to build your career. We see this role as a feeder for our future business leaders and you should share that desire.
Computer and Technical Skills
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
Experience working with or similar CRM
A high aptitude for mechanical process and equipment required
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Driving is an essential function of this position and a current valid driver’s license must be maintained at all times.
Language Skills
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Workplace Requirements
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, pull and /or otherwise move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Location:
- Decatur