Siemens

Fire Alarm & Life Safety Service & Solutions Senior Sales Executive

Siemens$73K — $126K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering preferred.
  • 3+ years of sales, business development, or consulting experience in commercial fire alarm/life safety or similar industry.
  • Proven financial expertise in estimating and selling technical solutions.
  • Strong organizational, presentation, and negotiation skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite; familiarity with Salesforce CRM is a plus.
  • Valid driver's license required; must meet vehicle program eligibility.
  • Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

  • Achieve booking and profit goals based on assigned quota.
  • Develop and manage a qualified funnel of sales opportunities.
  • Understand marketplace dynamics, competitor offerings, and customer influencers.
  • Create a strategic account management plan focusing on growth in new markets.
  • Consult with customers to recommend fire/life safety services that meet their needs.
  • Attend networking events to build industry connections and represent Siemens.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to ensure positive customer outcomes.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Access to ongoing professional development and training.
  • Opportunity for uncapped sales incentives.
  • Hybrid work model combining remote and in-office work.
  • Supportive work environment emphasizing teamwork and collaboration.
Full Job Description
Position Location: This role is hybrid remote/in-office and supports our Bellevue, WA branch location, which serves customers throughout the greater Seattle, WA area.

The Service & Solutions Senior Sales Executive is committed to supporting our Solutions (New Construction) business and Service Agreements business within our commercial Smart Buildings Total Fire Alarm & Life Safety Service team. In this role, you will achieve booking and profit goals by developing and implementing plans to grow, develop, and manage contractor, consultant, authority having jurisdiction, developer, and end-user relationships; capitalize on sales opportunities within the territory; and effectively execute sophisticated deals independently within our established guidelines. You will also support our Operations team whose focus is to perform fire/life safety service and maintenance in large commercial buildings such as hospitals, universities, and industrial facilities. Our Sales Executives are ambassadors of quality Siemens technology, products and services, and your expertise and regular interaction with the customers will help them optimize and facilitate a safe, emergency-ready workplace.

As a Service & Solutions Senior Sales Executive, you will:
  • Achieve new order/booking and profit goals based on your assigned quota.
  • Develop and maintain a qualified funnel of opportunities including forecasting expected order intake. Deliver on forecasted results consistently.
  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the marketplace, competitor offerings, customers, and decision influencers across the region, segments, and verticals within the region. Keep current on automation, electrical, fire, mechanical, and IoT market business and product trends.
  • Develop a vertical market and account management plan that focuses on strategic growth. Identify new business opportunities to grow in new markets or adjacent segments and develop "go to market" strategies to drive business to the end user customer and the standard construction channel.
  • Act as a consultant to multiple levels of the customer's organization by understanding their challenges and recommending services to ensure their building systems perform as required to achieve business goals.
  • Attend industry-specific networking events; actively participate in professional organizations such as NFPA, NFSA, ASHE, NBFAA, AFAA, IFMA, SAME, 7x24, etc. to build a network of contacts and to represent Siemens in the market.
  • Consult with the customer and determine budgeting and investment requirements.
  • Position Siemens as an industry leader among service providers, leveraging Siemens world-class digital service delivery as a key differentiator.
  • Collaborate with operations and internal teams to deliver excellent customer outcomes.
  • Work with your internal sales support to enable you to spend more time with your customers.
  • Collaborate with sales estimators to prepare cost estimates and customer bid packages.
  • Partner with other sales business teams to plan, target, and acquire new projects and accounts.
  • Set pricing based on identified value of the services offered to the customer.
  • Work with operations, finance, legal and other inside and outside resources to obtain the sale.
  • Actively participate in sales department meetings, workshops, and seminars to stay knowledgeable on current market, business, and product trends.
  • Expected to spend minimum 50% of time in customer facing activities, performed in person and on customer site.
  • Work with existing customer base supporting their needs as well as act as a hunter to bring in new customers to the business.
  • Have developed organizational, presentation, and negotiation skills
  • Travel overnight ~10% for training and business development as required based on your assigned territory.

You will make an impact with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
  • High School Diploma or state-recognized GED
  • 3+ years of experience in end-to-end sales, business development, or consulting within the commercial fire alarm/life safety or similar industry
  • Must be able to demonstrate:
    • Financial expertise estimating and selling technical solutions and service product lines effectively and independently and account development and strategic sales skills
    • Organizational, presentation, and negotiation skills
    • Verbal and written communication skills in English
    • Experience with Microsoft Office suite
  • Must be 21 years of age and possess a valid driver's license with limited violations; must meet eligibility requirements to participate in Siemens' fleet vehicle program
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:
  • NICET Level I or II Fire Alarm Certification or must complete certification testing within 2 years.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering
  • Experience selling to electrical and general contractors and performing fire alarm design services with electrical/fire protection engineers
  • Proficiency with Salesforce CRM

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You'll Benefit From

Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html

The pay range for this position is $73,756 - $126,439 annually plus an uncapped sales incentive structure. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release.
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