Siemens

Sales Manager - Fire Alarm / Life Safety Service

Siemens$135K — $231K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor's preferred in Business Administration or Engineering
  • 5+ years of sales experience in the commercial fire alarm/life safety industry
  • Proven experience in coaching and mentoring sales professionals
  • Demonstrated technical proficiency in fire alarm/life safety systems
  • Strong organizational, presentation, and negotiation skills
  • 21 years of age or older with a valid driver's license and eligibility for company vehicle program
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Responsibilities

  • Promote team selling and expand existing relationships across divisions or geographic areas
  • Support the sales process through all phases, providing resource assistance to sales employees
  • Communicate goals and mentor team members in skill development and performance assessments
  • Review bids for accuracy to meet company and customer objectives and assist in margin setting
  • Network with internal and external stakeholders to gather product knowledge and develop sales forecasts
  • Identify market opportunities and develop strategies to improve company impact
  • Drive digitalization strategy and maintain industry trade contacts

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Incentives and rewards for employee performance
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Engagement in a collaborative team environment
Full Job Description
Position Location: This role supports our Plano, TX branch location, which serves customers throughout the greater Dallas, TX area.

The Fire Service Sales Manager is committed to promoting Siemens strong market position for delivering smart building technology for Fire Alarm Service (end-user) to help our customers create outstanding experiences for their customers. Our Sales Managers lead a team responsible for transforming buildings to be digitally connected and controlled and with your strong leadership skills and passion for team building you'll help find and hire top talent, develop employees, and promote long-term retention.

As a Fire Service Sales Manager you will:
  • Promote team selling and expansion of existing relationships across divisions and/or geographic areas.
  • Act as a resource to sales employees regarding our products, applications, and services; support the sales process through all phases, including job turnover and implementation
  • Communicate goals, provide mentoring to develop skills, lead employee performance, and conduct performance appraisals and coach sellers to strategically assess customer needs and identify customer buying priorities
  • Review bids to ensure accuracy to meet company and customer objectives; assist employees in setting margins, identifying resources, and assessing future business and establish executive-level relationships with targeted contractors and customers
  • Network with field organization, headquarters, and other Siemens divisions to gain knowledge of offerings, share knowledge with your team and other employees and develop sales forecasts and provide input to sales targets
  • Assist the sales team in identifying market opportunities; develop strategies to improve impact to the company. Participate in development of long-range sales planning and growth strategies
  • Articulate and drive our digitalization strategy, remote services, and big data analytics and maintain trade contacts and participate in industry association functions
  • Travel overnight 10% on average for training and business development

You will make an impact with these qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
  • High School Diploma or state-recognized GED
  • 5+ years of sales experience within the commercial fire alarm/life safety industry
  • Experience coaching and/or mentoring other sales professionals
  • Must be able to demonstrate:
    • Technical proficiency in commercial Fire Alarm/Fire Life Safety industry
    • The ability to interpret job specifications and drawings to coach sellers in developing winning strategies
    • Working knowledge and understanding of contracting business with tier of contractors
    • Organizational, presentation, and negotiation skills
  • 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:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Engineering
  • Management experience in the construction industry
  • Proficiency with Salesforce CRM
  • NICET Level II (or higher) Certification in Fire

Ready to create your own journey? Join us today!

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 $135,303 - $231,948 annually with a target incentive of 25% of the base salary. 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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