UL

Senior Sales Executive - Energy

UL$100K — $186K *
Brea, CA 92821In-Person
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University Degree in a related discipline preferred
  • 6+ years of relevant experience or proven competency
  • Extensive knowledge of company policies and sales processes
  • Ability to present technical information to senior management and clients
  • Willingness to travel significantly and work outside of the office

Responsibilities

  • Plan and maintain sales strategy for account management
  • Promote and sell UL products and services to customers
  • Use technical knowledge to foster relationships with buyers
  • Drive sales process from start to finish with minimal guidance
  • Proactively manage customer relationships to ensure service renewals
  • Identify and develop opportunities for specialty products/services
  • Engage in discovery and pipeline management for new customer acquisitions

Benefits

  • Health benefits including medical, dental, and vision
  • Wellness benefits for mental and financial health
  • 401K retirement savings plan
  • 15 days of paid vacation
  • 12 holidays plus floating holidays
  • 72 hours of sick leave
Full Job Description
Job Description

  • Plans sales strategy and maintains ongoing plan to prioritize portfolio of accounts and maintain relationships throughout the year.
  • Interfaces with customers to promote and sell UL products and services.
  • Uses technical credibility to build relationships with buyers and centers of influence.
  • Under minimal guidance, drives sales process from beginning to end, leveraging support from Sales Support Specialists and Inside Sales Executives when necessary.
  • Proactively manages customer to ensure renewal of services where applicable.
  • Continuously explore and develop opportunities to sell specialty product / services.
  • Establishes strong connects with new logo prospects from inbound and outbound channels to qualify their needs, understand decision-makers, and land new customers.
  • Proactively engages in discovery, opportunity identification, proposals, and closing for sales of core UL products and services.
  • Leverages technical support (engineers) when customer has a qualified need.
  • Creates pipeline of new logo prospects to supplement existing account activities, owns new logo process through close of sale.
  • Brings in additional resources when advantageous to support sales process, and delegates leadership of the sale to Technical Inside Sales Executives for highly technical or specialized products / services.
  • Transitions implementation to success / fulfillment teams after sales have been closed to ensure seamless service delivery.
  • Where applicable, supports development of GAM and SAM multi-year account plans in TIC by providing insight on area of specialization (specific product/ service).
  • Actions on opportunities to sell specialty product / services.
  • Works with the remaining account managers on discovery and opportunity identification for assigned specialty products / services.
  • Works under minimal guidance of account managers (GAMs, SAMs) to seamlessly work with customers throughout the sales cycle.
  • Provides expert input to SAM and GAM during account planning process on potential growth opportunities within assigned solution area.


Qualifications

  • University Degree in a related discipline preferred
  • 6+ years of related discipline experience or demonstrated competency
  • Extensive knowledge of company policies and sales processes.
  • Requires the ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific projects or schedules to senior level management and customers.
  • Significant business travel and work outside of the office is required.

What you'll experience working for ULS

UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we're still leading the way. From day one, we've blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.

That's where you come in - because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.

This is more than a job. It's a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today - and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you'll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.

Everyone here is unique. But we're also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.

Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future - one where everyone benefits.

Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com

What we offer:

Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated annual compensation for this position is $155,000. - 186,000. which includes a base salary of $100,000. - $120,000. and 100% on target performance. Members of the sales function are eligible to participate in the UL Solutions Sales Incentive Plan. The annual target incentive for this position is 55% of the base salary, paid quarterly, and is contingent upon performance. Compensation is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors.

This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).

The application deadline for this position is 4/29/2026

About UL

UL is a global safety certification company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. It was founded in 1894 and has been providing safety testing, inspection, and certification services for over 125 years. UL operates in over 100 countries and has more than 14,000 employees worldwide. The company's mission is to promote safe living and working environments by advancing safety science. UL's services cover a wide range of industries, including consumer products, industrial equipment, building materials, and more.
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14,700 employees
Industry
Founded
1900

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