Siemens

Senior Sales Executive - Fire Alarm / Life Safety Service

Siemens$61K — $105K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • 3+ years of sales or account/business development experience in commercial fire alarm/life safety or related industry.
  • Technical or customer-facing experience in the fire alarm/life safety industry also acceptable.
  • Proven ability to estimate and sell complex technical solutions.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite essentials.
  • Must possess valid driver's license and be at least 21 years of age.

Responsibilities

  • Achieve sales goals based on assigned quotas.
  • Develop and maintain a pipeline of sales opportunities and deliver forecasted results.
  • Understand the market and identify new business opportunities for growth.
  • Consult with customers to understand their needs and recommend appropriate solutions.
  • Represent Siemens at industry-specific networking events and professional organizations.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to enhance customer outcomes.
  • Spend a minimum of 50% of time engaging in customer-facing activities.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits available to employees.
  • Access to a variety of professional development resources.
  • Potential for uncapped sales incentive structure beyond base salary.
Full Job Description
Position Location: This role supports our Worthington, OH branch location, which serves customers throughout the greater Columbus, OH area.

The Service Senior Sales Executiveis committed to supporting our Service Agreements business within our commercial Smart Buildings Total Fire Alarm & Life Safety Service team. Our Sales team supports 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 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, ASHRAE, AEE or USGBC 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.
  • 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 with sales, account/business development within the commercial fire alarm/life safety or similar industry selling service agreements; OR 3+ years experience within the fire alarm/life safety industry in a technical or customer-facing role
  • Ability to estimate and sell technical solutions and service offerings effectively and independently
  • 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:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering
  • 5 + Years of Experience in sales, business development, or consulting within the commercial fire alarm, sprinkler, suppression, life safety or similar commercial building/construction industries
  • NICET Fire Alarm Certification

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 $61,547 - $105,509 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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