Job Title: Territory Manager, Application and Sales

Location: Kansas City Area

Compensation: $90000 to $120000 (DOE) plus commission

Travel: up to 50%

Responsibilities

Responsible for regional and individual territory revenue growth targets.
- Serve as the primary customer contact including technical issues, correspondence, periodic updates, ensure customer satisfaction, and coordinate with staff as appropriate.
- Identify opportunities to expand projects in ways that bring value to our customers.
- Ensure that delivered products and services achieve highest quality and performance levels.
- Interact with all key stakeholders, including customers, consultants, engineers, contractors and internal staff.
- Provide technical support to customers, identifying and resolving customer challenges.
- Participate in training, as well as regional and annual sales meetings.
- Represent the company at trade shows.

Qualifications

Technical Requirements

- Experience in water and wastewater treatment plant design, construction and operation.
- Understands membrane fundamentals and how membrane processes work.
- Familiar with identifying flow paths through a system.
- General understanding of membrane pretreatment processes.
- General knowledge of membrane fouling and scaling.
- Clean-in-place (CIP) knowledge.
- System process knowledge to identify potential chemical opportunities.
- Basic troubleshooting skills.

Education & Experience

- Bachelor's degree desired in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial), or Life Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, etc.) but not required.
- Minimum 5 years of water treatment operations or sales experience working in a lead capacity in an engineering setting, equipment supplier or membrane plant operations.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and CRM systems.
- Ability and willingness to travel, as required. Must live close to a major airport.
- Possess a valid work authorization for permanent employment in the US.
- Ability to effectively communicate in written and verbal form to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Self-starter, autonomous and highly motivated.
- Ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Independent, motivated, self-starter. Takes ownership and accountability.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to perform and produce results while maintaining positive relationships.
- This position is subject to logistics and/or chemical handling training, including those regulated by Federal, State, and City agencies which may include: the Department of Transportation (D.O.T), IATA, and IMO, and specific to Class 8 Corrosive products. Kurita will provide the required training via qualified third-party entities.