Territory Sales Manager - Precision Cutting Tools
Territory - Oregon
The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background and in-depth working knowledge of machining. Responsibilities will include field technical support of our end-user customers, field technical support for our distribution partners, and sales. Ultimately, the Territory Manager will be responsible for the level and quality of sales in the territory.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and manage customer relationships with assigned territory
- Increase sales and profit margin with assigned territory
- Responsible to develop and implement sales strategies for the assigned territory
- Keeping CRM update for assigned accounts along with ensuring data is current and accurate.
- Review lost opportunities to provide feedback to manage pricing, product, service/support and sales strategy.
- Responsible for setting sales goals, including new business targets and objectives for the assigned territory and report on progress.
- Develop and implementation of respective sales plans
- Responsible for coordinating internal resources (i.e. - Product Managers) as required to support territory. If the account is being supported by a distributor, responsible for working with distributor to coordinate support products and solutions.
- Effectively communicate market trends and product competitiveness to management and new business
- New business opportunities should also be communicated to the Product Managers for review as required.
- Submit a monthly report to consist of target account updates, quotation feedback, and distributor updates and training.
- Provide Regional Manager with other status changes, as well as forecast feedback at major accounts.
Skills and Attributes:
- Highly motivated
- Technical capability to understand and recommend solutions for milling and tapping applications.
- Ability to develop value proposition for Heritage Cutters products/ solutions.
- Ability to develop and foster customer relationships.
- Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to develop cross-functional relationships.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including writing business correspondence, reports and presentation skills.
- Ability to develop and implement strategic sales plans.
- Demonstrate ability to grow sales in a designated territory.
- Customer empathy/ customer advocate mentality
- Strong project management skills
- Demonstrated ability to identify, develop and close prospect accounts.
- Willingness to travel
- Ability to use the Internet, Project Management software, spreadsheets and word processing software.
- Ability to work independently to set daily priorities and workload.
Experience and Education
- 2+ years of machining experience on both manual and CNC machines is required.
- 2+ years of sales experience is preferred.
- An engineering degree or a certificate program from a machining trade school is preferred.
We offer an excellent benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) including both base and Company matching contributions, paid holidays/vacation, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance and life insurance.
