Every day, ANDRITZ continues to deliver successful innovative solutions to our
customers globally. Why are we so successful? Because we are passionate and love
what we do! We are at the forefront of future engineering technologies, with
solutions that ensure the success of our clients in key industries that are
shaping the future of the world we live in.
The Role
Under the direction of Vice President of Sales and Marketing , the Regional
Sales Manager is responsible for the company achieving its growth goals in its
assigned region. The Regional Sales Manager acts as the key contact for all
assigned customers in the region and is responsible for all regional business
development, inquiry solicitation, and new order acquisition. The Regional Sales
Manager also collaborates with the sales and product teams on price
negotiations, tracking of inquiries to orders, and supervising after-sales
service including product/service claim resolution. The Regional Sales Manager
will develop and maintain an expert understanding of Andritz products, customer
needs, and advanced sales skills to allow the individual to make thorough and
informed recommendations to the customer on Andritz products. Also, the
individual will provide guidance to the management team on growth opportunities
in their assigned region.
Requirements
Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Key Result Items
* Achieve and exceed plan sales numbers for assigned product groups
* Maintain and grow existing top line sales with key accounts in the region
* Perform direct selling by engaging with account decision makers
* Generate new business opportunities by utilizing consultative selling
techniques and skills to engage customers
* Differentiate the Andritz product portfolio by promoting its unique focus on
advanced technologies and application engineering.
* Achieve objectives defined in sales and marketing plans
* Grow the business top line; expand market share
* Measure and report customer satisfaction
* Negotiate pricing, delivery conditions, and execution of sales contracts
* Work with other members of the Sales and Product Teams to create, develop,
and maintain relationships with key accounts
* Work with the VP Sales and Marketing to develop segment-based marketing
strategies & sales programs
* Follow market developments, research market trends and maintain knowledge of
industry developments throughout the market geography from both a customer
and technology basis
* Collaborate with other Regional Sales Managers in information exchange, and
education; contributing to the effective coordination of sales and best
practices between and within business units
* Provide management with reports pertaining to ongoing quotations, order
entry, and sales development for the assigned region
Technology
* Strong data and information organizational skills.
* Above average Microsoft Office skills and ability to grasp company IT system
quickly. Use IT tools to support sales efforts and outside sales
representatives.
* Experience working within a CRM system and trip reporting.
Knowledge
* Experience working remotely and covering a regional sales territory
* Goal oriented person who approaches sales tasks with intensity and
aggressively pursues short term goals. Able to connect to tasks that
ultimately lead to the main goal of securing purchase orders from customers.
* Able to employ empathy in the sales process to get potent feedback from the
customer and use acquired feedback to advance sales efforts.
* Excellent memory and easy mastery of detailed information across many
customers and products
* Experience with consultative selling and/or Dale Carnegie style training.
* Able to read engineering drawings and technical specifications.
* Good sales communication skills both written and oral. Quickly recognizes the
required elements of an elevator speech and can effectively deliver them.
* Recognizes the importance of balancing the achievement of sales volume
targets and maintenance of acceptable profit margins.
* Able to build strong interpersonal relationships alongside technical sales
support.
#1AndritzWay Core Behaviors
* Customer Focus
* Ownership for Performance
* Shared Commitment
* Openness
Job Specific Competencies
* Ability to travel up to 80% of the time in the assigned region.
Education and Experience
* Experience working within or supplying products to the metals industry
preferably in a outside sales, inside sales or customer service role.
* Knowledge and understanding of the metals manufacturing process
* Experience with the “complex” sale of industrial engineered products
(involvement of multiple customer departments)
* Experience working in a manufacturing environment
* Experience selling spare parts, maintenance services, equipment rebuilds and
retrofits.
* Knowledge of industrial materials such as tool steels, ceramics and tungsten
carbide.
* Comfortable speaking in front of groups of people in business and industrial
settings.
* Experience working with traditional corporate structured divisions such as
engineering, maintenance, purchasing, and quality departments.
* Skilled business traveler.
Physical Requirements
As required to individually perform Key Result items
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, or disability.